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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient, TM, Voices of NMO
She thought she had a bad sunburn… Lillian had gone camping with her daughter and her Girl Scout troop in September of 2015. When she returned home, her shoulders and […]
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I was diagnosed with NMO on March 10, 2015… An MRI that was done while I was receiving inpatient care for sudden paralysis of my lower limbs showed a spinal […]
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My name is Jamie and I am Adam’s partner of 17 years. This is Adam’s NMO story from my perspective… Everything was perfect in our lives; Adam had a good […]
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With respect to the patient’s desire to remain anonymous, we will refer to him as Matt. It started along with a very bad cold in late 2011. Eye pain and […]
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On a warm February evening at the University of Miami, I sat in my Music Business lecture and wondered from where this strange soreness had come. There was a lingering […]
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I was an on-call intern late one night at the Johns Hopkins Hospital when I met a young woman who presented with weakness and pain in her legs. This was […]
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Something Wasn’t Right I was the perfect example of the shiny student off to bigger and better things from the small country town where I grew up. I had a […]
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February 1st, 2011 – I began having vision problems in my left eye and a few days later, it got drastically worse. I went to the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary’s […]
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I have never been a person that likes to sit still; I don’t even like going to the movies. If it was up to me, I would run from location […]
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My life changed eleven years ago when I was diagnosed with NMO. To this day, I still have moments where I reflect back on my story and feel every ounce […]
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