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SP's Symptoms at 168 hours of MME
· Can breath deep without coughing or choking. Lungs feel free. I bring up phlegm during and right after MME treatment.
· Can now lay on left side if I stay away from narrow angle.
· Feel slightly disorientated after MME treatment. Procrastinate or slow to act. Don't drive car until I feel able to make decisions in traffic and react immediately.
· My memory - to me - is unbelievable. I am remembering things that happened when I was a small boy. Things I had totally forgotten, like thinking my playmate, at age 7, had stolen my baseball. I forgot I had hidden it in the crotch of our cherry tree for safety, and just now remembered.
· It also has brought memories I would prefer not to remember, names - faces - and voices of men who didn't make it out of Korea.
· I tire easily when doing anything strenuous. I start staggering.
· I walk farther now at a slow pace but my legs get tired and ache. Perhaps age and bad knees.
· I don't know if I am better, but I believe I feel better physically and mentally.
· Still short of breath at times, even without exertion.
· I sleep longer now. Six hours at at time. It used to be only two hours for a long time.