Joe Beernink
Author of NOWHERE WILD, NOWHERE HOME
I have two wonderful kids, a fantastic wife, a job that pays well, and a good education. I’ve never been unemployed for very long, and never been what I would call...
Category: Family, Guillain-Barre
Six months seems to be a mental milestone of sorts. For some reason, my mind has always associated ‘six months’ with “I really will be better by then.” And for the...
Category: Guillain-Barre Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
The good news about recovering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome is, well, recovering. The bad news is that my NetFlix queue is now growing again instead of shrinking. For some people, that would...
Category: Guillain-Barre, Movies / TV
Five months. It seems hard to believe it’s been five months. Shortly after I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and I was worried that it would be years before I got...
Category: Guillain-Barre Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
I’ve really slowed down on my movie watching the last few weeks. Working 6 or 7 hours a day just doesn’t leave many two-hour blocks of time to watch movies, especially...
Category: Guillain-Barre, Movies / TV Tags: Detroit Tigers, NetFlix
Today marks the end of my fourth month of my battle against Guillain-Barre Syndrome. I’m looking back at my 3 month update to see what has actually changed in the last...
Category: Guillain-Barre Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
I didn’t know anything about GBS until I got it three months ago. Chances are, you hadn’t heard about it either, unless you know someone who has had it. So May...
Category: Guillain-Barre Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Today marked the 3 month mark in my battle with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Well, actually, yesterday was the 3 month mark of the first symptoms, but it wasn’t identified as GBS until...
Category: Family, Guillain-Barre Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
While I have been working more the last last few weeks, I have still been watching quite a bit of TV and a lot of NetFlix while I recover from Guillain-Barre...
Category: Guillain-Barre, Movies / TV Tags: NetFlix
I skipped a week or two of status updates on my GBS Syndrome, and now it feels like I’m not doing any blogging. Perhaps, to the outsider, it looks like I’m...
Category: Guillain-Barre, Writing Updates Tags: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Joe Beernink
Joe Beernink 