Kshirja Singh

When NMOSD entered my life, two things hit me hard. The first was the lack of information, and the second was isolation. The misinformation threw me into panic mode. When my...

My official journey with NMOSD began in November 2021 when I was told I am AQP4+. Over 3 years, I dealt with side effects of my medicine, being constantly in...

I was traveling when a wave of NMOSD spasms hit me. I was standing when this happened, and I politely asked one of the passengers who was sitting in the...

I was watching an interview and this lady said, “If you have money you can afford to fall sick." And I could not agree more with this statement. I mean...

NMOSD came as a real eye-opener for me holistically. I used to see specially-abled people walk by, unaware of the challenges they must face in a zillion ways. Now I...

It's been 2 years and 7 months since I was officially diagnosed as AQP4+. And 3 years since I became partially blind. But NMOSD (as I always mention) did not...

It was 3 months after I was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). I was 95 percent paralyzed from the waist down since October 2021. But thanks to regular...

I stood in an unknown place unable to understand where I was. Why was I there? Why was this place filled with too many people? The noise and all the...

The beginnings of my neuromyelitis optica (NMO) journey led to the loss of one eye. I started noticing changes in my husband's behavior around this time, too. I chose to...

There is a saying about tough times: you get to see the true colors of everyone around you. I had seen tough times, and I had seen how people reacted...

So here I was on the 5th the day of my ICU stay, waiting for some news on the numbers of tests being run on me. I was admitted as...

Ever since I was a child, my life has been nothing but a comedy of medical errors. I am one of those people who would not catch the normal flu...

My daughter and I are truly indebted to this website, and to our community family members, the warriors and there are heartfelt reasons for it… After coming to my senses...

By definition, mental health is taking care of psychological, emotional, and social well-being but for me (mine slightly injured mental health) was an inseparable friend that I’ve had for a...

There was a shift in my behavior in August 2021. From being sad, weepy, and depressed, I found this community of people with Neuromyelitis Optica and was glued to neuromyelitis-optica.net. First...

I had just gotten out of the hospital. I informed my daughter that 2nd dose of the Corona vaccine had triggered the NMO. Now, my immune system, which was supposed...

My daughter was 2.5 years old when we left Australia. She, her daddy, and I returned to our hometown in India in 2016. Post that, she was and is the...