Driving with GBS

I think the worst thing about driving after GBS is that even though you have feeling in your feet (such as when you scratch the bottom of your feet with your fingernails), the nerve damage impairs your sense of position. So when you go to push in the clutch your foot is not where you think it is. Lucky for me my right foot is better than the left so with the brake it is not too much of a problem. The other thing is that after driving an extended period of time the pressure of your foot on the gas pedal makes your foot go to sleep so every once in a while you have to pound your foot on the floorboard to wake it up again. Same with your hands if you grip the steeringwheel tightly for too long, then your hands go to sleep and you have to slap them on your leg to wake them back up. Oh well, such is life.

About the vent, I was on it almost two months. I don’t think many people with GBS stay on the vent for more than a few months. While it is unpleasant being on the vent, ones memories of it tend to recede and you have to make an effort to remember what it was like. In fact my whole hospital experience is like one big blur.