NMO STORIES AROUND THE GLOBE

A strange title you may think, but it is true. Life has thrown you a bad hand, and it does suck, but you have to ensure you keep smiling and laughing!! Just think for any disabled or able bodied person the day they sit on the couch stuffing their faces and doing nothing makes them…

Hi everyone my name is Micky i am a 38 year old father of 2,living in Norway. 1 My story began in 2007 when i lost the feeling in my left thigh. It was not at all painful so i didnt visit my doctor to check it out and regained feeking a couple of months…

My story starts in April, 2009. One day while I was on a class trip to Washington, DC I woke up with a very bad headache and blurred vision. When I got home, I went to the ophthalmologist, who sent me directly to the emergency room because my optic discs where very swollen. I spent…

Hello All, it has been so great to have the opportunity to read the many stories and hurdles many of you have shared. I wanted to ask if any one has had the same type situation or simliar conditions. I am told I have NMO. I do not have any eye involvement, nor do I…

I first became very sick in August of 2009 dealing with various symptoms prior to my 2010 diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO). Serious symptoms of NMO lasted for about ten months; I was first unable to digest food, had loss of vision, and was temporarily paralyzed and dependent on wheelchairs and walker. I spent 10…

I was diagnosed with a form of MS in 1999 at the age of 19. I was by no means surprised by the diagnosis because my mother had been diagnosed with it in 1990. However, my symptoms were not textbook to say the least. I have gone through about 20 bouts of optic neuritis with…

MY NMO JOURNEY I was once a woman who felt she could tackle anything that came her way. I lost my husband 13 years ago and had to go out and find new employment. He was a Pastor and I ran our Christian school. After being 30 years out of the work force it was…

In my early 20’s I was working when I noticed I had a bruise as well as a pain in my abdomen area. It elt like I had been doing crunches, and since I hadn’t I was concerned. I went to the hospital where they ran numerous tests and discovered I had something called ITP.…

My journey began in 1997 when I was just 17 years old but I didn’t know at that time. I had lost my vision in my left eye for about 5 days and I was given prednisone treatments to restore it. Over the years I did suffer with blurred vision at times but it would…