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The boy who changed my life

Jack was born almost 16 years ago in what was a seemingly normal elective caesarean. Prenatal care was all showing a healthy growing boy. Well… Continue reading The boy who changed my life

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Meet our Daughter Maisie – CFC Syndrome

Our daughter Maisie has Cardio-facio-cutaneuous Syndrome, a rare rasopathy which was caused by a change in her BRAF gene (Maisie’s variant is c.770A>G p.(Gln257Arg). We… Continue reading Meet our Daughter Maisie – CFC Syndrome

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El problema de la invisibilidad

Soy Juan Carlos Flores, hi oye tengo 56 años viviendo con hemofilia y tratando de dirigir una organización que lucha por mejorar las condiciones de… Continue reading El problema de la invisibilidad

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How Parry-Romberg Syndrome Inspired My Desire for Awareness

Hello! My name is Hannah. I’m a twenty-four year old Marshall University and West Virginia University Hospitals alumni currently working in my career as a… Continue reading How Parry-Romberg Syndrome Inspired My Desire for Awareness

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Jessica’s Journey

I don’t even know where to begin. In September of 2016, I can remember being at a flea market with my parents and having tingling… Continue reading Jessica’s Journey

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The depth of a black eye

When I was young I always wanted to see my eyes in the mirror. I wanted to study the darkness of my pupil and I… Continue reading The depth of a black eye

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Una esperanza para jaz

Soy Jazmin tengo 16 años hoy mí mamá es mí voz después de sufrir una crisis metabólica que me llevo a una convulcion muy grande… Continue reading Una esperanza para jaz

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It’s unbearable living with this terrible illness I call “bully” lupus is a bully.

I was diagnosed with this debilitating, chronic & incurable rare disease in 2007 this systemic lupus erythematosus & lupus nephritis has also caused other multiple… Continue reading It’s unbearable living with this terrible illness I call “bully” lupus is a bully.

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Never give up!

I suffer from periodic Mediterranean family fever and secondary familial amyloidosis with double genetic mutation on two different portions of DNA, the onset was about… Continue reading Never give up!

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