One Day at a Time with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and CIDP

Michael J. Kiser was living a healthy life with no restraints in his life - until of May of 2006 when his body decided to turn on itself. The true story about Michaels own experience with an Immune System Syndrome called Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Acute Relapsing CIDP or Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. This Syndrome causes ones Immune System to reverse on itself to the point of attacking your body which causes the nerves to be attacked to a point where the Myelin Sheath that protects the nerves to be eaten. Nerves are stopped from sending signals back and forth from the brain which controls ones muscles and ones sense of touch. Without proper care this syndrome can kill within three to eight weeks. Know that anyone who has this syndrome can survive and that there is light at the end of the tunnel - I did.