Patient Stories
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“I am very lucky,” says Manuel Greco. These are not the first words you would expect from someone who suffers from Von Hippel-Landau (VHL) disease.
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When doctors told Maria Bonyhay that her fatigue, headaches, and sensitivity to light and sound were symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor, she and her husband, Istvan, refused to believe it.
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Janet’s problems began slowly. She stumbled into a car once. Another time she lost her balance on a subway grate.
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Meet Cynthia, Dr. McKhann and Dr. Ford’s essential tremor patient who received deep brain stimulation.
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When Marie Elaine suddenly lost the function in her right hand, a neurologist sent her right to the hospital. There she found out that she’d had multiple strokes.
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On October 18, 2011, Ellen “Ferne” Glemby was in a car accident that changed her life. “A kid cut in front of me,” says Ferne. “My car was totaled, and he walked away.”
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The gifts that move us, tug at our hearts, come when we least expect them and, in an instant, remind us of what’s important.
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In spite of having problems with her spine as a child, Elizabeth Sachs lived a pretty active, pain-free life. When she was 65 she began to have pain, and some trouble walking.
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When Melissa was warming up to exercise, she suddenly felt disoriented. When she still felt strange the next day, she went to the hospital. It was the last thing she ever expected to hear: An aneurysm had ruptured in her brain.
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Kelly Rolo, a financial analyst from Orange County, N.Y., says the headaches crept up on her so slowly that she didn’t think there was anything unusual about them.
