Polio: Eileen's Story

[Grubba22]

There is a very interesting list of MANY famous people who had polio on the website for Disabled-world. The list includes Donald Sutherland, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alan Alda, Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, Olympic Athletes Wilma Rudolph and Georgia Coleman, Australian Billionaire Kerry Packer, American Billionaire Dennis Washington, Jack Nicklaus, Mia Farrow, Marion Davies, Neil Young, Saxophonist David Sanborn, Joni Mitchell, Supreme Court Justice William Orville Douglas & Francis Ford Coppola

[WNxMercy]

@MovieMonopoly highly.

[Grubba22]

@WNxMercy Active Polio is contagious. Mine was not. It was from a vaccination, and I was never contagious or a threat to anyone else.

[nothingelse83]

really inspiring! daghan salamat!

[mimicool1989]

I dont get it, why would people dislike this... there is nothing to dislike about it

[DeviousBetrayer]

People still get polio? What's next ? People dying from the plague? rolfmao

[nilaya87]

@DeviousBetrayer If you live in a country without sufficient medical treatment or poverty, you can easily die from the plague in the 21 century.

[reidrules45]

why were he siblings angery at her? It's not her fault she got polio!

[marciarodriguez123]

Such a positive nice lady

[Grubba22]

Wilma Rudolph: After contracting polio and losing use of her left leg, Rudolph was fitted with braces. Refusing to accept the limitations imposed upon her, when nobody was around she would take off her braces and practice walking. Then she went on to win GOLD medals for running! :)

[svakiputzaboravimpw]

@Dinosawr16 Awesome video, right ? :p

[pantyflash]

Like, you're absolutely gorgeous. You go, girl!

[hadarnan8]

WAS THE POLIO COUSED BY THE VACCINATION THAT SHE HAD? I just did not understand it for sure, if so does anyobody know why?

I admire her strength and optimism she really gives hope to everybody

[CodeRedCardinal]

@hadarnan8 most likely when they gave polio vaccines at school is was the live weakened virus that you had to drink which could give you the virus. now most people get the dead virus which is a shot. you most likely got it when you were born because babies must get it. if you are living in the u.s.a you dont really have to worry about getting the virus because the U.S.A. is considered a polio free country but some parts of africa still get polio.

[Grubba22]

@hadarnan8 Yes, it was caused from a bad vaccine. Too much of the live virus in it, is what they thought at the time. 

[tuinkabouternl]

x aantal mensen hebben polio

[Grubba22]

@Grubba22 Please keep in mind, most of us were too young to know TODAYS facts, and certainly the doctors did NOT know what they were dealing with back then. I was FOUR, my parents passed away LONG ago. My doctors from then are dead. We know what we were told and what we experienced. So PLEASE be kind in your responses, people are posting what they know or experienced, and this should be a safe place to do that.

[Grubba22]

In my personal experience, the "bad" vaccines, came at a time when doctors did not know how to diagnose the kind of polio that came about 30 days after the vaccine. Some called it Guillaume - Barre syndrome, others called it a "form of polio". All I know was that my life was permanently altered, and still is to this day.

[xtiml]

Dr. Bernard Greenberg, UNC before Congress in 1961 that polio, which declined prior to the introduction of the first polio vaccine, *increased* following the introduction of the vaccine, for 2 years, and authorities deliberately manipulated the statistics to cover that up--i.e., the polio vaccine was a complete disaster. Entire countries refused it, and saw declines as well as those that did. Studies showed that polio paralysis occurred 4x more often in vaccinated people

[Selrise]

This reminds me of my great aunt, when she was 15 she was diagnosed with polio and was bound to a wheelchair. She took gymnastics and was planning on becoming a dancer. She passed away about five years ago, we like to think that she can dance again now.

[Imogen1885]

I got polio from the vaccine. It was the supposedly killed vaccine. Polio virus was injected into me, a perfectly healthy child, and next thing I was in the hospital in isolation for weeks. I did not vaccinate my children. Vaccines are poison.

[syedferozshahbacha]

@Imogen1885 REALLY..........

[Imogen1885]

@syedferozshahbacha Yes, really!

[syedferozshahbacha]

@Imogen1885 , you should study about polio..........

[Imogen1885]

@syedferozshahbacha I have.I have also lived with it.

[xtiml]

@Imogen1885 sorry to hear that my condoplences for what they are worth.polio is nt a virus and is not cotagious it is from environmental toxins,has been identified as long ago as greece , workers in tannery would get it from exposure to type of metals used in it. at the time polio came mainly iomproper use of ddt and others.its a form of meningitis and pathologists doctors the name at whim.all vaccines are harmful. all of them.and not of any good in deaease prevention

[Imogen1885]

@xtiml That is interesting. Can you tell me more.

[anthonywitch]

Also had Polio in 1959 in Portugal. I am having alot of trouble now. I feel for you and was in the same situation. Love your attitude. I did the same things (surgeries etc...).

Where are you from???

My name is Joe...

[Domodeath]

My grand father, Alford Roy Taylor had polio, he died of cancer....

[dawgchld82]

i'm a polio survivor too. contacted it when i was 5yrs old and definitely understand you.

[loverroll]

yes but what do u do when ur alergic to the polio shot i was and the shot nearlt killed me i couldnt take it any more so i am still valnualble

[nicolewannabe]

The shot now days is safe, nothing live in it, and the oral vaccine hasn't been given in the US since 2000. But I understand why people would worry. I'm one of the hidden numbers effected by OPV. I was a year old when my life changed forever, but they didn't diagnose it. I'm finding that that is a real trend in the late 1980's. They wanted to make it seem like polio was a worry of the past. The won't diagnose it, but I am treated as if I did and I now know that I will have to deal with PPS.

[loreenwl]

I had spinal-bulbar polio in 1955 when I was 11. It affected my whole body. Now I have PPS. After living a regular life I now have gone most of the way backwards. I just want to respond to those here who warn against vaccines. I would not wish polio on anyone. However, the vaccines have prevented so many of us from getting polio. I think it's a no brainer to get vaccinated. Polio is almost eradicated worldwide.

[4t9erssss]

I had polio in both legs beginning in 1955 at 11 months old. Had the ankle and tendon transfer surgeries at 12, 15 and 18 years old. Thought I had a mild case until I reached my mid 40's. Now am disabled with PPS

[Tsagiglalal]

I had polio a few months after the shot in 1957. I was six yrs old and had just started first grade. Because it was a mild case I progressed to about 80% in time. About 30yrs later I began to fall for no real reason. I was diagnosed with Post-Polio Syndrome. I am in a wheelchair but am thankful I had those 30 yrs. I do alright in the chair.

[60gibbs]

Live vaccines were used and these were throught to in rare instances cause polio - however synthetic ones are now used. I caught Polio about 18 months after having the booster so it didn't offer 100 percent immunity.

[cyberprobe]

i just want to see the foot!!! she has a beautiful face but lets see those ancles

[will1951]

I had polio in 1955, I was 7months old. Your right we have to find ways to keep on going. I have a problem finding someone to build a brace that works for me the one I have hurts in so many places. I search websites in hopes I will find someone that can make a brace that works.

[Grubba22]

@will1951 If you are in the States, in California, find Hanger Prosthetics in Orange County. They build amazing braces, as well as life-like limbs, and all kinds of prosthetics. We featured them on our TV series Miracle Workers, a Dreamworks/Renegade 83 production for ABC. You have to go and have them molded for you and adjusted, but amazing work they do.

[gbfromsea]

It would be valuable information to see a statistic on how many people are getting Polio from the vaccine. Of course that's wishful thinking because vaccines are so wonderful and help people so much.

[jess4less]

yawn.

[Guthiiiiix]

ok.. wow

[DERFISO]

Mi mejor amigo tiene polio desde los años,tiene una pierna como mi brazo.

Es el mas feliz del mundo,esta al punto de tener su segundo niño,s mueve conmo tu y yo.....................eso es SUPERACION

[chicorico78]

i am also a surviver. I had adult stem cells 9 months ago and i am getting really strong

[nwowarrior]

It was the vaccine. Please do research on the vaccines.

Don't take the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine this fall!

[SecretMrsWherelse]

HUH?

[nwowarrior]

Do some research on vaccines.

[acecheergirl98]

i did and im fine

[nwowarrior]

Maybe for now....I really hope you will be fine

[acecheergirl98]

um i didnt have polio i meant i got swine flu and i got the shot because i seen a comment that said not to get the shot.

[NitroNein]

so stupid

[mamawisdom]

Are some of you saying that you contracted Polio after receiving a certain vaccine, and that the two are associated? I'm doing vaccine research on my own, and would like to know more about this aspect of the story. Thank you.

[vanngiovi]

Hi.... im giovanni from philippines, i'm a polio victim myself eileen, i'm now 35 yrs old and i had this polio i think when i was 6 months young,thats waht they told me..... i hope we can have an organization of all polio victims all over the world.

[joannebrooks]

yes, please see my video, joanne brooks, life after polio, I am also interested in what you find

[purplehazygurl]

Some people can get it from just the vaccines, it's rare but it can happen, it depends on the human body and their nervous system.

[HarpoMarx22]

@mamawisdom You will never get accurate statistics, because doctors don't usually acknowledge when vaccines cause the illnesses that they were intended to prevent, or when they cause other illnesses. I'm a case in point. Several days after I got an OPV when I was 5 years old my left leg became paralyzed. But the docs who examined me didn't diagnose polio. Instead, they called it an unknown disease with polio-like symptoms!!! The statistics lie. Vaccines are more dangerous than people think.

[Imogen1885]

@HarpoMarx22 Well said.

[anielda47]

Wow! i am a 62 and had polio a tt 5 yrs old. don't see many of us around. You look so young to of had polio

[joannebrooks]

there are more of us than you can imagine

[ronnieronald]

I am a polio survivor and happy to see this video

[bosunbilly]

I didn't think there were any of you left.

I'm glad you're still around.

[purekill12]

that really helped me out for school

[congoairman]

Thank you for your video. I was three yrs old when I received the vaccine and acquired polio.

[toddmaryg]

p.s. you look so much like mom here!  =)

[toddmaryg]

Eileen, We weren't angry at you, we were just being stupid kids....trying to get some of the attention you were getting. We love you Peeper! ~Mary

[henfrog]

They should reshoot this and tell more of the story.

[rosuna6431]

In life you rarely meet people that truly inspire you and help you search within yourself for that strength that seems to resonate from a etherial place within... Eileen Grubba is one of those people.

What a light that walks among us.

[KTScott2000]

Eileen is absolute inspiration.  The people who know her undeniably use 2 words to describe her, "angelic" and "heroic." The talent/looks combination is a plus to her defining character strengths. Love her!!!

[RepoTheRockOperaX22]

Yes she is a inspiration

[BlueBlueGreenGreen]

Eileen

You are the most brave and beautiful and wonderful and most generous and most inspirational person I've ever met. You are living more than most people know how to. You make me happy. Love you my friend. Anastasia.

[jetdesign22]

Each day my admiration grows for you, more and more. What an amazing , inspiring person.

[henfrog]

Beautiful. But, knowing you, I think they missed a major point: You went from a wheelchair to cheerleading, hiking mountains, becoming an accomplished actress, and beating cancer. This barely shows the spirit that we all get to see. You shine.

[Grubba22]

Vaccinations