Dave Ahrens

Dave Ahrens

Hi there.

I'm Dave, I have CIDP.

In the summer of 2018, I was getting weaker and weaker- my legs just didn't work.  My feet and fingertips were numb.  I could barely get out of bed most days.   I saw my doctor, who told me to get an MRI, so I did.  When he gave me the results, he said I needed to check into the hospital for a few days so I could see a Neurologist.

I got pretty nervous at that point.

I checked in, expecting to stay for a day and a half at most.  I was in for 24 days.  I had more tests than I could count, a lumbar puncture, MRI after MRI, and finally they had a name for what was wrong with me:  CIDP.

This was a new one for me.  I spent several days in the hospital researching, then they started treatment.  I moved into the Physical Therapy wing so I could do in-patient PT.  I found the GBS-CIDP Foundation website, which was key.  I found out I wasn't alone, just one of the few.

About a year later, I got to meet some other patients at a symposium.  I volunteered to become the walk chair.  A few years after that, I agreed to become the Chicago Liaison as well.  

I LOVE connecting with this community and am proud to help however and whenever I can.

Please join me, invite your friends, invite your family, invite your neighbors, invite everyone you can, the more the merrier!


Thanks!


Dave

Dave Ahrens