Well, since my last update, quite a bit has happened, both good and bad. First, the good news. Back when I was diagnosed with GBS, the door was left open just a smidge that this wasn’t GBS, that it might, in fact, be Multiple Sclerosis. This door was left ajar because many of the tests were inconclusive. GBS isn’t one of those diseases where you can pee on a stick and know… Read More

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 most part I am. But life is not yet completely back to normal. We’ve been pretty busy this summer with family events and work. Summer in the Pacific Northwest is not something you really want to waste. After a fall, winter… Read More

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 better, one of my former coworkers told me on Facebook that they knew someone with GBS who was pretty-much back to normal in six months. That gave me hope that I would be able to resume a normal life within a… Read More

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 month so I don’t get too repetitive. This may be a short update. I’m usually able to get 6 hours of work in per day, and have gone as long as 7.5, but I was pretty much brain dead after that…. Read More

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 is the month to spread the word that this disease is out there. What exactly does spreading the word do? Well, most importantly, raising awareness amongst the population raises its profile in the medical community and that assists doctors in making… Read More

Today marks the seven week mark in my recovery from Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Things are getting better slowly. I have more good days than bad, with more good hours than bad. That’s a sign of improvement. If I overdo it, I do pay a price. Monday, I worked for about 4 hours, and about 5 on Tuesday, with some other personal chores thrown in. Today I worked 5, and then I fell apart… Read More

Yesterday was both the six week mark since I felt my first effects of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and the one year mark since my ‘Year of Pain’ began. You see, on my way to catch the train home from work on March 14, 2011, I slipped and face-planted into the sidewalk, splitting my chin and lip open. The cut on my chin eventually became home to a rather nasty staph infection that took… Read More

So it’s been 5 weeks since I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Recovery is progressing. As I have found out from the members of the GBS-CIDP Foundation International Facebook Group, GBS also stands for Getting Better Slowly. The group is really supportive, and gives me hope that I will eventually get better. It has also made me realize, again, how lucky I was to be treated when I was. Taking last week… Read More