Had a family member with serious case of GBS years ago, when little was known about it.
Started out like a mild case of the flu; he’d had poor diet and long work hours for awhile, so he was chronically tired. Within 48 hours he was paralyzed. He could not even blink his eyes and the nurses had to close his eyelids for him, and even used a solution to hydrate his eyeballs, to keep them from drying out.
The paralysis curled him into the fetal position for over a year before it slowly began to dissipate. Then he required a year of physical therapy to relearn voluntary muscle movement.. He needed specially designed mechanical gizmos strapped to his wrists to hold writing and eating utensils, and he walked with leg braces for years afterward.
Several of the men in our family have the gene. We’re wary of flu-like symptoms, and must take care to keep immune system strong with healthy food and vitamins.
GBS ain’t nuttin’ nice.