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Daniele’s NMO Story – MENINA CORAGEM (Courageous Girl)

Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient.e, TM, Voices of NMO

I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica in June of 2012 after two hospitalizations totaling 5 months, during which I lost all my strength, ability to move and all feeling from my chest down… My first symptoms, during August and September of 2011, were nausea and vomiting. Nowadays, I know that those are very peculiar characteristics […]

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Alyson’s NMO Story | All That Glitters Isn’t Gold

Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient.e, Voices of NMO

It began like a pain unlike any other. In 2009, and during my sophomore year of college, I was sitting in class when the shooting pain down my back began. It was as if someone took hot metal spikes and drug it slowly down my spine. Terrified, I never told anyone what I was going […]

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