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[QUOTE=Joe Martin]Hello Robert,
I am ten months out from complete parallis, trach, and medical induced coma. I have no problems with my hands other than loss of sense of touch in a couple places. As for my feet, I still dont have much feeling back and the muscels act in wierd ways. I need lots of support to get up from kneeling, and still need lots of oomph to go sit to stand. I had gbs, by the way. When putting on shoes, my left foot seems bigger than the right, like it’s swollen all the time, which it could have water retention due to lack of circulation, which you would think would work itself out with walking, but it doesn’t. The wife still say’s I can’t drive yet, but I think in an emergency, I would have no trouble. Since I was going to retire this march anyway, the want or need to drive doesn’t depress me. I still wake up each morning thinking I will stand on the floor and every thing will be back to pre GBS.
Joe[/QUOTE]
Joe and Robert: I am very encouraged by reading your posts. My Dad’s story is posted in the Main Forum under devestating prognosis. My dad is 63 still on a vent in ICU. Your stories give me hope. Perhaps next Christmas will be different. Dad came down with this horrible disease on November 19-2006. Within 72 hours he was completely paralized and on a vent. He has regained some movement in his arms down to the elbow. Hoping the lungs are next so he can get off the respirator. Would love to hear the time lines of your story. How long everything took!