Paul Schaublin was affected by Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in 2006, whilst working in Africa. This book is a personal account of his experience with this mysterious disease which significantly impacted the rest of his life. Initially a form of auto-therapy, this story gradually became a book for all those who have inexplicably contracted some such obscure disease. This is a story of sickness, struggle, endurance and ultimately hope with a positive outcome.

Paul Scha ublin was born in Vevey, Switzerland (1949). Having studied at the E cole Polytechnique Fe de rale de Lausanne (EPFL), he graduated as civil engineer. Paul has worked for most of his life as project manager for a major oil company. As part of his work, he has lived in a large number of countries from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, Australia to Papua New Guinea and almost all the countries of the African continent. Paul currently lives in Amsterdam where he co-directs an art gallery devoted to photography.