by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
Our story began in December when I’d finished a night shift as a nurse at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. I was relaxing looking at Facebook and it suggested I should be friends with a guy called Jezz Smith because we had some mutual friends. His picture was him...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
I have just finished reading Oliver Sacks’ book Hallucinations and have finally got an answer to my questions about a number of symptoms that have been plaguing me since 1997 and which at times, when I have spoken about them to my doctors, have led to exceedingly...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
I haven’t always been a runner. In fact, a little over a year ago I had never run anywhere in my life and would have sworn that I never would. However, after losing my Dad, Jon in 2009, my outlook on life and health did slowly begin to change. Having said that I still...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
This article is taken from Prudential Ride London’s website, as GBS survivor Simon Connellan discusses his recovery from the syndrome and raising money for GAIN:...
by Sarah | Jan 24, 2018 | Your Stories
Having been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome in 2013, resulting in paralysis and hospitalisation for 3 months, I was fortunate enough to overcome this debilitating illness. On discharge from hospital I spent the next 3 months in a wheelchair and then over the...
