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My name is Pauline Richardson nee Grant. I grew up on a farm in Jamaica. My mom, being a cheerful giver, would invite people over all the time, always making […]
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My name is Shekita Green and I have neuromyelitis optica. I am the mother of two teenagers, the wife of an Army vet and an entrepreneur. In my “past life”, […]
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Jarrie grew up on a farm and declares himself a simple man. I think otherwise. I think Jarrie is a man for whom love is simply enough. Jarrie married his […]
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Tiffany was a military brat with both of her parents serving in the Navy, so joining up herself seemed the obvious choice for her. She enlisted in 2006 and met […]
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On the evening of Sunday, 17th January 2010, my mother was putting up a fight with my brothers and I to go to bed while we were chasing each other […]
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My name is AnneMarie and my journey with NMO began in 2002 when I was just 16 years old… One April morning, I woke up with a stabbing pain in […]
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My biggest fear in life was that I would have some incurable sickness or disease. Not heights, nor spiders, nor public speaking. It was getting sick. Both of my parents […]
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My name is Kellin. I am a 28-year-old South African NMO patient and this is my story… Late in 2015, my father suddenly passed away. It was a shock to […]
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Maureen is a nurse. She worked in neurocritical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital for many years before she had ever heard of NMO. But in 2007, shortly after Dr. Benjamin […]
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Although we would prefer to get together in person, we look forward to coming together virtually in October to commemorate six years of TSF. Please join us on Saturday, October 24 […]
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