Hi Joe: Nice to hear from you. You are the first technician that I have come across who also had Guillain-Barre. Mine started on Feb 15 this year. I cannot walk yet, but I can tune a piano if I can get to it with my wheelchair (just spinets, consoles and Grands, no tall uprights yet). My hands are still weak. Last week I went back to the Rehab place and measured my grip strength. It was up from 6 to 11 lbs in the L hand and up from 16 to 22 lbs in the R. That improvement covers a 1 month span. My therapist could grip 130 lbs. I was pushing the envelope a bit recently and fell and broke the fibula in the R foot. Actually, I was pushing Myrtle in the wheelchair and tripped on something and went down like a rock. My hands were too weak to hold onto the wheelchair handles. I still have a fear of falling when using a standard walker for the same reason. I keep exercising the hands and eventually will regain quite a bit more strength. Most repair work is still difficult for me. My speed in tuning is about the same as before. How long ago did you have Guillan-Barre? One man here in Arizona celebrated his 3rd anniversary of recovery by carrying his 3 year old daughter on his back down the Grand Canyon and up the other side. I'd call that RECOVERY. I'll be happy just to be able move a small Grand by myself again or to lift an upright piano up on end again to change casters. Jim Coleman, Sr. PS I'm still subscribed just to the pianotech-digest form for now. So I won't be answering a lot of stuff for awhile yet. I do however read almost everything on the list a day later. JWC
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