Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient.e, Voices of NMO
February 1st, 2011 – I began having vision problems in my left eye and a few days later, it got drastically worse. I went to the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary’s ER and was diagnosed with Optic Neuritis. With time, it got a little better but by the end of February, my legs started feeling tingly, numb, […]
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Since she already had been diagnosed with lupus, Raynaud syndrome, and Sjogren’s syndrome, Adria didn’t think much about the tingling in her hands that started in February of 2016. Besides, she was far too busy to pay attention. Adria was working full time as a paralegal and going to law school in the evenings. The […]
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I was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) in November 2013. My symptoms started June of that year with my toes going numb, shortly after returning from a cruise I took for my 30th birthday. Unlike most others, I was actually looking forward to turning the big 3-0! As the month went on, the […]
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My name is Ashlee. Thank you for taking the time to read my story. I’m not really sure where to begin and I’ve never publicly shared my NMO story before but, here it goes… In 2004, about six weeks after giving birth to my son, I developed my first symptom. One morning, I woke up […]
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In early November 2000, Nick came down with viral symptoms. He was just done eating dinner when he vomited across the kitchen – I was shocked. Up to this point he was a healthy 23 month old who was active, talking and above average in his skills and was never sick a day in his […]
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Neuromyelitis Optica – a rare disease that appeared out of the blue and had a mission to suck the life out of my dear sister. At first we thought that it was Multiple Sclerosis, at least that’s what the doctors said. NMO was and still is a new phenomenon. This is why many, including my […]
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I was 7 years old and after a normal school day, I noticed blurred vision in my left eye. As a very active and healthy child, this was unusual and so I went straight to my local opticians. Whilst there, I was told I had extreme inflammation in the back of my eye. They sent […]
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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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