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After my daughter Amy was born with CIDP, four years ago, I always knew I wanted to do something for GAIN to give something back for all the help they gave us through the hard times. Having not ridden a bike for years I thought the perfect challenge would be a 234...

Lee Clark, professional football manager and former Premier League player, tells us about his family’s experience with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Lee starts by recounting the beginning of his father’s illness, and how it progressed. Well it was December 2017 and my...

My name is Karen Pennington – I’m 60 years young. I am a partner, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, great aunt, cousin, friend and occasionally a pain in the bum! And oh yes, I’m recovering from having had Guillain-Barre syndrome. Once upon a time not so long ago I...

A stalwart Norfolk cricketer walked to the wicket for a landmark innings that he thought might never happen. Steve Phoenix was playing his 1000th senior game for Great Melton Cricket Club just months after being struck down by a rare virus. Mr Phoenix contracted...

Sunday 26th April 2020 should have seen thousands of runners pounding the streets for the 40th London Marathon. Instead, a challenge with a difference was launched. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic effect with the cancellation of thousands of events and...

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...

Chapter One GBS during the pandemic On Wednesday 25th November 2020, after a few days of feeling unwell, Nick Harvey woke in the early hours of the morning and found his legs were totally paralysed. He tried to get out of bed and fell in a heap on the floor, unable to...

“You might remember my story from issue 2 of GAIN4ALL magazine back in summer 2014. Three years on, I’d like to tell you how I’m doing now” – Hayley Watson On 26th April 2010 my life as I knew it changed forever. I was about to embark on a trip of a life time to help...

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...