She met [Susan Perlman] in 1995. "It was refreshing to see a doctor who was not only familiar with PPS but very helpful," [Mary Clare Schlesinger] said.

As many PPS patients have done, Schlesinger moved (from Pennsylvania) to San Diego because the warm climate aided her breathing problems. With [Kenneth Moser]'s therapeutic help, she "breathed easily for 10 years" before PPS gradually overcame her.

PPS is suspected when a patient has survived a case of acute polio, has had at least 15 years of stable recovery and is now experiencing "gradual onset of new/recurrent muscle atrophy, weakness, generalized fatigue, pain in the old polio limb" and other symptoms.