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Born and raised in Tokyo, Mamiko Sakaida always loved singing and wanted to become an opera singer. In pursuit of her making her dreams come true, she studied opera in Bologna, Italy, […]
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My name is Christy and I’ve been fighting this disease without knowing what I was up against since before 2008… I started calling this thing my “venom” because it reminded […]
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My name is Shanice. I was born and raised in Jamaica and now reside in Toronto in Canada. I am a second-year medical student aspiring to be a physician in […]
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The differential diagnosis: It is a skill we learn early in medical school and it is designed to guide the clinician on considering the possible underlying causes of a patient’s […]
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On the evening of Sunday, 17th January 2010, my mother was putting up a fight with my brothers and I to go to bed while we were chasing each other […]
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My name is AnneMarie and my journey with NMO began in 2002 when I was just 16 years old… One April morning, I woke up with a stabbing pain in […]
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My name is Jaime. I live in the small town of Exeter, Pennsylvania. I am a wife and a mother to a beautiful and healthy 15 year-old daughter. And I […]
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My biggest fear in life was that I would have some incurable sickness or disease. Not heights, nor spiders, nor public speaking. It was getting sick. Both of my parents […]
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Today this is where I am – right here and right now. God has a plan, yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never be – It’s up to me as […]
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My name is Kellin. I am a 28-year-old South African NMO patient and this is my story… Late in 2015, my father suddenly passed away. It was a shock to […]
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