by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
24th April 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon Oliver Deane completed the marathon in 4:05 raising money for both GAIN and Alzheimer’s Research UK. Ever Loukaides In August 2013 I was struck down by GBS which completely paralysed me. I was in hospital for six months and...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
Alan Ross, formerly of the Guillain-Barré Syndrome Support Group, died suddenly on 3 December 2017, aged 73, while on holiday in Cyprus with his wife Kay. Alan was diagnosed with GBS in 2002 and was treated in the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. After recovery...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
Amy Pierce tells us why her friend Zoe Ogden decided to run the Manchester 10K for GAIN. “John, my Dad was struck down with Guillain-Barre syndrome in November 2010. He was 65, living life to the full looking forward to retirement with his wife, my Mum. But after...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
Adam Pownall explains life with GBS. Positivity: being able to stay positive even when you have a real good reason to be negative. Prior to March 2009 I was always the type to describe myself as a positive person, I liked to think that I strolled through life oozing...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
On March 6th 2015 our mother, Yvonne Smith was admitted to hospital with a very rare condition called Guillain- Barre syndrome. Within a few days it had moved to her lungs, she was unable to breathe on her own and was moved to ICU (intensive care) where she was...
