We’re the GBS Support Group
We support patients and survivors with GBS, CIDP and related neuropathies, such as Multifocal Motor Neurpathy (MMN), Miller Fisher (MF), Lewis Sumner Syndrome (LSS) and Anti-Mag, along with their supporters.
Can We Call or Visit You?
We can usually arrange for a GBS survivor to visit you and your family/carer in Hospital or at home.
We understand your worries and can answer questions based on our own experience. Most importantly we are proof positive that recovery from where you are is realistic.
We understand your worries and can answer questions based on our own experience. Most importantly we are proof positive that recovery from where you are is realistic.
Lil Morgan
Wairoa and Gisborne
Margaret Shearer
Christchurch
Sue Vesey
Christchurch
David Powell
Auckland, Tauranga, Waikato and Rotorua
Yvonne Powell
Auckland, Tauranga, Waikato and Rotorua
Marilyn Turnwald
Hamilton and Waikato
Erika Burt
Hawkes Bay and Wairoa
Eileen Jacobsen
Auckland, North Shore, Waitakere and Auckland City Hospital
Alison Barclay
Gisborne
Malcolm Scott
Palmerston North / Hawkes Bay and Masterton
Murray Brown
South and the West Coast
Chris Hewlett
Tauranga, Whakatane and Rotorua Hospitals
Tony Pearson
Nelson and Blenheim Hospitals
Ansie Nortje
Hospitals in the greater Wellington area.
Meike Schmidt-Meiburg
Thames and Waikato
Beverley Whittaker
Hawkes Bay
Doug Young
Otago, Southland and Central
John Podd
Palmerston North Area
Peter Scott
Whanganui and Palmerston North
Harry Cockburn
Northland
Lorraine Hunn
South Auckland and Middlemore
Terry-Ann Young
Otago, Southland and Central
Larry Tasker
Whanganui
Daniel Leadbeater
Christchurch
Ian Hankin
Christchurch
Tom Hoey
Auckland - Whangarei
Alison Barclay
Gisborne
Eileen Jacobsen
Auckland, North Shore and Waitakere
Erika Burt
Hawkes Bay and Wairoa
Ken Ardern
Julia Ardern
Tauranga
Lorrain Hunn
South Auckland and Middlemore
Marilyn Turnwald
Hamilton and Waikato
Sue Vesey
Christchurch
Margaret Shearer
Christchurch
Louis Nortje
Wellington
Lil Morgan
Wairoa and Gisborne
Robin Campbell
Rotorua
Jan Morrow
Bay of Plenty DHB
Murray Brown
South and the West Coast
Colleen Keen-Wall
Waikato Hospital
Malcolm Scott
Palmerston North / Hawkes Bay and Masterton
Be Inspired
Although the impact of contracting GBS can be very distressing for you the patient and your family and carers hope for a good recovery is at hand from the inspiring stories of GBS survivors who have fought back from the same situation (or worse) that you now find yourself in. See for yourself and read, or have read to you, their journey back to, or near to, normality.
Ask Our Expert Medical Board
Dr Annette Forest
ICU Consultant
Dr Vic du Plessis
Neurologist and Rehabilitation Specialist
Dr Dean Kilfoyle
Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
Dr Gareth Parry
Neurologist
Dr Chris Lynch
Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
Dr Suzie Mudge
Physiotherapist
Dr David Gow
Neurologist
Dr. Jennifer Taylor
Consultant Neurologist at Wellington Hospital
Kylie Kerr
Occupational Therapist
Kat Quick
Physiotherapist
Karen Clark
Neurology CNS specialising in multiple sclerosis and neuromuscular conditions.
Te Whatarangi Dixon
Physiotherapist
Join Us
Show your support for the Group by swelling our membership ranks ( its free!) or share your worries and questions or personal experiences on our closed Facebook site and keep up to date with Group activities by reading our quarterly newsletter
Help Us
The Group is nothing without your support and assistance. Become a member, perhaps volunteer to help with the running of the Group either as part of the Executive team or organising informal Coffee and Chat gatherings in your area or even offer to take on a role of a trained Hospital Visitor or simply show your support and appreciation of the help you have received by making a donation to cover the cost of running the Group.
We rely on donations from members and supporters to cover the operational cost of the group. The group is run by unpaid volunteers, all GBS survivors or members of their families or Carers.
