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Keeping my disease, pain & emotions hidden for ease of friends & family and to avoid a repeat negative response at work (now silent in… Continue reading Hidden

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Polychondritis during Allergen Specific Immunotherapy

Mi nombre es Carlos. He vivido con Policondritis Recidivante por casi 12 años, mi enfermedad comenzó durante la aplicación de Inmunoterapia Alérgeno Específica (ITE). La… Continue reading Polychondritis during Allergen Specific Immunotherapy

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PNH Awareness for my niece, Paige

Friday, February 28th 2014 is RareDiseaseDay 2014. It is important that we recognize the meaning of this day for two reasons. 1.) The need to… Continue reading PNH Awareness for my niece, Paige

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Be Proactive

Had it not been for the quick thinking of my husband, I am not sure what might have eventually happened to me. Already having been… Continue reading Be Proactive

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PH Awareness

February 28th is Rare Disease Day, with the main goal being to raise awareness. I have an incurable, life threatening lung/heart disease called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.… Continue reading PH Awareness

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Life with LEMS

Four years ago, I was a healthy happy wife and mother of 2, working full time in a factory. It seems like a blink of… Continue reading Life with LEMS

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CHERISH PRECIOUS MOMENTS NOW

My husband of 32 years,Bob Profeta father of our 4 beautiful kids was handed a death sentence in 2009, PMP aka Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma. Bob had… Continue reading CHERISH PRECIOUS MOMENTS NOW

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Unaware of having Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

My name is Hoang Nguyen. I am 27 years old and I was born and raise in New Orleans. When I was in elementary school,… Continue reading Unaware of having Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

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Syringomyelia, what is that?!

I don’t even remember the first time I heard the actual name of what I have, I don’t remember the first surgeon that operated on… Continue reading Syringomyelia, what is that?!

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