Gina Iaffaldano on Life Lessons Overcoming Guillain Barre Syndrome

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Gina Iaffaldano is a legal operations professional, writer, and everyday athlete. She has recently relocated back to the Chicagoland area. She is working on her first book, Little Gifts, which covers much of her experience with overcoming Guillain-Barré syndrome - a rare autoimmune syndrome that caused her to be neurologically paralyzed. Gina is two years in remission and is in training for her second Spartan competition post-recovery.

Show Notes:

(00:00) Intro

(03:07) Who is Gina

(04:37) Life before Diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome

(08:44) Getting to a diagnosis

(11:26) Initial Thoughts on Recovery

(15:54) Uncertainty of Diagnosis

(18:39) The Recovery Process and Getting to Walking

(19:25) Mental Bad Days

(22:52) Support System from Friends and Family

(25:42) Tracking Progress

(28:56) Be Where Your Feet Are

(30:46) Exercises to Get Movement Back

(32:44) Out Patient Therapy

(35:32) Goals for Getting Out of Therapy

(38:47) What Did Gina Learn About Herself

(43:22) Coming Together To Help Each Other

(47:33) How Does Gina Define Happiness

(53:11) The Shortness of Life

(01:07:15) Rebuilding Your Habits

(01:12:28) What is Legacy to Gina

(01:15:14) Where to connect with Gina

(01:16:25) Outro