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https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...frederick-guillain-barre-syndrome/2019868002/
Cowboys' Travis Frederick sees hope, progress after 'scary' Guillain-Barre Syndrome diagnosis
Travis Frederick just wanted to put Oliver and Kensington to bed.
He’d always carried his young son and daughter up the stairs.
Then the Dallas Cowboys center returned home from the hospital in August, fresh off his diagnosis and spinal tap treatment for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, the autoimmune disorder that had ambushed his football career and sapped his strength.
“Not being able to carry my kids upstairs to bed – certain things change the way you look at life,” Frederick told USA TODAY Sports in a phone interview Thursday. “Not knowing how bad it’d be.
“It was pretty scary there.”
It was scary for a while.
Frederick lost feeling in his hands and feet. His hips lost the strength to stabilize his walk, so he limped, which put extra pressure on his back. He lost about 18 pounds. And he lost the sense of camaraderie with the offensive line group for which he became an anchor in four Pro Bowl seasons since Dallas drafted him in 2013.
Suddenly, Frederick identified with what Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo referred to after his 2016 career-ending collarbone fracture as “a dark place, probably the darkest it’s ever been.”
And not just dark.
“I would say it is a dark and lonely feeling,” Frederick said. “There’s nothing like the brotherhood of being able to play, work and sacrifice with the guys.
“And all of a sudden, you’re taken from that. And someone else is doing it in your place.”
Two and a half months later, it’s an adjustment that Frederick has embraced.
Dallas’ October 29 bye week was a turning point.
read the rest https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...frederick-guillain-barre-syndrome/2019868002/
Cowboys' Travis Frederick sees hope, progress after 'scary' Guillain-Barre Syndrome diagnosis
Travis Frederick just wanted to put Oliver and Kensington to bed.
He’d always carried his young son and daughter up the stairs.
Then the Dallas Cowboys center returned home from the hospital in August, fresh off his diagnosis and spinal tap treatment for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, the autoimmune disorder that had ambushed his football career and sapped his strength.
“Not being able to carry my kids upstairs to bed – certain things change the way you look at life,” Frederick told USA TODAY Sports in a phone interview Thursday. “Not knowing how bad it’d be.
“It was pretty scary there.”
It was scary for a while.
Frederick lost feeling in his hands and feet. His hips lost the strength to stabilize his walk, so he limped, which put extra pressure on his back. He lost about 18 pounds. And he lost the sense of camaraderie with the offensive line group for which he became an anchor in four Pro Bowl seasons since Dallas drafted him in 2013.
Suddenly, Frederick identified with what Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo referred to after his 2016 career-ending collarbone fracture as “a dark place, probably the darkest it’s ever been.”
And not just dark.
“I would say it is a dark and lonely feeling,” Frederick said. “There’s nothing like the brotherhood of being able to play, work and sacrifice with the guys.
“And all of a sudden, you’re taken from that. And someone else is doing it in your place.”
Two and a half months later, it’s an adjustment that Frederick has embraced.
Dallas’ October 29 bye week was a turning point.
read the rest https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...frederick-guillain-barre-syndrome/2019868002/
