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treatment-resistant depression: what it feels like

"when you have depression you feel like you're the only person out there," says bruce ross, who lives with depression that hasn't responded to medication or therapies.
emma jones
mar 31, 2022
through bruce ross' 45-year journey with depression, he says he never lost hope. supplied

what it feels like: 'i can conquer anything' living with epilepsy

although epilepsy is highly treatable with medication, 30 per cent of people with the disease, like 37-year-old erin mcdonald, rely on brain surgery to keep it in check.
karen hawthorne
mar 25, 2022
for erin mcdonald, coping with epilepsy is about speaking up for herself, even though she knows she’ll never be seizure-free — or independent. getty

thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: what it feels like

bruce morton has been treated five times for the rare, and potentially fatal, disease.
emma jones
mar 21, 2022
bruce morton has ttp, a blood disorder caused by a faulty enzyme called adamts13. supplied

graves' disease: what it feels like

"i was given a liquid that was basically a cup of water. it tasted like nothing. [the healthcare workers who were wearing] hazmat suits told me to exit the hospital as quickly as possible," says jenika hamilton.
emma jones
mar 01, 2022
jenika hamilton lived in pain for eight months before getting a diagnosis of graves' disease. supplied

sporadic inclusion body myositis: what it feels like

“we don't have any treatment and we sure don't have any cure for it,” doctors told tom wood after he was diagnosed with sporadic inclusion body myositis.
emma jones
feb 09, 2022
tom wood lives with sporadic inclusion body myositis, a rare degenerative disease that causes muscle weakness.  supplied

how a stem cell transplant cured multiple sclerosis

a chance meeting with a man in a wheelchair led brooke robinson to a clinical trial that was using stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis: 'he saved my life.'
emma jones
feb 02, 2022
brooke robinson in hospital after undergoing a stem cell transplant to ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis. (supplied)

gist: what it feels like

maureen went from feeling completely healthy to hearing a doctor tell her that she had gastrointestinal stromal tumours, a rare cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 people.
emma jones
jan 25, 2022
like many people who get a cancer diagnosis, it was absolutely a shock and a surprise. getty

amyloidosis: what it feels like

when anne marie carr was diagnosed in 2015, she was told most patients only survive three years. six years later, she's the founder and executive director of hereditary amyloidosis canada.
emma jones
jan 18, 2022
in 2015, anne marie carr was told she only had three years left to live. supplied

treatment-resistant depression: what it feels like

"when you have depression you feel like you're the only person out there," says bruce ross, who lives with depression that hasn't responded to medication or therapies.
emma jones
mar 31, 2022
through bruce ross' 45-year journey with depression, he says he never lost hope. supplied

what it feels like: 'i can conquer anything' living with epilepsy

although epilepsy is highly treatable with medication, 30 per cent of people with the disease, like 37-year-old erin mcdonald, rely on brain surgery to keep it in check.
karen hawthorne
mar 25, 2022
for erin mcdonald, coping with epilepsy is about speaking up for herself, even though she knows she’ll never be seizure-free — or independent. getty

thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: what it feels like

bruce morton has been treated five times for the rare, and potentially fatal, disease.
emma jones
mar 21, 2022
bruce morton has ttp, a blood disorder caused by a faulty enzyme called adamts13. supplied

graves' disease: what it feels like

"i was given a liquid that was basically a cup of water. it tasted like nothing. [the healthcare workers who were wearing] hazmat suits told me to exit the hospital as quickly as possible," says jenika hamilton.
emma jones
mar 01, 2022
jenika hamilton lived in pain for eight months before getting a diagnosis of graves' disease. supplied

sporadic inclusion body myositis: what it feels like

“we don't have any treatment and we sure don't have any cure for it,” doctors told tom wood after he was diagnosed with sporadic inclusion body myositis.
emma jones
feb 09, 2022
tom wood lives with sporadic inclusion body myositis, a rare degenerative disease that causes muscle weakness.  supplied

how a stem cell transplant cured multiple sclerosis

a chance meeting with a man in a wheelchair led brooke robinson to a clinical trial that was using stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis: 'he saved my life.'
emma jones
feb 02, 2022
brooke robinson in hospital after undergoing a stem cell transplant to ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis. (supplied)

gist: what it feels like

maureen went from feeling completely healthy to hearing a doctor tell her that she had gastrointestinal stromal tumours, a rare cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 people.
emma jones
jan 25, 2022
like many people who get a cancer diagnosis, it was absolutely a shock and a surprise. getty

amyloidosis: what it feels like

when anne marie carr was diagnosed in 2015, she was told most patients only survive three years. six years later, she's the founder and executive director of hereditary amyloidosis canada.
emma jones
jan 18, 2022
in 2015, anne marie carr was told she only had three years left to live. supplied
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