ADEM, in (relatively) plain English, seems to be that the lad's immune system is attacking the insulation around the wires inside his brain.
As Ali says, good recovery rates.

Best wishes for your friend, monster.

Jinx -- is it your nephew, or your sister's neighbor's son that was diagnosed with ADEM? Either way, I hope everything works out okay.

Mum.

SHOUTING AT DAD.
Crikey me, it's not his fault he can't hear her. Her hearing is perfect (as near as I can tell) and his is not. Neither is mine.

She goes from normal level speaking, to SHOUTING when Dad says, "Eh?" (Sarf London response meaning, "I'm sorry, please repeat yourself, I'm afraid I didn't hear.")

Example:
I hear: Did you blah blah mumble mumble [Sky News in background] whatever?
Dad: Did I what, sorry?
Mum: DID. YOU. ASK. MY. DAD. IF. HE. NEEDS. ANY. THING. FROM. TES. CO?
Dad: Oh yeah, yeah, gonna get him some milk and -
Mum [interrupts] You'd have heard me if you'd turned the television off. Oh no, too much trouble, bloody deafo
Me: [silently dies...]

She doesn't do it to me. Thank goodness. I'd be torn between hiding in my bedroom and crying and thrusting smallprint under her nose and saying, "Read that now, read it, go on read it you shortsighted idiot!"

But she undermines Dad about 10 times a day by mocking his lack of hearing. And she makes a dyslexic man (still my Dad, here) READ most of the programmes they watch on TV, by having the sound so low. I can't hear it either - I ask to have the words on, or the volume up whenever I watch too.

I know they have survived 41 years of marriage. I know she has been like this the whole time and Dad has survived. And I know Dad is not a saint (it's been good seeing he has flaws too - I've lost some of my hero worship but regained some realtionship reality). But it really, really shits me. Y'know?

I am damn near deaf myself. (Dr. says I need hearing aids in BOTH ears) I can relate to this. People just don't understand unless they experience things personally. I find myself wishing (almost daily) that some people would become hearing impaired for three to five days and then recover. Sure, having the TV loud contributes to our not hearing folks. But the reason it's loud is than we're fucking deaf. Sheesh. Shit.

That is the main reason I love internet. Because I don't have to be embarrased by saying "huh", "what", and "excuse me" continuously.

:lol2:

Huh?

i think your sig line is amusing her in light of the topic....

The breast cancer is confirmed, now we just await to hear how bad, but apparently the tumor is affecting the nerve and so the biopsies were excruciating despite the local. :( I totally hate this. i'm really worried because although my friend admitted she doesn't do monthly exams, i know she's a health freak and always at the doc and she's noticed changes over the last week since she found the lump, so i think it's a fast-acting bastard.....

I hate this.

She's gutted. She could barely talk to me tonight.

I really fucking hate this.

Thanks for listening

Obviously we posted at the same time... which is why I deleted the above post.
Sorry, Mon.... hang in there. Get well vibes to your friend.

Oh monnie, I'm so very sorry. It's going to be a very rough ride. :(
Best wishes for your friend.

Shit. :(

Mon, my best to you and your friend.

Oh Monnie. What a horrible situation. My best wishes to your friend. And to you. It's never easy to watch a good friend go through something like this.

Sorry to hear that Monster.
Fucking cancer.

My thoughts are with you and your friend, monnie.

Let us know when you find out what kind of CA this is...and SG is right. Fucking cancer.

Sucks.