Olivia, Ataxia-telangiectasia, Canada, December 6, 2018
Olivia is 5 years old and was just recently diagnosed with Ataxia Telengieactia (AT). This disease effects her mobility, immune system, speech and make her at greater risk for cancer. There is current...
Isabella, Parry-Romberg syndrome, New Zealand, November 24, 2018
Parry–Romberg syndrome is a rare disease characterized by progressive shrinkage and degeneration of the tissues beneath the skin, usually on only one side of the face but occasionally extending to oth...
Kori, Mowat-Wilson syndrome, Canada, November 23, 2018
When my daughter was diagnosed in March of 2018, I had no idea what Mowat-Wilson syndrome was at all, but all of Khloe's doctors gave us a lot of good websites to go and read up about it. Life with MW...
Ko, Hypoparathyroidism, France, November 18, 2018
J'ai 50 ans et je vie avec une maladie hormonale invisible qui se manifeste par des crises de tétanie et divers troubles neuromusculaires, physiques, cognitifs et émotionnels. En 2004 je me suis révei...
CARL, Narcolepsy-cataplexy, Belgium, November 18, 2018
Je suis atteint d'une Narcolepsie de type 1 avec calaplexie et paralysie du sommeil...Depuis tout petit je suis différent des autres mais malgré tout je suis le papa de trois grand garçons que j'adore...
Barbara, Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita, United States, November 12, 2018
Six year old Ella, the daughter of Britney, represents the many children in southern Illinois who receive services through TLC.Ella was born with an extremely rare syndrome called "m-cm" or "m-cap". E...
Matteo, EEC syndrome, Italy, October 25, 2018
I love soccer and I owe it so much. I am affected by a rare disease and, unfortunately I have never had the possibility to see my first child to be born, due to the same syndrome I have. In order to ...
Matina, Mutation of 2 Genes: CAV 3 - RYR 1 ), Greece, October 21, 2018
My name is Matina, I am 46 years old, I am married , I am a mother of three children, grandmother of 2 grandchildren and I also have a dog. I suffer from a rare disease. At the age of 40, my health pr...
Martin, Addison disease, Sweden, October 19, 2018
Please watch this video (linked below) to hear about my life and journey living with Addison disease:https://vimeo.com/martinwallgren/thelastremaininglight Find others with Addison's disease on RareCo...
Hannah, Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Australia, October 19, 2018
I became very sick early July 2016 with severe headaches, vomiting and slowly losing mobility. After a few back and forth trips to doctors & emergency rooms I was finally admitted into hospital - ...
Mike, Smith-Kingsmore syndrome, United States, October 18, 2018
I have a soon-to-be 16-year old son who finally got a genetic diagnosis this year: Smith-Kingsmore syndrome! There aren't very many people who have had this diagnosis as of yet, but we are certain as ...
Ida, FOSMN syndrome, Norway, October 16, 2018
In 2002 my right cheek went numb. I told my sister, who is a nurse, and she immediately had my head scanned to check whether I had a brain tumour developing. Fortunately, I had not. Gradually the whol...
Allan, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, Canada, October 3, 2018
Hi, my name is Allan Rowley. Thanks for taking the time to read my story. I’ve started a GoFundMe campaign because I suffer from a condition with no known cure. It’s a disorder called Spinocerebellar ...
Sarah Roy, 1q21.1 microdeletion syndrome, United States, October 1, 2018
Cecilia was born with a multitude of health issues including hypotonia, suck/swallow issues, severe reflux and other complicated GI issues. She had seizures like episodes and spent all day arching in ...
Kat, Juvenile Spondyloarthropathy Arthritis, Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome, United States, September 30, 2018
Hi! I'm Kat and I'm in my first year of high school at 14 years old. At three years old, my life kind of broke and I never knew because, well I was three. At this time I was diagnosed with Spondyloart...
Carol, Interstitial cystitis, United States, September 27, 2018
I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis and suffered for years. Finally found a urologist that said he could do surgery to stretch and then stitch open the bladder neck to correct this problem. It...
Sally, Sarcoidosis, United Kingdom, September 26, 2018
I’ve been diagnosed with sarcoidosis and my body is attacking itself, I feel so unwell and mostly stuck in bed . There doesn’t seem to be anyone who can help me my health is deteriorating rapidly.
Isabel, Misophonia, United States, September 26, 2018
I had a perfectly normal childhood up until I was nine. One day I noticed as I sat down to eat with my family all these different sounds that they were making. Of course I had heard the sounds before,...
Anna, Complex hereditary spastic paraplegia, United Kingdom, September 24, 2018
As a small child there was always something different about Charlie, he never made friends - was constantly being bullied. I was back and forth to the doctors telling them I thought he might be autist...
Tino, Imperforate Anus, Zimbabwe, September 5, 2018
“Growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa, Zimbabwe, family and society had convinced me to believe that I was cursed by ancestral gods, in my mother’s womb. I learnt to accept that I was a black sheep, an ug...
