by Sarah | Jan 23, 2020 | Your Stories
As Trishna Patel recovered from a bout of flu in 2017, little did she imagine that the next few months would see her having to learn how to walk and talk again. Trish’s GBS Story What is Guillain-Barre syndrome? So many of us have been asked that question, right? When...
by Sarah | Jan 23, 2020 | Your Stories
Developing Guillain-Barre syndrome means everything grinds to a halt for a while. Andy Ingham tells us about returning to work as he started to get his life back. It’s a funny old world. One day I’m living my life as usual, juggling home and work life, having...
by Sarah | Jan 23, 2020 | Your Stories
David Stonehouse shares his story of Guillain-Barre syndrome from diagnosis to recovery – “He tapped my knees with his hammer, but they were totally dead – he would have got more response from a tree trunk. I had various tests carried out, the last one being a lumbar...
by Sarah | Jan 23, 2020 | Your Stories
Dylan was only three years old when he started to complain that his legs hurt. His mum knew it wasn’t just growing pains, but it took a few days of fear and uncertainty before Guillain-Barre syndrome was confirmed. A parent’s worst nightmare by Carina Whitehouse...
by Sarah | Jan 23, 2020 | Your Stories
In July 2017 I fell ill whilst studying at the University of Nottingham. Initially starting with severe back pain for which I was provided painkillers by the doctors I then spent a few days with heavy flu like symptoms and was advised by 111 to go to hospital after I...
