After I had published my first book, A First Step - Understanding Guillain-Barre Syndrome, it occurred to me that the dream sequences described in that book would make for an interesting read on their own, as a collection of short - but impossible - stories.
Thus were sewn the seeds for this publication. The 'postscripts' that have been added are included to assist readers who have not read the earlier book, and who therefore may not have a full understanding of the circumstances I found myself in.
During my seven-month confinement in Intensive Care, on a ventilator for breathing...

This book is about three people from different walks of life, each of whom survived a life-changing episode of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It is three dramatic stories in one."

Part one of A First Step - Understanding Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a true, blow-by-blow account of the Author's encounter, as a healthy Canadian businessman, with a rare and devastating disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (G.B.S. for short). It describes his seven-month long struggle for life in 'Intensive Care' after receiving a grim prognosis, and his subsequent dogged determination to overcome the effects of that disease.
The second part is devoted to short stories based on dreams and hallucinations experienced whilst he was in 'Intensive Care', which in themselves reveal something of...