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These 4 2016 Memes Show How We All Feel the 1st Monday of the Year
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These 4 2016 Memes Show How We All Feel the 1st Monday of the Year

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

The mistletoe has been unhooked from the ceiling. The garbage man has manhandled your limp tree from your curb into his behemoth monster of a truck. The toys you just…

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10 Things Every Person With HAE Wants Emergency Healthcare Providers To Know
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10 Things Every Person With HAE Wants Emergency Healthcare Providers To Know

  • Post author:EmpatheticBadass
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:HAE/Rare Disease

One thing that almost every person living with or caring for someone living with hereditary angioedema (HAE) knows is that over time... No one knows more about hereditary angioedema than those…

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Narcolepsy Fried Her Brains. What You Need to Know.
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Narcolepsy Fried Her Brains. What You Need to Know.

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:Narcolepsy/Rare Disease

In November 2015, PatientWorthy sounded off on an article that I really liked called: “A Day in the Life of a Narcoleptic” by Steven Jackson. I applauded (and still do)…

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How to Fight for Your Rare Disease Child

How to Fight for Your Rare Disease Child

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:Rare Disease

What would you do if you were the parent of a 5-year-old who is diagnosed with an extremely rare, incurable disease that causes vision and hearing loss, various neurological dysfunctions…

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NMO and How to Rock the World of a Scientist
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NMO and How to Rock the World of a Scientist

  • Post author:Alisha Stone
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:Devic's Syndrome (Neuromyelitis Optica)/Rare Disease

In an effort to learn more about neuromyelitis optica (NMO)—a chronic illness also known as Devic’s syndrome or Devic’s disease—I tuned into another YouTube video of a PhD. He'd been…

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Getting My First Rare Disease Diagnosis (Video Series)

Getting My First Rare Disease Diagnosis (Video Series)

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:January 4, 2016
  • Post category:CAPS/Rare Disease

Welcome to the first of many posts related to Patient Worthy's Video Series! We had the pleasure of interviewing PW contributor Kathryn Ferguson, a mother and a wife, who has…

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