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The GBS Attack
by: KelishA on Tue, Jun 02 2009
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I see the same story..I can not tell you actually how happy I am to hear others story about this rare condition. My mother is 56 years old, always a GO, Get it done type of person. About 3 weeks ago, she started complaining about pains in her leg, but again, she’s go-go! So she overlooked it, well as time has progressed, she started walking very clumsy and complaining of the pain worsening. Her regular doctors found nothing with tests, so referred her to a neurologist, well this doctor is so booked she couldn’t get an appointment until June. Again my mom keeps on pushing, even though at this point she knows something isn’t right.

Well after Memorial Day holiday, she proceded to try and go into work, mind you now she’s using a cane to walk. Well she collapsed at work and was rushed to the ER. The same as many of the stories I have read, SO MANY TESTS WERE DONE AND STILL NOTHING(they admitted her). Well the neurologist that she was scheduled to meet with this month, called into the hospital and suggested the lumbar punch or spinal tap thing. Well sure enough, we found out this past Thursday, May 28 that she does in fact has GBS I’m so thankfull that we now know what is going on, its been really hard seeing our mother go down hill, so quick! I mean I pray and commend anyone who has had to deal with this. Because she was in the hospital for 3 days before the spinal tap, so our family has been on edge, not knowing what was causing this.

TO ANYONE: NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE TOLD, WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG, GET HELP, SECOND OPINIONS. I think if we had had any clue about this disorder, we might have known to test her spinal fluid weeks ago.
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  1. Sat, Oct 31 2009
    My wife has come down with GBS..Hospitalized 10/1/09 expected to be released 11/24/09 with 3 to 4 months of P.T. & O.T. therapy.She came down with...Read

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  • 3 years after Gullian-Barre - by Susan - (Fri, Jun 26 2009)
    My Gullian-barre started after I had received a flu shot at work. I had the flu shot every year for years, and never had a side effect. [more..]
  • Being strong with Guillain-Barre Syndrome - by Kat in Texas - (Mon, Jun 22 2009)
    I was diagnosed with GBS on June 6 in the emergency room from a Lumbar Puncture, after experiencing decreased movement, breathing ability and paralysis in my legs and arms. [more..]
  • Heartbroken Mom - by jan'ell - (Thu, Jun 18 2009)
    On 6/4/09, my 10 year old son was complaining of his legs feeling week. I told him to rest a while and he will feel better in the morning. Over the course of the next few days he was getting worse with back aches, numb toes and fingers, neck aches, just his body ached as a whole. [more..]
  • GBS - The Horror and the Hope - My story - by Marion - (Tue, Jun 16 2009)
    Please note - this is the second post for my story DAY 5. The results of the CAT scan confirmed that there was a slight thickness on my stomach wall, so now they wanted to do an endoscopy - swallow the camera. [more..]
  • GBS - The Horror and The Hope - My Story - by marion - (Mon, Jun 08 2009)
    I am a 63 year old woman, who has always enjoyed good health and always taken care of myself -eat right, exercise regularly, keep my weight down, don’t smoke or drink. And yet I was one of the unlucky ones to get GBS!!!! [more..]
  • The GBS Attack - by KelishA - (Tue, Jun 02 2009)
    I see the same story..I can not tell you actually how happy I am to hear others story about this rare condition. My mother is 56 years old, always a GO, Get it done type of person. About 3 weeks ago, she started complaining about pains in her leg, but again, she’s go-go! So she overlooked it, well as time has progressed, she started walking very clumsy and complaining of the pain worsening. [more..]

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