Reply To: CIDP symptoms now after GBS in 2002
The following article from Dr Lewis may provide helpful info about your CIDP variant:
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/chronic-inflammatory-demyelinating-polyneuropathy-etiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis
Most patients with CIDP have some axonal degeneration without demyelination. Some have heavy demyelination with little axonal damage. Axonal damage is the most difficult for the body to repair. The variability of the disease makes it hard to diagnose correctly.
I have both conditions and have been wheelchair-bound for 10 years.