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My NMO journey started just a few weeks after having my first baby girl in August 2020. Being a first time mom, I had no idea what postpartum should look […]
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It was the Friday before Halloween in 2018. Anthy was on her way home from work when she called her husband to see if she needed to pick up anything […]
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It was December 2019. I struggled almost every day with tension headaches (eyes and nose). My primary care doctor suspected I had migraines and prescribed me with migraine medication. I […]
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I was 33 years old in 1993, when I experienced a sudden attack of optic neuritis, an inflammation that damages the optic nerve causing vision loss. A small black dot, […]
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Thank you to our fabulous guests, featured speakers Drs. Dean Cestari and Marcelo Matiello, Chef Bouley + the Bouley Culinary Team for helping us raise NMO awareness us at The […]
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In October 2015, as I was traveling to Oklahoma to visit my sister, I developed a deep gray-teardrop-shaped spot in my right eye which increased after I arrived. I mentioned […]
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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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Ann and her husband were at the seaside, collecting seaweed to use in a kitchen garden they were digging. Ann noticed a tightness in and around her chest, but assumed […]
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“The Chef + The Doctor” at Bouley Botanical (Tribeca, NYC) Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 6:30PM Nutritive Cuisine, Eyesight, and the Central Nervous System: An Evening with Dr. Dean Cestari, Dr. […]
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