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March is Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month. 💙 🌀
Blood clots can happen to anyone, but awareness is one of the most powerful tools we have to prevent serious complications like DVT. Long travel, surgery, pregnancy, certain medical conditions, and even prolonged sitting can increase the risk. |
Take a moment today to learn the signs, move your body regularly, and encourage someone you care about to do the same. #stoptheclot #DVTAwareness #PatientWorthy
During Rare Disease Week in DC, we had the pleasure of meeting DaNice D Marshall, one of ten 2025 RareArtist Awardee winners! A telecommunications technician by trade, DaNice never painted before her granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) diagnosis. She was initially hospitalized for 28 days, and no one could figure out what was wrong.
"I was told to make out a will and put my house in order. So I went home and I said, 'I don't know how to die. I know how to live.' I would lay my head down, go to sleep, and then wake up and BOOM, I'm still here. So for me, painting was salve, art is salve. It’s healing. My body is always in pain. I started with abstract art because I didn't know what I was doing, but after a while I started to do figurative art. Three years after I was diagnosed, someone noticed my art and suggested I put it out on social media. That's what I did, but really just for my family, and it took off! Since then, I've had my work on billboards in Boston. I've had nine solo shows. I've had 55 group exhibitions, was awarded a MassMOCA Residency Fellowship and several grants. All of this since I started doing figurative art in 2020.
Recently, I’ve started to convert my artwork to tactile cards and textural art, because I want to make my art accessible to neurodiverse people and those with low vision, so they can touch my art to see it.
This particular piece titled, “In Someone Else’s Shoes” depicts me, my interpretation of me. I'm always joyful. I'm always trying to bring joy, to be happy. But there's also a struggle. The shoes don't fit, I don't know where I'm going, I don't know if I'm going to make it. My disease is life threatening, so navigating the healthcare isn’t always easy. But it's what it is. I'm here, and that's all that matters. I call myself an "artivist" because I'm becoming more of an advocate for patients like me with rare diseases. I just want people to know art is society’s empathy muscle, it must be exercised daily to keep it strong ."
#RareDC2026 #RareDiseaseWeek #PatientWorthy #GPA
It's Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month! Here's what you need to know about this chronic neurological disorder:
🧡 Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. live with MS, and 2.9 million people worldwide
🧡 MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, where the immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord
🧡 Symptoms vary, but can include vision problems, fatigue, trouble walking, numbness, and muscle weakness
🧡 It's typically diagnosed between ages 20-40
🧡 Women are diagnosed 2-3x more than men
🧡 There are four types of MS with different progression patterns: relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), primary progressive MS (PPMS), secondary progressive MS (SPMS), and progressive-relapsing MS (PRMS)
🧡 RRMS is the most common, affecting about 85% of people at initial diagnosis
Share to raise awareness and support the MS community! Share your story with us here: bit.ly/4dV7gru #msawarenessmonth #mswarriors #multiplesclerosis #MultipleSclerosisAwarenessMonth
