Learning to Walk Again: How Guillain Barre Taught Me to Walk a Different Path - Couverture souple

Brandt, Ann

 
9780595258239: Learning to Walk Again: How Guillain Barre Taught Me to Walk a Different Path

Synopsis

Guillain Barre Syndrome is strange combination of symptoms that includes paralysis in varying degrees. It strikes men and women, young and old. Often the primary care physician has difficulty diagnosing a GBS patient. After the symptoms have peaked and recovery has begun, patients expect to regain their old routines.However, many find their lives have changed in some way. A quest for information and a need to be connected with other GBS patients led Ann Brandt to walk a different path, away from community college teaching and toward writing and liaison work with other GBS patients. Patients need to feel connected with others. They are hungry for information about others experiences with the disease. Read how a sense of humor, faith in God, and a stubborn nature can work in recovery.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Guillain Barre Syndrome is strange combination of symptoms that includes paralysis in varying degrees. It strikes men and women, young and old. Often the primary care physician has difficulty diagnosing a GBS patient. After the symptoms have peaked and recovery has begun, patients expect to regain their old routines.However, many find their lives have changed in some way. A quest for information and a need to be connected with other GBS patients led Ann Brandt to walk a different path, away from community college teaching and toward writing and liaison work with other GBS patients. Patients need to feel connected with others. They are hungry for information about others experiences with the disease. Read how a sense of humor, faith in God, and a stubborn nature can work in recovery.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ann Brandt is the Denver area liaison for the Guillain Barre Syndrome Foundation International. A former English teacher, she has published articles and essays in national magazines. She has four children and seven grandchildren. She and her husband live in Broomfield, Colorado.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780595653607: Learning to Walk Again: How Guillain Barre Taught Me to Walk a Different Path

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  059565360X ISBN 13 :  9780595653607
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002
Couverture rigide