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This is My Struggle

Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
Post published:July 3, 2020
Post category:Cystinosis

My name is Mika Jayne Covington. I’m 29 years old and I live with an ultra-rare disease called cystinosis. I am also a transgender woman and my pronouns are she,…

Study Indicates More Research is Needed on Transgender Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients to Improve Patient Care

Post author:Trudy Horsting
Post published:April 26, 2019
Post category:Acute Myeloid Leukemia Myelodysplastic syndromes Rare Disease

In a world that is just beginning to make space for the open discussion of transgender individual's life experiences, there's still a huge gap in the conversation regarding healthcare. This…

Mika: Honest, Whole, and Valuable

Post author:Rebekah Palmer
Post published:February 11, 2019
Post category:Cystinosis Rare Disease

One of my better friends within the cystinosis community is Mika Covington. We met at a cystinosis event in 2016. I had read some of Mika’s entries posted in her…

This is My Struggle

Study Indicates More Research is Needed on Transgender Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients to Improve Patient Care

Mika: Honest, Whole, and Valuable

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