ADampDevil

Same sort of symptoms as my mother-in-law, although it was getting out of bed, she had had tingling (pins and needles) and numbness prior to the muscle weakness. She had been into hospital before but having suffered vertigo before they didn't suspect GbS until it got to not being able to stand.

It can be dangerous if not caught early enough, you might need to be mechanically ventilated if it progresses to the muscles related to breathing. You can die from conditions related to the syndrome, the mortality rate is somewhere between 1-18% depending on treatment (ie: if you get treatment you will probably live) and most people 80% make a full recovery within a year, for others it can take significantly longer.

We had to find what little information we could when my mother-in-law was diagnosed with it earlier in the year.

What were your first symptoms?

My mother-in-law is currently in recovery from the same condition, thankfully they caught it reasonable early, although even after treatment she did get worse before she started to get better. So is at least able to walk short distances now. She had suffered from a bought vertigo and poor balance years before and at first she thought it was a reoccurance of this.

How did it affect you emotionally?

My mother-in-law got very depressed I think due just not being able to do anything, and just not knowing when things would ever improve.

To what extent did the paralysis affect your wife?

After treatment did things get better soon, or did it continue to get worse for awhile?

How is the recovery going?