Harold Ramis

[renidrag]

auto-immune inflammatory vasculitis, causing swelling of the blood vessels, is what Anne's link read. Sounds like WG to me, he was diagnosed in 2010 and then flared in 2011, I think it said.
Dale

[annekat]

Anyone can google lymphangitis and draw their own conclusions.... I'm not convinced that it is a form of auto-immune vasculitis but seems to be more of a swelling of the lymph nodes caused by an infection. I can see it as a fatal complication of having vasculitis. I have no doubt that since this guy had been sick for a few years with some type of vasculitis, he easily could have had WG. But as usual, the articles that are written do not give the whole picture of what really happened. Even if the reporters were given correct information, they could easily have shortened it or failed to comprehend it well enough to accurately write about it.

[annekat]

I just read that it was Lymphangitis - swelling of the lymphatic system.

Just to clarify, yes, I also saw a link saying he died of Lymphangitis. Then the link may have gone on to say this was a form of swollen blood vessels in the lymph, and I'm not sure if they were trying to call it a form of vasculitis. I read some different items and may be confused. But a search indicates lymphangitis is more of an infection or a result of one. So he could have had WG or other vasculitis and also lymphangitis as a fatal complication. The articles I saw were on Facebook and I had trouble finding them again.

[vdub]

I had the same thought as many of you ref gpa. Too bad, to young, and so much talent. He wrote one of all time favorite movies; Animal House.

[julia]

One article quoted Drl Peter Merkel. The article did say it started with an infection.
A

[Dirty Don]

One article quoted Drl Peter Merkel. The article did say it started with an infection.
A

Infections are what I fear most...that's what took Al and some others...we can't fight a major infection very well as it comes on too quickly or it's been in us too long...reaching for cup of coffee...just another ode to Al...sighs...

[Alysia]

Infections are what I fear most...that's what took Al and some others...we can't fight a major infection very well as it comes on too quickly or it's been in us too long...reaching for cup of coffee...just another ode to Al...sighs...

too sad

[annekat]

Infections are what I fear most...that's what took Al and some others...we can't fight a major infection very well as it comes on too quickly or it's been in us too long...reaching for cup of coffee...just another ode to Al...sighs...

And Lightwarrior, too..... I think of them both and don't know what to do to keep the same thing from happening to me, or any of us.

[Alysia]

And Lightwarrior, too..... I think of them both and don't know what to do to keep the same thing from happening to me, or any of us.

this is what I was crying about 2 days ago... and from time to time
I wish I could do something ... too scary

[annekat]

Alysia, I guess all we can do is try to live well, eat well, exercise, pay attention to our bodies, and make sure we are getting good treatment. The number of us that this happens to appears to be quite small. That does not mean we should ignore it, of course. We just need to get up each day and do the best we can.