
Myositis Awareness Month Honesty
I admit that I’m very very tired. It’s been a long 6 years of steadily worsening symptoms, especially pain and weakness, and lung involvement again...
I admit that I’m very very tired. It’s been a long 6 years of steadily worsening symptoms, especially pain and weakness, and lung involvement again...
We are all doing our best to navigate ambiguity and build resilience, and we are trying to find joy and reasons to celebrate - some...
Lisa Sniderman shares the story of her realization that we actually are grieving because of our chronic, rare illness and realized she hadn't grieved her...
My niece is 18 and has never seen me healthy. She has looked to me for strength and determination as I fight this tiresome, horrible...
I am so thankful that each day I face with Myositis, I am given the strength to keep going, one day at a time.
In the process of dealing with Dermatomyositis, there are flares, painful aches, and weakness. I try to own it. Boss it. Then my body says,...
I hope by telling my story it helps to normalize that it is okay to be scared, to even miss the time of being “stuck”...
I suffer from Inclusion Body Myositis, so I decided to write this poem last year after starting to experience some of the symptoms of this...
People keep telling me how resilient I am, but really, I'm just too stubborn. Too stubborn to take no for an answer. Too stubborn to...
Introducing the Myositis Empower Walk Newsletter (MEWN)! Meet Angela, Holly, and Ashley!
Support and Understanding, featured in MSU's 3rd Annual A Day of Remembrance, speaks to myositis patients and caregivers both, letting us all know that we...
My journey with Myositis and how I learn that progress isn't a straight line. Progress is where you have to keep trying and adapting.
"Keep Shining," a collaboration with more than 20 artists, shares Lisa Sniderman's story and struggle with illness, disability and recovery, a powerful and poignant reminder...