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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 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 never...

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...

One would say life with NMO, or any chronic illness, will only affect the person who is diagnosed with it. In my case, that was totally incorrect. My mother spent...

The "NMO Warrior" YETI® Mug Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Happy NMO Awareness Month! This year, we are recognizing awareness month with the theme "A Seat...

March is NMO awareness month! Because this disorder is so rare, those diagnosed with NMO can struggle to be heard and seen by doctors and our communities. This month is...

There is a lot of health information available on the internet these days. From personal blogs and online magazines to government websites and beyond, advice about your health and health...

It feels like yesterday that we were celebrating the 2022 new year. It was filled with hopes and dreams that whatever difficulties we had to deal with would be a...

Pregnancy is a beautiful part of life. It's incredible to think about what our bodies can naturally do on their own. My husband and I were thrilled when I became...

Getting to know my body through my journey of living with NMO has been a scary learning experience. I was diagnosed with NMO in 2016, and I’ve experienced so many...

A peer once told me that I was the busiest person they'd ever seen in a wheelchair, which raised my eyebrows. Just because you are living with NMO, if you're...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMO) is an autoimmune condition and can impact many parts of life - including going to school. Unfortunately, there is no cure for NMO. However, there...

I live in Scotland, and we have bad weather in general. Still, this has been one of the coldest winters we have had in a long time. I’m a law...

Let’s talk steroids and NMO. When I was diagnosed in 2017, I was at a hospital with doctors that didn’t know much about NMO, let alone MOG. When I originally...

The conversation around NMO and intimacy can often be seen as taboo, but let's be real: it needs to be had. Here are some personal tips and tricks I've learned...

Read about how Hali prepared for her first day of school with NMO here. My first class was to start at 9 AM. It took around 45 minutes to get...

COVID-19 hit the world in 2020. The whole of Scotland went into lockdown. All schools shut down. The two-week lockdown ended up lasting for months. That meant my last year...