Dan Marino

Writing has been a huge help over the last few years with NMO. It's been a great way to share my personal experience with a disease that many know nothing...

I worked so hard last year coming to terms with my bad eye, and trying to make the best out of life with NMO. I continued down a path of...

Picture it: New York, 2007. I was 18 and felt indestructible, or so I thought I was. I had my first NMO attack less than a year prior but shrugged...

I’m exhausted. I finally completed two neuromyelitis optica (NMO) appointments I promised to get done this year. Well, now I have more appointments. The main thing that stresses me about...

Life can be many things. It can be filled with joy, love, and happiness. Life can also bring darkness, tears, stress, and fear. It can bring you luck and it...

Having a a medical condition like neuromyelitis optica (NMO) can sometimes make traveling a little difficult, or possibly a little uncomfortable. So in this article, I want to try and...

My last neuromyelitis optica (NMO) attack was roughly eight years ago. It was my most terrifying attack yet. At that point my right eye suffered a lot from an ignored...

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) last played with my vision eight long years ago. Still feels like just yesterday. Some days I forget I have vision issues, and some days I feel...

Being back in New York is almost like a gift. It just feels so right. But also being back means I need to start making some big changes. I used...

It’s been a long journey with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). I’ve had to learn how to better help my health and learn new ways to do things. I’ve also had to...

It’s been several years since my last full blown family holiday season. Now that I think about it, been about five years. Holidays used to be so big and important...

The day I heard Covid was poking its head out again in the news, I got it. My friend went back to New York to take care of her mother...

Well, I made it. It was a long stressful summer of illness all around. From depression to a car of screaming cats, I made it back to New York. Now...

Love is something most people want. It’s warm, it’s safe, it’s comfort, and it can be unique. It can be a million little things really. But to me it’s a...

NMO has changed me in many ways. From odd ways of saving me to taking away things I love. Some things I had to learn to give up and others...

It had been a little over a year since my last visit and I was excited for new contacts. My eyes have been a little off but I figured I...

Well my trip to visit my mother is winding down and it’s been quite a trip. My emotions have been on red alert and life took me down hard. From...

After my last eye attack from NMO and because of my vision loss, I made an oath to myself that I wanted to see the world before I lost more...

Good ol' Facebook sure knows how to bring the memories back, good and bad. The little feature on there every day, if you didn’t know, showcases memories from previous years...

After being diagnosed with NMO, change has been very scary to me. It took more of my vision with every attack. With each bit of vision loss, I started to...