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I have been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. anyone else out there with similar circumstance?

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joanne47212
joanne47212

I have been affected in both lower legs causing my feet to be pretty much drop footed. Would like to hear of any similar cases?

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  • darren1971
    darren1971

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    yea joanne they are all similar these conditions,bloody unlucky be hit with things like this lol but thats life hope your doing good now
  • james80078
    james80078

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    I wonder if it depends on age when GBS attacks. My niece had it very acutely when she was about 7 and she wanted to die she was so ill. But she made a full recovery within a year and is now a 40 year old mother of teenagers. But my friend Pete got this after a long period of stress in which he got a virus, in his 40s, followed by GBS and he still has one foot that drops badly in his 70s. He's had quite a few falls and because of the way he walked thereafter, he did have to have a hip replacement 'cos of the strain on the hip.
  • joanne47212
    joanne47212

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    You maybe right dependant on age. Thats really good your niece recovered well. I sound similar to your

    frien'ds symptoms.There is definately light at the end of the tunnel it seems! I have axonal

    Damage but do really hope.!! . its this drop footed lark, not to mention the aches/pains that

    go with it all .Nevermind , it could have been worse..... I hope am not at the stage of a hip op.

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