My Son, the Athlete and Survivor
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Tami Meidinger
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A Story of Hope
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Emma Pritchett
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Since my diagnosis, my mission has been to fight back
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Jill Whitney
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Young Aplastic Anemia Patient Grateful That Life is Returning to Normal
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Yajaira Suarez
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Family’s Support Spurs Recovery
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Jordan Brown
On July 4th, 2014, my 23-year-old son, Jordan, coming from the Washington DC suburbs, visited us (Barnett and Nelda Brown) in La Place, Louisiana. He wasn’t feeling well, so I convinced him to go to urgent care before leaving to return home. He was given antibiotics because he appeared to have three cysts in his left arm. He made a second trip to urgent care in Virginia to have the cysts lanced and was given a blood test during the procedure.
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Knowing What it Takes
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Kimberly Woudenberg
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Patient, Educator, and Volunteer
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Stephen King
A PNH survivor for more than 25 years, Stephen King speaks about his life as a patient and an advocate in both formal and informal roles -- and offers advice for newly diagnosed PNH patients.
“I’m an engineer with a problem-solving orientation,” says the medical software manager from Atlanta, Georgia. “After my diagnosis, I thought, now that you know what it is, let’s fix it. It took a little time to sink in that there was no quick fix, and I had to learn more about it.”
Early Diagnosis, Treatment and Emphasis on Self-Advocacy
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Aplastic Anemia Patient “Just Focused on Beating It”
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Brittany Springer
In February of 2011 I was 22-years-old and attending Orange Coast College. One day I began to notice that I was bruising easily. My legs were covered in bruises by the time I went to my doctor. The doctor told me I was probably anemic and run down due to my work and school schedule. She ran a regular CBC blood test.
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Long-term survivor and dedicated volunteer
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Ruth Cuadra
2015 will mark the 17th anniversary of my victory over myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). An unrelated-donor bone marrow transplant saved my life and cured me of the disease in 1998.
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