eBulletin / eInsider (story of hope)

My name is Ndeye Anta Sene. I am 22 years old and live in Maryland.  I was born in Senegal, in West Africa and in December 2007 came to the United States by myself at age 16 due to medical issues.

It has been two-and-a-half years since being diagnosed with

Christopher Nein recently earned his fourth AA&MDSIF Scholarship award. The

"May we live like the lotus, at home in the muddy water.”
Judith H. Lasater, PhD

When Duane Draper was diagnosed with MDS in July, 2009, the 57-year-old father of two grown children was asymptomatic and didn’t even realize that there was a problem with his health. Though he had been feeling slightly more fatigued, he attributed it to aging and didn’t worry about it. However, during a  physical, his physician did some routine blood work and discovered that all three of his blood counts were low.