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The Sumaira Foundation
in MOG, ON, Proche-aidant.e, Voices of NMO
Virginia was only 10 when, while checking the mail one day in April, she noticed a grayness in her vision, “like leaves creeping up from the bottom of my eye.” […]
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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, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
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
in NMO, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
One morning in October of 2013, I remember feeling a sharp pain in my right eye when I would try to read and the letters were very blurry. It was […]
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