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Welcome, Hope!

Living through a chronic illness is one of those unique experiences that can seemingly only be understood by others with similar life challenges. The diagnosis is like a shorthand...

Your story resonated with me a great deal. Especially:



And I particularly agree with:



Doctors I worked with initially had no experience with GPA, were hesitant, and unyielding when a...

Just a "me too": I've always been a face toucher, resting my head in my hands, biting my nail cuticles...all bad habits that have been hard to be aware of and stop.

I work in a public service job...

The cardiac involvement is the biggest lingering question and concern for me. I had never had heart issues until the height of my GPA symptoms and ailments which at the time were not diagnosed. The...

I’ve been a lurker of this forum since being diagnosed and while I’m still figuring out how to live with GPA and how to share my story of grappling with a rare life threatening chronic illness, I...