Regular routine kept me going
My husband visited me twice a day every day that I received regular physiotherapy as well as the acupunture treatment. I continued to improve and after five weeks I was able to get around in the wheelchair on my own and transfer in and out of bed.
During this time my son celebrated his first birthday. We had a small party in my room at the rehab centre with a few friends. It was the first time people had seen me since my illness and I could see the shock on their faces at the state I was in.
I was then transferred to a second rehab facility where I stayed another four weeks. I made steady progress and by Christmas I was allowed home for a few days. Being home really brought back to me what I was missing out on and shortly after the New Year began, I asked to continue my treatment as an outpatient so I could be with my family.
Physically I made an almost full recovery in a little over a year. Although I still had problems with fatigue for a while after that. Now coming up to six years post GBS I can run and jump and two years ago I had a second child with a complication free pregnancy. I still have numb patches on my feet and they are very sensitive to cold and rough surfaces. My EMG results are still too poor to measure, but I am finally ready to tackle the challenge of the Great North Run in September 2018.