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Glow in the Dark Odell, limited showing

The Glow in the Dark Odell for a limited appearance. Posted early 2009 Let me start by updating you on my neurological conditions. On January 21st I met with Dr. Prin, my lead neurologist. The battery of tests they ran back in September showed nothing. They still have no idea what has caused—or is causing—the wide range of neurological symptoms I’m experiencing. They don’t believe it’s Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy, but only because my cognitive abilities haven’t declined. Normally with any encephalopathy (brain injury), cognitive skills are affected. The one thing they told me was that at this stage they would usually start looking for cancer somewhere in the body. But since I already have cancer, they don’t feel the need to look further. (Also, my PET scan in September only showed thyroid cancer.) In rare cases, when cancer is present, the immune system can go into overdrive—attacking not just the cancer, but also parts of the brain responsible for motor control, including brea...