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Seeing red |
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| "It looked like a rose color or darkish tint to my urine," says Jeff DuPonte. "It kind of settled in the toilet. You could always see it settle." | |
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Anatomy of an attack |
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| "I can feel it inside me. Everything starts going a mile a minute. Breathing is harder. My heart pumps a lot faster. Sometimes when I'm having an attack of rhabdomyolysis, I don't realize it until I stop moving. Then I think, Oh my gosh, I just blew it." |
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Half time |
| When it comes to measuring enzyme deficiencies, two halves don't make a whole. Just ask Don Womer. |
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Running in the family |
| When Donna Cantor and her sister crossed the finish line together at the Toronto marathon in the fall of 1998, neither was running. In fact, only Donna had started the race five hours and 50 minutes earlier. So how did the two sisters end up in an impromptu joint venture? The answer has all the makings of a classic tale of CPT deficiency. |
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The great Alaska kick-start |
| First of all, some things like motorcycles and stories are supposed to start and stop. Other things like kidneys aren't. And if a certain Eskimo hadn't been in a certain place on a certain day, who knows if Robert Henry's kidneys would have started again. |
First-person patient stories |
| These CPT deficiency stories from Neil, Tom and Alison were previously posted in the discussion forum. |
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