Hi, again, Ed (@njed).

My last post was a bit too social. Let’s see if I can keep this one more clinical and stick to the nuts and bolts of PN vs. sepsis, at least my personal early-on impression of the difference between the two.

As I believe you know, my idiopathic polyneuropathy gives me no pain and has never made me dizzy; instead, it wreaks havoc with my balance and ability to walk with confidence. At its worst, however, when I’m at my wobbliest, I have always had my strength, most critically in my legs where strength is most critical.

I am finding it disturbingly different with sepsis. My balance and ability to walk are still terrible, possibly more, but unlike with my PN, with my sepsis, I have practically no strength, least of all in my legs. Trying to go about, even from my recliner to the toilet, I’m reminded of those oversized balloon/mannequins that stand roadside, waving manically in the breeze, advertising this or that nearby business. At least, that’s how sepsis makes me feel – my plug’s been pulled, my batteries have been removed – so unlike my experience with my idiopathic polyneuropathy.

Weird stuff, this sepsis stuff.

Cheers!
Ray