- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Interviews
francois's interview
How did all start?
Increasing weakness.
Sep-Nov 2017:
Progressive impossibility to walk.
Do you already have a diagnosis? How long did it take you to get it?
Diagnosed in Dec 2017
CHUV hospital Lausanne
Ca 1 week
For what medical specialties have you been treated? What has been the most useful specialty for your?
Generalists then Neurologists
What has been the most useful thing for you so far?
Diagnosis then rehabilitation
What have been your biggest difficulties?
Duration of the recovery
How has your social and family environment reacted? Have your social or family relationships changed?
Not real support.
I was considered guilty for the disease.
What things have you stopped doing?
Walking with gradients became difficult
What do you think about the future?
I am lucky: GBS is not the worst disease
So far, which years have been the best years in your life? What have you done during them?
Years immediately after the end of my studies
What would you like to do if you didn’t have your condition?
Walk in the mountains
If you had to describe your life in a sentence, what would it be?
It's fine but going too rapidly
Finally, what advice would you give to a person in a similar situation?
GBS means a long time for recovery, but the majority of the nerves capacity will come back within one year.
