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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in Caregiver, NMO, Professional, Voices of NMO
I am a caregiver to my daughter, Nell, who was diagnosed with NMO at age 9. Prior to her diagnosis, she was an active, vibrant girl playing travel lacrosse, robustly […]
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Nel mese di marzo 2012 avevo appena trovato lavoro a più di 60 chilometri da casa ma era il lavoro per il quale avevo appena terminato gli studi ed ero […]
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In February 2020, I started having weakness, numbness, burning, and pain on both sides of my body, starting with my feet but rapidly progressing to the rest of my body. […]
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On Monday, I woke up with a slight ache on the left side of my lower back which felt numb, like a bruise but without the pain. This numb spot […]
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Modern medicine in the United States was a complete failure. For six weeks, the hospitals, doctors, and many lab tests couldn’t piece a single clue together… It was 2018, and […]
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My NMO journey began in 2018. It was Martin Luther King Day. I was visiting my parents for the weekend. When I got up in the morning, I remember looking […]
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It all started with an itch at the back of my neck that continued for about three weeks without any sign of a rash or anything that could be causing […]
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Mi nombre es Yaracelly Gaona, soy panameña, estoy casada, tengo 35 años y una hija de 7 años. A mis 28 años, días de dar a luz, presente dolor en la región dorsal […]
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Hello fellow NMO sisters and brothers. My name is Roxana aka “Roxy”. I was diagnosed with NMO in June 2011 when I was 17 years old. The first symptom I […]
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I was a young resident at the University of Verona’s, Neurology Unit when I met a woman with rapidly evolving extensive myelitis. I first thought about NMOSD and asked our […]
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