Articles

Prior to being diagnosed with NMO, I didn’t have many artistic hobbies. Meaning when I tried to do anything in art class - like paint, draw, pottery, or anything else...

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...

It has been almost three years since I’ve had any real exams in school. For the past two years, due to Covid and my NMO diagnosis, I did not have...

Not everyone diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica, or NMO, will need to use a wheelchair. However, some people do become full-time wheelchair users, and some people, like me, might use a...

Postpartum is a roller coaster of emotions for most mothers after giving birth. Some can manage on their own. Others need a bit more help to get through. I certainly...

About 1 in 4 American adults live with a disability. Many people living with a disability are able to work and do. For those with an "invisible" illness, or one...

As time has passed, I have picked on certain things that trigger my body into an NMO flare. My biggest trigger at the moment is stress. It’s unfortunate that I...

At the age of 13, I was a young and healthy teenager. At the time, YouTube was still very new. Like many kids my age did at that time, we...

A word of advice: be prepared for anything when living with NMO. As scary as this may sound, the fact is that there's simply not enough information to know everything...

Six years ago, NMO attacked my optic nerves and left me without functional eyesight for nearly a year. In a matter of moments, my entire world was flipped upside-down. Losing...

Living with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) doesn’t mean you have to say no to adventure. It just takes a little more planning. As a Scotland-based disability travel blogger, I’m a big...

Why is humor the best medicine? I was inspired to write this piece because of a project I am working on with one of my leads, Olivia. Shockingly, she thinks...

Anxiety, fear, desperation, confusion, and craziness were the heaviest feelings present in me in early 2016 before my NMO diagnosis. I was having so many symptoms. I couldn’t figure out...

I read an article the other day, and it told a detailed story about being Black and having a rare disease. That’s something you can’t find a lot of information...

The life of someone with NMO without professional support is hard. Dealing with any chronic illness is hard. Not only is it hard on the patient, but it's also just...

Read the first part of Shekita's NMO misdiagnosis journey here. ER visits can be traumatizing, especially if you are not getting results or proper care. Even more so, when you...

I'm sure I'm not the only one that can attest to having difficulty getting diagnosed with NMO for the first time, around when symptoms began manifesting. In our NMO misdiagnosis...

Getting an MRI scan for your NMO can be scary. It could be because of the size of the machine that you’ll be lying in, but also, if you have...

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or Devic's disease, is a rare inflammatory disease. NMO damages the central nervous system, including the eyes, nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Today, we're taking a closer...

I wish I could describe the chronic pain from my NMO that I feel every day. I also wish I could explain the pain that the community feels on a...