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The Sumaira Foundation
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My name is Letitia and I am a 22-year-old South African NMO patient. My story began on the 26th of December 2017, Boxing Day… I had been suffering with an […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, ON, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
It was March 2009. I was 39 years old. One morning, I woke up feeling significant pressure behind my left eye. I felt it mostly in the right corner of […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in MOG, ON, Voices of NMO
It was the late 1990’s. I was in my 30’s had constant pain down my left arm, and even though I couldn’t tie the symptoms down to any single event, […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, ON, Patient.e, TM, Voices of NMO
I have a rare, chronic neurological disease that affects my central nervous system. It’s caused me to become temporarily half-blind and feel throbbing pain everywhere… I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
Imagine this: You’re driving on a highway, and suddenly, your hands stop working completely. You can’t grip the wheel. Imagine the terror and the confusion… And then imagine, that, thank […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, ON, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
Life before NMO – I was an active mom, worked as a home health nurse case manager and an avid marathon/half marathon runner… Before work, I would wake up at […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, ON, Proche-aidant.e, Voices of NMO
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
in NMO, Patient.e, 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 MOG, NMO, Professionnels de santé, Voices of NMO
Like many physician-researchers in my field, I spend a lot of time thinking about NMO, both inside and outside of the clinic. The science of NMO is fascinating to me […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
in NMO, ON, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
My NMO story started about 15 years ago. I was a sophomore in high school and was just released for summer break… The very next day, I started to feel […]
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