Adam Sachs
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No. Up until maybe three years ago, I would say, yeah, it's basically behind me. Like I have a creak in the knee or whatever. But in the last three years, it was crazy. I suddenly start to have spasms and my muscles will get super tight and the doctors couldn't explain it. And they told me at one point that I have this autoimmune disease called stiff person syndrome.
No. Up until maybe three years ago, I would say, yeah, it's basically behind me. Like I have a creak in the knee or whatever. But in the last three years, it was crazy. I suddenly start to have spasms and my muscles will get super tight and the doctors couldn't explain it. And they told me at one point that I have this autoimmune disease called stiff person syndrome.
No. Up until maybe three years ago, I would say, yeah, it's basically behind me. Like I have a creak in the knee or whatever. But in the last three years, it was crazy. I suddenly start to have spasms and my muscles will get super tight and the doctors couldn't explain it. And they told me at one point that I have this autoimmune disease called stiff person syndrome.
Which is essentially like a death sentence for the most part. And people die within like six years, usually. And so they told me that I had it. And they told me I had it a month before Beau was born, my son. And I'm like, this isn't a cool thing to say to me. So I'm on the toilet at 4 a.m. looking at videos of people with stiff person syndrome. I'm like, I don't want this to be my life.
Which is essentially like a death sentence for the most part. And people die within like six years, usually. And so they told me that I had it. And they told me I had it a month before Beau was born, my son. And I'm like, this isn't a cool thing to say to me. So I'm on the toilet at 4 a.m. looking at videos of people with stiff person syndrome. I'm like, I don't want this to be my life.
Which is essentially like a death sentence for the most part. And people die within like six years, usually. And so they told me that I had it. And they told me I had it a month before Beau was born, my son. And I'm like, this isn't a cool thing to say to me. So I'm on the toilet at 4 a.m. looking at videos of people with stiff person syndrome. I'm like, I don't want this to be my life.
And then six months goes by or then they tell me, well, maybe you don't have it because I had one of the markers, but not the other marker in my blood. And they're like, maybe you don't have it. And then six months goes by and I'm shooting gemstones. And they're like, we do think you have it.
And then six months goes by or then they tell me, well, maybe you don't have it because I had one of the markers, but not the other marker in my blood. And they're like, maybe you don't have it. And then six months goes by and I'm shooting gemstones. And they're like, we do think you have it.
And then six months goes by or then they tell me, well, maybe you don't have it because I had one of the markers, but not the other marker in my blood. And they're like, maybe you don't have it. And then six months goes by and I'm shooting gemstones. And they're like, we do think you have it.
So then I went to Philadelphia and I met with the oldest man alive who coined the phrase stiff person syndrome. He's like the guy. And he told me, I absolutely don't have it. And it's all residual from my accident.
So then I went to Philadelphia and I met with the oldest man alive who coined the phrase stiff person syndrome. He's like the guy. And he told me, I absolutely don't have it. And it's all residual from my accident.
So then I went to Philadelphia and I met with the oldest man alive who coined the phrase stiff person syndrome. He's like the guy. And he told me, I absolutely don't have it. And it's all residual from my accident.
But it is a weird thing where, like... That's harrowing.
But it is a weird thing where, like... That's harrowing.
But it is a weird thing where, like... That's harrowing.
That I can't... I mean, I... You know, it's a weird thing because I still want to act and want to do all this stuff, but I have a hard time standing for more than, like, 15 or 20 minutes at a time. And I can't run and move in the same ways that I could just a couple years ago. So I'm doing...
That I can't... I mean, I... You know, it's a weird thing because I still want to act and want to do all this stuff, but I have a hard time standing for more than, like, 15 or 20 minutes at a time. And I can't run and move in the same ways that I could just a couple years ago. So I'm doing...