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Resetting life after Adult-Onset Myopathy: Acceptance, Endurance, Conquest

Resetting life after Adult-Onset Myopathy: Acceptance, Endurance, Conquest

Welcome to my new series of blogs about stories of rare diseases that manifest later in life.

Here I present the stories of three other strong-willed GNE Myopathy women coming from different socio-economic backgrounds and different life trajectories in their pre-disease era.

Where there is a will, there is a ‘Champion’.

Where there is a will, there is a ‘Champion’.

Symptoms of rare diseases often creep up quietly, rather than arriving with the brutal shock of a sudden lifestyle upheaval. The change is gradual—unyielding and relentless in its impact. One moment, I was darting around the globe, making things happen with agility and speed; the next, it felt as though someone had chained a 1 kg weight to my ankle..

Nidhi with her parents, Prasanna and Sharada

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Writer: Sudha Bhattacharya

Sudha Bhattacharya

Mar 2, 202538 min read

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