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🐕 🐶 SALUTE TO SERVICE DOGS Submit high-resolution photos of your furry helpers for consideration to be featured in our 2020 Dogs Of NMO calendar Email photos of your service dogs […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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My name is Veronica and this is my NMO story. I am not a patient but a mother/caregiver of an NMO patient. I have always been in a way, made […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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My name is Sherry. My experience with my disease is a little different and backwards… I was taking care of my father who had MS for many years and experienced […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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Back in 2013 and 2014, I completed two 100km walks to raise money for Oxfam – something I am so proud to have done! BUT in 2016, when I tried […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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August 23, 2019 – The Sumaira Foundation for NMO (TSF) and Connor B. Judge Foundation (CBJF) are proud to present Demystifying NMO, a podcast series aimed at simplifying scientific jargon associated […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in MOG, Patient, Voices of NMO
Now that I have been diagnosed with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated disease, or MOG-Ab disease, I have met others who are afflicted and have listened to their stories. They all […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, Patient, TM, Voices of NMO
It all started when I was 20 years old – I went to urgent care because I was experiencing excruciating pain in my upper back to the point of tears. […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in Caregiver, NMO, Voices of NMO
This is a story of how a warrior is made. I have been gifted with the job of being this warrior’s mother and I am proud to share her story. […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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On July 24, 2019, we honored 5 years of TSF for NMO and celebrated 30 years of founder + executive director, Sumaira, at ROW 34. 62 guests gathered in pink […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, Patient, Voices of NMO
She thought it might be her fault. After all, she was working 14-hour days driving a truck, going to school full time and caring for a young son on her […]
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