In April of 2018, I slowly became paralyzed and lost the ability to walk and use my hands. This is my story. FOLLOW ME: Instagram: @zennahodge Twitter: @zennahodge Snapchat: @zennabeth Facebook: / zennabethhodge
Hello Zenna Hodge! I'm studying heavy metal toxicity for school and came across your video! Thank you for the account of your experience. I know its been 2 years, but I hope I can help shed light on what happened. So it's unlikely mercury was the cause of your neurological condition, because between the time frame you gave us the mercury poisoning symptoms would have started to go away earlier if it was a one time exposure. Or if it was a constant exposure they wouldn't have gone away at all. When exposure ceases, symptoms go away. What's more likely is lead toxicity. Sodder in a water pipe can contain lead, and exposure to this small amount of lead can cause your symptoms, and it doesn't necessarily have to be through drinking water either. Running a hot bath/shower from a pipe that small amounts of lead had accumulated in could absorb into your skin. The lead probably accumulated in the pipe and you were the unfortunate one to be exposed to it, however that happened. Based on your age too, it's possible that neurological deficits could have been your only symptoms, which is a blessing because of it happened to your parents, it could have been much worse. I'll link a video by the CDC explaining how someone could randomly become a victim of lead poisoning, so hopefully that will help bring closure to how you contracted it. Also, as for the autoimmune disorder, heavy metal poisoning taxes your immune system and increases the incidence of an autoimmune disorder including lupus, scleroderma, and multiple sclerosis. So that is the most likely reason why you tested positive for an autoimmune disease, and why it's so important to see a doctor about it, because it may be only temporary. I will link an article about that as well. I hope you are doing well now! If it ever happens again try and compare what specific actions you took back then, and compare them to present day to narrow the search for the source of the poisoning. Im so glad you found a good doctor to help, thats exactly why I wanted to get into medicine, your story helped bring inspiration back to me again, so thank you😊 Best of luck to you and your future! Lead exposure ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uGfnbq_c0m8.html Heavy Metal Autoimmune disease incidence drhilarychambers.com/autoimmunity-and-heavy-metal-toxicity/
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@@ZennaHodge I hope by now that you've found the medical medium and really healed your Epstein Barr virus and whatever else was going on with your health as it sounds to me that you had vitamin deficiencies as well. 🙏💜❤️💚 I hope that you're getting better every single day!! 🙏❤️🔥
Your god is a rat fucker and murderer. Good job on worshipping the cock lover and cunt in the sky. Proselytizing is for fuck twits and you should have your Believer Fuck status in your video title.
As a British person, I cannot explain my disbelief and heartache at the idea that you couldn’t get and was even denied adequate hospital care due to medical expenses 💕
I was 11 years old when I got GBS. My symptoms progressed quickly, basically overnight. At that time in 1988, little was very known about GBS. I was lucky to been seen at my local Children’s hospital by a neurologist who had seen another child with my symptoms and did a spinal tap which luckily I couldn’t feel. I had one before being discharged 2 months after being in the hospital under treatment to see if the treatment was working and it was like you said, horrible. I still live with affects of it because I was also born with Cerebral Palsy. The GBS affected made my Cerebral palsy worse. So, I walk have walked with a cane since then and have to use a wheelchair when I am going long distances. I also get tired easily so I have to take breaks when I am doing anything physically. I’m so sorry you went through what you did and happy that you are doing better.
I tend to think naturopathic physicians aren't heavy duty enough to handle a problem of that magnitude but it sounds like he's the one that cared the most and really came through for you !
and it turns out the naturopath was more heavy duty than the physicians she had seen for two weeks An NP here and it is not the first time I’ve seen this
I almost cried when you talked about the first hospital not being able to treat you because of insurance, then the second not accepting you. It must be so stressful to be ill and scared and not be able to get the help you need when and where you need it because of the US health payment system.
Hi Zenna. I remember you posting about all of this when it was happening on insta, and my heart just broke for you. I have a chronic illness called POTS, and most doctors I’ve been to (which is a lot) have absolutely no clue how to help. So I really felt for you when you were talking about how you went through the stresses of all the testing and didn’t get any answers. It’s so upsetting when something completely flips your life upside down and no one knows any way to help. So, I’m so so glad you are doing better! What a relief! Praise God! So happy for you. That’s amazing!
It took me 10 years to get diagnosed with Fibromyalgia because Drs kept saying test results were negative. Integrative Drs who use natural remedies are the best!
Wow thank you! And thank you for being open about your condition! It definitely is frustrating and takes a lot of patience and trust to get through it. I recently have been having some neuropathy come back so the battle still isn't over, but all we can do is face it head on!
My oldest brother passed away from GBS in 1963 at age 6. My parents had 4 other children at the time and went in to have 5 more children. One of the things my parents did was allow an autopsy to be performed on my brother in hopes of being able to help doctors and researchers learn more about GBS.
Zenna!! You need to, and I repeat, you NEED to follow up with a rheumatologist. It took me over a year of being in and out of the hospital and blood clots and craziness before I was diagnosed with lupus SLE. I also had elevated ANA, but my symptoms were completely different. These are very serious autoimmune diseases but they can be managed. I’m not trying to scare you but trust me girl, stay on top of it if you can. Better now than wait until something feels wrong. ❤️ much love, glad tot are doing better!
What a nightmare and how scary! Thank you for sharing your story! We all take so many things in life for granted and we should be grateful for what wr have. Yes some have more some have less, but we can all be happier with being a little grateful. Can you make a video about the detox process?
I'm glad you are feeling better. It's unbelievable that the LA hospital refused the transfer. They are there to help people. They don't get to pick and choose who shows up for care!
I understand exactly how you felt! My dad and I ended up getting Covid pneumonia the end of September/early August in 2021. My dad ended up passing away from it and the doctors weren’t sure if I was going to because I was SO sick. After I finally recovered from Pnemonia a few weeks later my mouth and finger tips started feeling really tingly and weird, then I started going tingly and numb in my feet and it worked it’s way up all the way to my chest. At this point I could barely walk, I was walking like a toddler who just learned how to walk, I couldn’t feel when I was hungry or full. My heart started racing as well so I ended up going to a hospital, I was tachycardic so they admitted me. I had to get a spinal tap which showed my proteins were extremely elevated. After they ran a ton of tests they said I had Gillian Barre Syndrome. I went through intense physical therapy and I’m almost back to 100% now. It’s very scary to go through but I agree with what you said, it makes you pause and look at life. It really made me slow down and taught me not to take everything for granted.
I hope that by now you've learned about Anthony William the medical medium but if you haven't, please do check him out and follow him on social media or find his books and read them to get rid of what's really wrong with you. Sounds like you also have many issues that all stem from Epstein Barr virus. 🙏❤️🔥 Good luck!! 💝💝💝
I woke up one day 2 years ago in so much pain. I couldn't move my neck or mist of my joints. I soon developed a bullseye rash. I went to the ER knowing, as a nurse, it was Lyme disease. The doctor refused to give me treatment for Lyme and said it was cellulitis. After awhile I started having memory and neuro problems as well. I went to a Dr who tested me for Lyme. POSITIVE. Had I been treated things would be different for me. Now I'm left with the pain and a few additional things caused by Lyme. Rheumatoid arthritis, Hypothyroidism, high cholesterol, brain fog, frequent falls, low immune system, vitamin B12 and D deficiency, among others. All of a Tick bite. My life will be forever changed bc the Dr refused to treat or even test. At 37, I feel 80. I hope you continue to be healthy and symptom free. God Bless You.
Dawn Love I am sorry that happened to you. I had GBS, not as severe as Zenna, and the doctors all kept telling me that my symptoms were all in my head and that it was anxiety. I was very weak, I couldn’t hold my hands up to type or use a mouse, I couldn’t carry my own purse, my hands and feet tingled like they were sleeping, I would get dizzy spells, I had deep aching pain throughout my body for 2 YEARS. I mostly have recovered but I still feel like I am stepping into puddles where are are none, and my strength and fine motor skills are not where they used to be. No one believed me.
Age has nothing to do with illnesses although a lot of ppl don't understand that. I worked with a lady in her early 20s who had a pacemaker. But, I also think in our 20s we think we are invincible to a degree though, even subconsciously. Ty for sharing cutie.
JT ~ i love the way most of these young vloggers say "it was by far the craziest thing that's happened to me in my entire life"... they were born the day before yesterday! Let's hope that it really is that way PS if it'd been me when I was young I would have been EXTREMELY distraught
Hi Zenna, Glad you got your body back. I’ve been experiencing something similar but have a lot of the symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy which means I can walk without a walker and most of my body is experiencing some level of numbness and muscle tightness. It’s frustrating that I no longer can do some of the most basic daily tasks like walk across the room without great difficulty. It’s been well over 2 months since I saw a doctor - first with my PCP who essentially told me she didn’t know what I had and was about to cut me loose and I practically had yo beg her to run done blood work so we can eliminate some possibilities and she had me eventually see a neurologist and rheumatologist. I was able to telemedicine both because of the pandemic. The neurologist just gave me a prescription for vitamins and told me to wait months to see him in person- still waiting to see him. The rheumatologist tool sone blood tests and ruled out from a rheumatologist angle. It’s been quite frustrating that I still am waiting to see this neurologist and had me waiting for months for tests to still be performed. Apparently to him, it’s not urgent and in the meantime, my body has gotten worse- the numbness has spread all over my body especially to my hands and feet, I essentially can’t walk and I’m in an holding pattern and symptoms is getting worse and it’s been about 2 months in a half since I noticed my first symptoms. Losing faith.
Oh wow I am so sorry to read about your experience! Is there another neurologist that you can see? The only way I ended up seeing the doctors I needed to was because we literally called every day until they took me seriously. Even then tho, they didn’t have answers. I hope you find some relief and some answers soon!
It is crazy that you are going through this. Please go see a Rheumatologist because if you do have an autoimmune disease your body can fight your organs. I have Sjogren's syndrome which is a step down from lupus.
I had GBS and truthfully it gets better by itself....very, very slowly. None of my doctors believed any of my symptoms. I had severe tingling, some numbness, extreme deep aching pain all over my body, some dizziness, and I was so weak that I couldn’t carry my own purse or even just walk far without having to sit down for awhile. Mine was not as severe as yours, and I have MOSTLY recovered. But my doctors didn’t believe me. They told me that I probably just had anxiety. I went back multiple times because it wasn’t going away and was told many times over that it was in my head until I ALMOST believed them.
Please follow up with the rheumatologist. I’m a nurse. We didn’t learn a lot about scleroderma in school however, it affects your internal organs the same way. My grandmother passed away from this.
It took the nhs in the uk a whole year to find out why I had sudden onset of paralysis!! So glad you got to get better unfortunately I’m not so lucky and my condition is only treated by brain surgery but I’m so glad it took a good turn for you!!! Tbh they still haven’t took all of my condition seriously after 2 years of being paralysed and it just getting worse slowly :/
Oh my gosh that's so scary!! I'm so sorry to hear that! I've been getting some of my neuropathy again recently, and it's definitely scary. Gosh I'll be praying and wishing for a recovery for you!
Aw thank you so much!!! I will be for you too!! I hope to god you never get t as bad again because it’s so life altering and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone especially at our age (I’m 19) xxx
I’m absolutely shocked that they didn’t do a EMG, which I’m not sure if you have followed up but you should definitely follow up with a neurologist for an EMG to double check that your nerves have come back correctly and aren’t still affected. False negatives happen quite often with GBS. I like you had a similar long drawn out diagnosis process. Hi I’m still paralyzed from the waist down and only recently within the last few weeks got my upper body back. I just like you had woke up one morning for a make up gig and couldn’t see very well official was very blurred a double vision but assumed I just need glasses and had put off going to the eye doctor for quite some time so it wasn’t surprising per se. As the week went on I developed pain and numbness in my lower body and then it started happening in my upper extremities. I went about two months without a diagnosis and medical professionals didn’t know it was going on and I just assumed that it was psychological. Of course that caused a lot of trauma but eventually they ran the right test after They abuse me and it came back as GPS. I received the incorrect dosage of IV I G which is a treatment and was sent to the wrong rehabilitation hospital. I went home pretty much the same as when I went into the rehabilitation hospital I got some of my quarterback but not fully and it’s been about a year since my symptoms onset.Don’t lie it’s incredibly difficult and I totally sympathize with the struggle of the blatant poor knowledge of medical professionals about rare diseases and uncommon symptoms. I was shocked that you weren’t tested for different toxicities and autoimmune conditions until you saw your natural doctor. As that was the first test they ran when I first started have symptoms as they had assumed it was some type of poisoning either lead mercury or another one that I can’t remember. I would definitely recommend going on the GBS foundations website and finding a doctor that is very familiar with GPS to do your follow up testing as it sounds like you may have had one of the less severe variance. Worst they can do is say that all your tests are negative and that it’s not a problem and that it was just the toxicity’s. I know this video is from a year ago and I hope that you are doing well
Have your dad check out Anthony William or the medical medium, and get his healing journey started! He can have his life and his energy and strength back if he gets started now! 🙏❤️🔥💝
Also, im with you on the fear of having a brain tumour. I actually got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the end, but isnt paralysis the scariest thing :(
That’s amazing but also sad that you had to go all the way to a naturopathic doctor in order to start finding out what was wrong with you. Sometimes people experience symptoms that conventional medicine doctors don’t see often or aren’t told is important, and sometimes people end up having to go down this long road trying to discover what is wrong with them until they hopefully find someone who will listen and figure it out. An example I have is people who’ve been injured by pharmaceutical drugs like antibiotics or vaccines, doctors shun them and they have to hope they find someone who’s educated on that topic who can diagnose them. Some people even have to fly across the country just to go to a specific doctor who can treat them. There’s another channel I watched on youtube of a man who had heavy metal poisoning and he had this wretched two year long journey trying to figure it out, it upended his life. I’m glad you are getting better now but that is frustrating that doctors sent you home and weren’t able to help you sooner.
id love to keep intouch with you im going through the same situation going on 7 years and recently had this paralysis feeling and drs still with no answers
I have been diagnosed with lupus 3,x's.. and doctors continue to deny my treatment. I'm sorry you're going through this. Can you help me find a place in NJ and NY.
I would like to know if you remember how long did the palpitations last? Was it only a one day thing or did you have palpitations for Weeks? I think I have gbs because I have the thingling/numbness in both hands and feet. My legs, arms and core muscles are weak, but I can still walk. I have crazy strong palpitations for two weeks now. Also I feel a strong sensation of current under my skin that is very uncomfortable almost unbearable.
I had what they think was g.b. when I was around 15 or so. I was at home, immobile for weeks, then at home for weeks afterwards. I now have chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic migraine and gastro paresis ...I'm nearly 61 and this has been my life.
Just stumbled across your video...I had a similar experience in 2018, while living in South Korea. It was scary as heck--mainly because I had to manage the experience on my own in a foreign country. I was never diagnosed with anything in Korea, returned to the US in early 2019, did a ton of research, talked to someone with a similar experience, and, per their advice, put myself on a diet called the 'autoimmune protocol.' Within a few weeks almost all my symptoms disappeared. In my case, I believe I had an unusual autoimmune response that was connected to my RA, which I've had since I was 2 years old. But I've been careful with my diet ever since, and I believe stress also plays a role. I still have some residual symptoms (my right side is weaker than my left, slight weakness in my hands), and occasionally, if I go off my diet, or I'm under a lot of stress, other symptoms resurface, but I otherwise function normally. I now wholeheartedly believe in 'functional medicine' and advocating for yourself. Happy to come across your story and hear a similar outcome. Hope you're still doing well and staying healthy.
They should have tested you for CMT (Charcot Marie Tooth). I have this, similar symptoms, etc. There are many types. Do you have high arches by chance?
Your story is so similar to my own personal health issues. I have the tingling and numbness and electrical shock waves. My ANA is elevated and I have the marker for Scleroderma as well, but still do not have a diagnosis after 2 years of searching. Did you ever follow with a rheumatologist?
I did not! After my symptoms subsided, I was so tired of hospitals and doctors that I just stopped going. I know that probably wasn’t the smartest thing and that I should follow up, but I was so overwhelmed
I understand I had got an EMG.and have neuropathy and it has spread everywhere. I have cerebral palsy which most likely caused the neuropathy. I'm trying to find out what kind of damage I have and if I have to live with it since I know I have to live with cerebral palsy
I am stunned over being denied a hospital stay because of the out of network insurance. Are you freaking kidding me ! The young lady can't feel her body and was sent home. Just makes me want to throw up. This is America ! What the the hell is going on here.
My husband was misdiagnosed with MS at 21 and was told he had basically brain tumors. And they said if the tumors didn’t kill him in like 4 months I think that the MS would kill him in a few years. That was a very scare time.
I have the same problem. I have a some type of condition that many doctors cannot diagnose. I have seen close to 24 doctors, 5 hospitals, 3 therapists, and have been battling with my condition for 3 years and it has been ongoing. I have lost my job, relationships, most of my savings and my mind because of it. So, I know exactly how you feel. Doctors keep brushing me off so I'm doing everything on my own. Let me know if you wanna talk. -Chris
So every time she took a step she would feel a electrical current through her legs but she was still chill like it was just normal? We really need to start to listen to our bodies. We are our best doctor.
If they think you may have a connective tissue disorder I would really follow up with that. I’m 40 and have lived a life of issues but fairly normal compared to some with my disorder. But it’s degenerative. It makes you look younger than you are so that’s nice lol! Connective tissue covers 80% of your body. So if it’s thought that you may have one knowing sooner than later can really help.
I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica 03/12/2019. It’s been one crazy journey. I remember going to the GP, hardly being able to walk & trying to lift my legs to walk, but they felt like they weren’t there… I remember my sister picking me up after my appointment & taking me to the car, so I could go to the ED for a suspected MS relapse… Getting to the ED & being rushed in (With an MS attack we need to get on top of it ASAP) & seeing the advanced trainee and him saying that he thinks my MS has progressed into my spinal cord & that my immunosuppressive medication that I was on wasn’t working at all.. Then having to wait for about three days before I could get my MRI results because someone gave me a new MRN number & they had to link them together to get my last results… The waiting I think was the hardest because during this time I became a quadriplegic. This was hugely due to the fact that they have to wait until the results come in, so they can start the required treatments. Then the advanced trainee, immunology & another neurologist (due to mine being at another hospital that day) came in & told me that I still have MS, but I now have NMO. They said that my quadriplegia actually was from the NMO affecting nearly my entire cervical spinal cord. When they showed me the images of it, it was lit up like a Christmas tree. I was in the hospital for an entire month trying to get used to the life of being a quadriplegic. It was hard to say the least. There was diarrhoea explosions. Catheter changes. Nurses doing everything for me. Me feeling like I was hopeless for a while. I couldn’t furniture surf anymore. But the advanced trainee, family & my friends made it a bit easier. This life is not glamorous. But thankfully I learned to live with it. ❤️
hey zenna, You faced alot and you were so strong.Happy for your recovery and yes you are beautiful too.Wish i could get your insta ..;p Stay healthy..:)
Your story made me tear up...I'm going through having three discs in my lower spine messin up ..two of the disc are putting too much pressure on my spine and one is pinching the siatic nerve so l have nerve damage all on my right side from lower back to my foot..causing really bad pain...my spine is getting narrow down towards the bottom and my spine is goin straight up and down which a normal spine has a curve to it as I'm sure you know...they don't know why it is happening..wasn't any accident or something like that...having back surgery will probably fix it but my health insurance provider are screwing around with me..they also don't wana do any surgery without exhausting all the options ..like they want right weeks of physical therapy and injections in my spine,which l am not going to do..l will absolutely not so any injections in my spine..so we kinda at a stand off on all of it right now...the pain is constant and can't sleep good at night cuz of not being able to get in a position that is comfortable to sleep..I've learned to get around in the wheelchair tho for now..l know l will have to get a new Dr and keep on with it ...thanks for sharing your story l hope you continue to keep getting better 💖
I knew when you described your initial symptoms it wasn’t Guillain-Barré. I had Guillain-Barré, and it manifests totally differently. It’s got to be a nightmare, though, when they aren’t sure what you’ve got and what to do for it.
Seriously follow up, when I was your age I started to get really bad pain and no energy. It takes years to get a diagnosis just to get a doctor to take you seriously so stay the path because at 41 I'm in the worst state of pain and just got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and am 1 year post OP on a spinal fusion. Not to scare you but it can relapse at any time so follow up.
I was talking to one guy at my chiro's office, he had been to specialists with a blood disorder, they didn't know what to do. My chiro gave him some natural supplements and he's well now. I've seen her help many people. sometimes drugs and MD''s are not the ans.
They cannot deny you urgent care. If you are out of network the costs can be staggering. Someone telling you advice, like in her case, to go to an in-network hospital was being prudent.
Both my daughter and myself have undiagnosed issues, hers started about two and a half years ago. She would often (does often) complain of migraine level headaches (she is going to be 16 in December) and then one night we were sitting around playing games and I noticed she kept shivering. I asked her if she was cold and she said no, these little shakes just come on her, sometimes hundreds in a day that look like anything from a slight tremor or shiver to almost a grand Mal seizure. Her back hurts all the time. As for me, I was working as an aide to a special needs child, she was in third grade so she was getting pretty big. I lifted her several times a day to change her position or change her diaper. I was walking down the school hall one day, heading to my lunch break and all of a sudden my feet felt very numb, by the time I had walked ten feet my legs were getting weak and had to hang on to the wall to stay standing. I went to the doctor, they did an MRI and found a herniated disc in my back but nothing else. The Rheumatologist refused to see me because my blood work didn't show what they wanted it to. and the whole thing just kind of got dropped. That was about 6 years ago now. I still have numbness and weakness in my feet and legs, I lost my job and can't work with kids anymore, now I have swelling in my legs as well and my hands are starting to get some numbness, mostly the outer three fingers and outside of my forearm. No idea what is happening with either one of us. Still trying to find that doctor who will figure it out
I'm sorry this happened to you and that the health system in this country is so bad. Can't believe they won't admit you because of your insurance 🤦🏻♀️
She's lying about that. Hospitals cannot legally refuse patients in emergency like she described. If that really happened, she could have sued them for a huge amount of money.
