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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient, TM, Voices of NMO
I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica on July 25, 2015. My story is a little different than many of the stories I’ve heard or read about because my symptoms started […]
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Liz has had NMO for 25 years now. She’s only known it for ten… Since she’d had migraines throughout her childhood, Liz and her mother didn’t think too much […]
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My name is Brian Weinshenker and I am a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I established a career as an MS specialist and have had an interest […]
Read MorePosted by: The Sumaira Foundation in News & Announcements
Thank you to everyone who made the 2nd New England NMO Patient Day a spectacular day! Special thanks to: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation […]
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My name is Jeanette McCourt from Arizona and I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica on June 1, 2016. This diagnosis did not come easily or quickly. I had multiple diagnoses […]
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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 […]
Read MorePosted by: The Sumaira Foundation in Media & Press
When 25-year-old Sumaira Ahmed got a call from her doctor’s officelast May, she was shattered by the troubling news. “You don’t have cancer,” said a voice from the other end. […]
Read MorePosted by: The Sumaira Foundation in Caregiver, NMO, Voices of NMO
Neuromyelitis Optica – a rare disease that appeared out of the blue and had a mission to suck the life out of my dear sister. At first we thought that […]
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