Stories

I am currently 21 and as of right now I have had knowledge of my disease for two years. Doctors believe I’ve had it for over 10 years but never...

I began to have really weird symptoms a couple years back. At first, I had a rash that was generalized that eventually ended up with most of the skin on...

Hello, I was diagnosed in 2016 and I'm from Slovenia 🇸🇮. It noticed my right hand was numb I began to have tingling all over my body and then the...

I woke up July 14 of 2020 and thought I was just tired legs were very weak went on like this until July 18 started experiencing numbness, and tingling, pins...

Hi, I have NMOSD. Am 56 and live near Toronto, Ontario in Canada. I was diagnosed with MS in 1979 at age 14. That was revised to NMOSD in 2018...

It's March 2020, my friend wins a trip to Mexico. Her husband can’t go, so I’m next in line! We get off the plane in Mexico to multiple texts telling...

My story starts back in July of 2018. I was working at the local hospital as a Patient Advocate (loved my job). I started with a “pulled muscle” type of...

At Neuromyelitis-Optica.net, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with or caring for someone with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder can be a challenge, but the...