Valerie Ryan:  

I've moved too many times, growing up in Lyndhurst,NJ you could always pass my house and see a group of us playing on the swing set, tag, kickball or swimming. I'm amazed at how much I remember,LOL! Those were great times as they are long ago, but never forgotten. Sometime in April of 6th grade my family and I moved to Pennsylvania. I started a new school called Moore Elementary, went onto Jr High. Both my sister Terry and I were attending Northampton Jr and Senior H.S. Middle of our 10th grade yr we switched schools again, Liberty High School we were their just about half a year. Our Granny became ill and we moved back to NJ living in Garfield we both graduated from Garfield H.S. Since then our family has moved around a few more times. Was married in May 2000 it turned out to be a bad marriage, divorced in Aug 2002. Moved out to Georgia lived with my brother and mom needed a change we only stayed for a year,in late June/2003 we moved back to NJ be closer to family. I was diagnosed with Miller Fisher Guillain - Barre' properly pronounced (Ghee-yan' Bah-ray')Syndrome it's a rare auto-immune and nerve condition which I was severly ill this changed my life I'm forever thankful to my mom, family and friends that have been there for me along with all the new friends and people I've met through the GBS-CIDP Foundation International that is located in PA. I'm still learning about Miller - Fisher GBS and all kinds of auto-immune conditions as I've passed the recovering stage, now I'm living with residuals, still hoping ...Expand for more