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My name is Annalisa, I’m 46 and I’m Italian. My eldest son, who is 15 years old, has agenesis of the corpus callosum, diagnosed during… Continue reading My children

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My SMA Adventure

My name is Kerry, I was born on the 22/10/1997. I was born in a set of fraternal twins. Around the age of one my… Continue reading My SMA Adventure

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Warrior

Bonjour à tous ! J’habite en Belgique et j’ai eu mon diagnostic de SPS en 2018, à l’âge de 40 ans. J’ai eu 9 chutes… Continue reading Warrior

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My journey

I was diagnosed with NMO in April 2020. My primary Dr thought I was having a shingles reaction without the lesions. After an MRI and… Continue reading My journey

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Life long disease

I had a crush injury in 1994 to my left ankle. Result? Rsd. I had numerous lumbar epidurals. Eventually i had a Sympathectomy. It has… Continue reading Life long disease

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More than 30+ years as a Rare Disease Patient

I have been a diagnosed rare disease patient for more than 30 years now. My name is Amy and I am a rare disease patient… Continue reading More than 30+ years as a Rare Disease Patient

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A Short Story Long

Here’s to the long story that leads me to the start. On the 22nd I became an above-knee amputee and for the last 96 days… Continue reading A Short Story Long

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The mysterious stomach pain

Hi! My name is Victoria and I’m from Connecticut. In 2020 I was diagnosed with three rare diseases. Gastroparesis, MALS, and SMAS. Since I was… Continue reading The mysterious stomach pain

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My story with kts

I was born with kts also known as klippel tranaunay syndrome which is from my waist till my toes. It is the color brown and… Continue reading My story with kts

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