Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination

Dr. Gordon Smith talks with Dr. Haya Bishara about the association between GBS and both SARS-CoV-2 infection and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read the related article in Neurology.
Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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I had GBS after getting vaccinated. I was vaccinated with Pfizer. One day my legs felt heavy. It felt like my feet had magnets and the ground was made of metal. My finger tips were tingling and numb. I went to work and within an hour I knew something was really wrong. The hospital didn't find anything wrong with me and sent me home. The next morning I could not get out of bed. 911 was called and I was transported to Health Sciences center in Winnipeg where they immediately did CT scan, spinal tap, and later on a MRI. I was diagnosed with GBS. They did treatment in my arm. The treatment did not improve my condition. I had to then get a stent put in my neck and had 5 treatments of plasmapheresis. It worked almost immediately. I was transferred to the rehab hospital (rehab staff were so great). After 1 month I was determined to leave the hospital on my own two feet. I was able to beat the odds and get out 1 week before Christmas. The process was not over. I did physiotherapy for 6 months and was able to fully recover. Now I'm back to playing hockey again. I don't like how the governments pushed for vaccinations. I took it to play hockey because I couldn't if I wasn't. But the vaccine took hockey from me.