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samplegirl

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8. I'm a Guillain Barre survivor from back

Reply to former9thward (Original post)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 09:25 PM

Jul 2021

In 1978 and I was on a vent 3 months in intensive care. Then to a rehab for another 11 weeks to learn how to use everything all over again.

I got the Maderna shot.

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FDA to announce new warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine related to rare autoimmune disorder [View all] former9thward Jul 2021 OP

Guillain-Barr Syndrome is a rare potential issue with all traditional vaccines. Read the consent JohnSJ Jul 2021 #1

Guillain-Barr is usually one in a million in childhood vaccines womanofthehills Jul 2021 #2

Exactly. Reporting this without context is fodder for the anti-vaxers to jump on social media JohnSJ Jul 2021 #3

So it looks as if the risk for getting Guillain-Barr PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #4

They must mean above and beyond the regular background rate. NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #6

But the information posted does not make that even remotely obvious. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #11

You're right. The article doesn't clarify that. NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #14

My brother-in-law had a bad case of Guillen-Barr Syndrome ten years ago. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #5

That sounds devastating. NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #7

Yes. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #10

A cousin got Guillain-Barre back in the mid-1950s. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #12

I'm a Guillain Barre survivor from back samplegirl Jul 2021 #8

So glad you recovered. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #9

It was a long road back samplegirl Jul 2021 #13