![]() My mouth was tense and I had blurred vision, I realised I had to go to the doctor. He explained: “My face was numb and tingly. About a month later, he woke up one morning and could not move his face. In early February 2023, Neil began getting pins and needles in his hands and feet, which eventually spread to his legs, and he had difficulty walking. Thankfully it didn’t go into my diaphragm as if that happens you have to be intubated in ICU, but they got it just in time.” “They quickly diagnosed me as having Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which attacks all the nerve endings. Neil tries to focus “on the positives” and is hoping to get a job where he can do “some good” as he knows he will never be able to return to his job as a theatre teacher as he cannot be “up on (his) feet all day.” Neil told PA Real Life: “I basically went from a well-functioning adult to a baby. Neil can now only walk for a few minutes at a time with a Zimmer frame (Collect/PA Real Life) Now he is living on his own and thinks he is about “80% of the way there” – he uses a Zimmer frame to walk for a few minutes at a time, but does not know if he will ever be able to walk as he used to. ![]() He had to be fed, washed, bathed and toileted, losing all his independence.Įven his eyelids were paralysed – he had to sleep with his eyes open, which his parents said made him look “like The Exorcist.” For about ten weeks he had one-on-one physio at the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People in Surrey and eventually could begin to move his limbs, and when he could go to the toilet on his own he cried with happiness.īut his nerves were hypersensitive – just touching the bottoms of his feet with his fingertips “felt like a knife had been stuck” in them. Neil was soon diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare and serious condition that affects the nerves, especially in the feet, hands and limbs, causing problems such as numbness, weakness and pain. Neil Duggan, 45, an ex-theatre secondary school teacher, began getting pins and needles in his hands, feet and legs early in 2023, and a month later woke up with “blurred vision”, lost sensation in his face, and became paralysed. It does not store any personal data.A teacher in his mid-forties who became paralysed a month after getting pins and needles in his limbs - going from being a “well-functioning adult to a baby” - can now only walk for a few minutes at a time with a walking frame and has said the experience has made him realise that “life can change in an instant” as he is forced to leave his job behind. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. ![]() ![]() The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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