Re: NEW YORK STATE – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - INTEROFFICE MEMORAND...

[Guest guest]

Strictly anecdotal.

Wow, if this is true, which I doubt, it would be interesting to see if the

population of neurologist have a lower number of GBS cases vs the general

population.

With such small numbers I don't think this would be possible to quantify.

AJL

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> My neurologist told me " this is why neurologist don't get flu shots " .

> Don't know how true that is but I can tell you there where 2 others in

> the icu with me post vaccination with GBS. Needless to say I can not

> get a flu shot.

>

> Sent from my iPhone

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> On Oct 10, 2009, at 11:02 AM, " krin135@... " <

> krin135@... > wrote:

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> > and how many others got G-B syndrome from *any* immunizations? in 30

> > plus

> > years, I worked with maybe a dozen G-B survivors, and only had cause

> > to

> > make the diagnosis *once.* To the best of my remembrance, none of

> > those cases

> > were related to immunizations- the 16 year old with an odd ascending

> > paralysis (sent to a neurologist, and we made the diagnosis of G-B

> > syndrome

> > together) was afflicted in the spring, well after her last set of

> > booster shots

> > for school, and while she had suffered from mild upper respiratory

> > symptoms

> > a week or so prior, she had not had classic flu symptoms prior to the

> > paralysis.

> >

> > Not saying that your case was not associated with an immunization,

> > just

> > that G-B itself is rare in any case.

> >

> > ck

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> >

> > In a message dated 10/10/2009 09:47:35 Central Standard Time,

> > richhenkel@... writes:

> >

> > The CDC will tell you it's rare to get gbs however I am proof that you

> > do. I got it

> > About 4 years ago from the shot

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

That is exactly why I do not get any flu shots. I contracted GBS in 2003, and

on a ventilator for 10 days post a yearly vacination. I will never get another

one.

That is why I was wondering if there was any hard evidence to support that fact.

Even one case is to many, in my opinion.

Re: NEW YORK STATE – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - INTEROFFICE

MEMORAND...

My neurologist told me " this is why neurologist don't get flu shots " .

Don't know how true that is but I can tell you there where 2 others in

the icu with me post vaccination with GBS. Needless to say I can not

get a flu shot.

Sent from my iPhone

> and how many others got G-B syndrome from *any* immunizations? in 30

> plus

> years, I worked with maybe a dozen G-B survivors, and only had cause

> to

> make the diagnosis *once.* To the best of my remembrance, none of

> those cases

> were related to immunizations- the 16 year old with an odd ascending

> paralysis (sent to a neurologist, and we made the diagnosis of G-B

> syndrome

> together) was afflicted in the spring, well after her last set of

> booster shots

> for school, and while she had suffered from mild upper respiratory

> symptoms

> a week or so prior, she had not had classic flu symptoms prior to the

> paralysis.

>

> Not saying that your case was not associated with an immunization,

> just

> that G-B itself is rare in any case.

>

> ck

>

>

>

> In a message dated 10/10/2009 09:47:35 Central Standard Time,

> richhenkel@... writes:

>

> The CDC will tell you it's rare to get gbs however I am proof that you

> do. I got it

> About 4 years ago from the shot

>

>