One Big Move across the globe later, I'm back. Thank
you to everybody who emailed me in the interim. Several
of the pages of this website have been revised lately,
so please check them out!
Guillain-Barre syndrome is undoubtedly something that
can cause massive frustration, hopelessness and anguish,
in both patients as well as their families. For Julie
and Michael in the UK, GBS also a marital crisis that
has yet to be resolved fully [more].
It is therefore a great pleasure to be able to bring
you articles about people who have been able to find
inspiration amidst the chaos that GBS has caused in
their lives.
In the US, a recovering GBS patient, who was himself
paralysed at one point, has created echnology that allows
paralysed patients to use the internet. The system tracks
slight head movements to move a cursor on the computer
screen, allowing the patient to connect to relatives
and friends via the internet [more].
UK physiotherapist Patricia plans to walk along the
Great Wall of China to mark her china wedding anniversary!
Inspired by her patients, among them a GBS patient,
Patricia is raising money for the Dorchas Fund, which
supports medical research into GBS, provides support,
and is hoping to build the first UK carers centre [more].
Swiss Toni began building pedestrian bridges at age
19 to help disaster-stricken poor communities. 18 years
and a bad bout of GBS later, he has put up over 265
bridges and improved the lives of over 700,000 people
in Latin America and Indochina. All because he firmly
believes each of us is in this world for a reason. Every
action has a reaction, life is about creating balance
[more].
Got any GBS-news in your local community? Do you know
a GBS patient who is an inspiration to you? Let's spread
the positive news and create optimism among the GBS-stricken.
Email me and I'll be happy to publish your news here.
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