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Biting into the Elephant
Person's Name:
Ellen O. Kalinosky
I believe that a story is the shortest distance between two people. While this is my story, it is not just mine, and I did not do any of this alone. In April 1983, my husband Joe and I were 25 years old and attending to the required pre-marital blood work. Next thing we knew, we were sitting in a doctor’s office because my blood counts were abnormally low. They told us there was something wrong, but they didn’t know what it was.
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Doctor Helps Determine Her Own Aplastic Anemia and PNH Diagnosis
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Heather Vega
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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
Person's Name:
Jill Whitney
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Aplastic Anemia Patient Meets Physician Who Treated Her 30 Years Ago
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Mary Jo Moss
For so long, I have been quietly racking up the years - 33 in all - since my diagnosis and transplant. I have done so well and had so few problems that I felt I had nothing to share. But as the years have gone by, I have begun to realize how few of us long-term survivors there are and how truly blessed I am to just be alive! By reading the comments when I post a milestone birthday, I am overwhelmed with the response from others who have walked this path, who are just beginning the journey, or are fearful for their loved one’s future.
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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
Person's Name:
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
Person's Name:
Kimberly Woudenberg
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