Story of Recovery: Bob Kuhn's Guillain-Barré Syndrome | Brooks Rehabilitation
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Three years ago, Bob Kuhn was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. It's a rare disorder where your immune system attacks your nerves controlling your muscles, results in muscle weakness, and in severe cases, paralysis.
He went to sleep one night, happy and healthy. He woke up a few hours later paralyzed. He went into total respiratory failure, was intubated and spent the next three months on a ventilator.
With a trach in and a feeding tube, he was admitted to Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital.
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I had GB about 8 years ago. I was paralyzed from the waist down. Luckily, I was hospitalized before it hit my lungs.
I lived alone at the time. My family was in NY and I was in FL. My mom couldn't get in touch with me so called my landlord and my landlord found me unresponsive and paralyzed in my apartment.
I was hospitalized and then transferred back to NY to be near family. I spent 3 years in a skilled nursing facility where I underwent physical therapy.
Thank goodness I can walk again but I'll always have residual weakness.
Thanks Bob. Sorry to hear of your having suffered from GBS. Praise God that you got the help you needed. I'm there myself uit seems and you have given me much hope! All the best ====
Thank you for sharing Bob's story! It would be great to see a follow up of how he is functioning today.
My mom was diagnosed with GBS a month ago I wish i could get her into brooks rehabilitation.
How is your mom now??
I was diagnosed 2 months ago one day I was in pain at work as a plumber next day I was paralyzed from the waist down my problem is I have Medicare and not rich so going to brooks is py not going to happen if you’re rich you can great care if not forget it. Let’s keep sending money to other countries and screw us citizens
How old were you when this happened!? Searching for answers... My friend is on a ventilator with a trach. He is 72 years old.
Suggest some exercises for recovery for this Syndrome please help
Can you please upload the latest video of you walking independently
I m a gbs patient from Malaysia 22nd feb 2016 i collasped In t icu for 3 months paraysled neck downwards it is already 6 years i still fon hv balance n very bad foot drop i can walk holding things around me if i stand will fall can i get t address n.place where you did yr rehab thanks pls pray for me
I had severe foot drop from my GB as well. It's a terrible thing to go through but the more physical therapy you get, the better your chances of improvement are. Good luck. It's doable.