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Hope Floats

I was diagnosed with Osteonecrosis a rare bone disease over one year ago.  I have this disease in my hip and now it has continued… Continue reading Hope Floats

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Life with Panhypopituitarism

I am Samriddhi and I suffer from Congenital Panhypopituitarism.(CPHP) Congenital means by birth. Pan means all. Hypo means less or absent. So panhypopituitarism means less or… Continue reading Life with Panhypopituitarism

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AKU-patients in Slovakia need attention

Anna I am an AKU-patient from Slovakia and a participant of SONIA2 clinical trial (age 61). I was very happy and healthier with nitisinon during SONIA2… Continue reading AKU-patients in Slovakia need attention

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I Need A Place To Fit In

It seems like everyone around me is normal. They wake up in the mornings, feeling pretty okay. Refreshed from last night’s sleep. Charged. Perhaps they get… Continue reading I Need A Place To Fit In

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Never give up

I was born about 50 years ago with infant-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. However, it went undiagnosed until I was 21 years old. Then, at 31… Continue reading Never give up

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Unheard of

Four days before Christmass 2018, my doctor called and informed me that I have a rare disease – one that not even she had ever heard of, that… Continue reading Unheard of

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Boy with no cure will die!

This boy has a rare disease with no cure and he will die!

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My Blood Hates Me

As a child I often had unexplained bruising. I was in hospital briefly as a teen and they mentioned low platelets, but no follow up… Continue reading My Blood Hates Me

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Too young to take my breath away

Hello, my name is Jeff, I am 50 years old and I have COPD and emphysema due to alpha 1. I was diagnosed with the disease 7… Continue reading Too young to take my breath away

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