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Living with a rare eye disease

Mother of two, Magdalena, speaks about how a rare eye condition Autosomal Dominant Retinal Dystrophy, affects the lives of both her son and husband.  The… Continue reading Living with a rare eye disease

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my story

Hi I’m Alanna I’m 17 and I live in the Uk . I suffer from autism, anxiety but mostly CRPS. I have CRPS in my… Continue reading my story

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my story

Hi I’m Alanna I’m 17 and I live in the Uk . I suffer from autism, anxiety but mostly CRPS. I have CRPS in my… Continue reading my story

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Writing books gives me wings

My name is Michal. I was born in 1991. I have spinal muscular atrophy, but I don’t care so much about it, others have to… Continue reading Writing books gives me wings

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I am so much more than my disease

  Hi my name is Shane, I am 17 years old and I have hypermobility type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. 17 is young to get diagnosed as… Continue reading I am so much more than my disease

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Rare disease day 5 years on

Feb 28th 2018 So here we are 5 years post diagnosis. So what has changed ? How have you coped daily with rare disease in this… Continue reading Rare disease day 5 years on

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In Her Head

For as long as I can remember, I have always been tired. An exhaustion that sleep didn’t help. I have Bipolar Disorder, so when I… Continue reading In Her Head

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First child

July 3rd 1999 was the happiest day of my life, Not only was this my first child, but the first girl out of 6 boys.… Continue reading First child

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4p beautiful

Olivia was born in October of 2014.  She was 4 weeks early and only weighed 4lbs 2oz.  She was considered IUGR and failure to thrive… Continue reading 4p beautiful

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