Up from the Abyss | Free Book
A Journey of Personal Redemption from the Ravages of Guillain-Barrè
Syndrome
I assure you, though, there is nothing trite about coming down with
Guillain-Barr syndrome. For the person hit by it, it's war and
revolution wrapped in one: A catastrophe, an upheaval, a devastating
blow.
But also an invaluable experience and a possibility for renewal.
I wouldn't be what I am now, a man at peace with himself and the
world, had I not come down with, and fought back from, this terrible
ailment. But I don't want to sound excessive. It isn't terminal cancer
at young age, or trauma-induced coma and vegetative state; but, as
Joseph Heller said, it's no laughing matter, either. The blessing
about Guillain-Barr syndrome-and I mean that with only a little bit of
irony-is that it doesn't affect the gray matter upstairs. You know
it's bad, but you also know it can be defeated, and the struggle to
overcome it lends a tremendous meaning of truthfulness to the old
saying: "That which does not kill you " You know the rest. It can
paralyze you completely, and, occasionally, do you in, but the road
back or, as I imply in my title, the uphill struggle from the abyss is
Herculean and character forming.
- Title: Up from the Abyss | Free Book
- Author: Steven
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