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Young Adults with Vasculitis: Looking to the Future!
The newest video for Vasculitis Awareness Month is ready for prime time. You can find it on the VAM2018 web page.
Thank you to Ben Wilson and his team for putting together this excellent video featuring comments from young adults in the vasculitis community.
It's inspiring and encouraging to see how they are dealing with a life-changing illness, while moving ahead with their life goals and plans.
Please share this video out far and wide to your family and friends.
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May is Vasculitis Awareness Month.
Interview with Karen, a patient with MPA
youtu.be/u2uzvLDxK5s
As we enter the third week of Vasculitis Awareness Month our focus is on listening to patients tell us about the impact of vasculitis on their lives. Karen's story details the frequent challenge of trying to get a dx from a series of doctors and specialists.
Also, Karen shares important advice to anyone who has been newly diagnosed.
This recording was done at the 2017 Vasculitis Symposium.
Introduction 0:08
First symptoms appear: 39
Searching for an answer: 1:02
Lung Function Affected: 6:14
Pain throughout legs: 7:59
“Those aren’t bug bites on legs”: 9:31
Finally seeing a rheumatologist: 11:23
Biopsies reveal the answer: 12:47
Feeling better with fitness and participating in a vasculitis study: 15:58
Advice to someone just diagnosed: 16:40This video is about Interview: Karen Anderson