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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient, Voices of NMO
Sumaira’s NMO Story From the Transverse Myelitis Association blog, In Their Own Words (October 4, 2018) My name is Sumaira and I am the founder and executive director of The Sumaira Foundation […]
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Here is my story of how I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica and just how scary it can be knowing that something is wrong but not being able to find […]
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My name is Tracey Cho. I am a neurologist and a teacher. I specialize in autoimmune and infectious neurology, treating diseases like NMO, NMDA receptor encephalitis, HSV encephalitis, chronic meningitis, […]
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Julie has had NMO for at least a dozen years. From before and since that time, she has been diagnosed with a number of other conditions. She has been […]
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I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica on July 25, 2015. My story is a little different than many of the stories I’ve heard or read about because my symptoms started […]
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Thank you to our fabulous guests, featured speakers Drs. Dean Cestari and Marcelo Matiello, Chef Bouley + the Bouley Culinary Team for helping us raise NMO awareness us at The […]
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In October 2015, as I was traveling to Oklahoma to visit my sister, I developed a deep gray-teardrop-shaped spot in my right eye which increased after I arrived. I mentioned […]
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My name is Brian Weinshenker and I am a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I established a career as an MS specialist and have had an interest […]
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Thank you to everyone who made the 2nd New England NMO Patient Day a spectacular day! Special thanks to: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation […]
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Ann and her husband were at the seaside, collecting seaweed to use in a kitchen garden they were digging. Ann noticed a tightness in and around her chest, but assumed […]
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