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A Hard Pill to Swallow

Eosinophilic Esophagitis   I often try to explain my disease to others, especially when I try to describe why I can’t eat breakfast or eat something offered… Continue reading A Hard Pill to Swallow

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Living with Rare

Rare Diseases and Getting Older (APS-Type 1) Until I saw the survey in “Juggling Care and Daily Life: The Balancing Act of the Rare Disease… Continue reading Living with Rare

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CRPS

I’ve been living with the most painful condition that exists, CRPS or complex regional pain syndrome, for almost seven years. Reading everyone’s stories & raising awareness… Continue reading CRPS

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Getting diagnosed

I’m Melissa. I was finally diagnosed just 6 months ago at the age of 26 with type 5 Glycogen storage disease (also known as Mcardles… Continue reading Getting diagnosed

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Igg4 an orphan disease with many faces

Igg4 Related Disease – an orphan disease with many faces. IgG4 RD is an autoimmune disease which can attack any organ in the human body,… Continue reading Igg4 an orphan disease with many faces

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A Life of Love

Although Archer had some difficulty with feeding and gaining weight after birth, he was otherwise a healthy baby. At the age of six months he… Continue reading A Life of Love

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Not Stopping

Almost every time I ate I felt extreme discomfort when it came time to swallow. Food would lodge itself in awkward places as it made… Continue reading Not Stopping

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PCH1A…A Rare Moment

My son, Ian, was diagnosed with PCH1A caused by a mutation of the VRK1 gene. After years of regression, tests, doctors appointments, hospital stays, really… Continue reading PCH1A…A Rare Moment

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