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Michael Kerin

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Holly Jones

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Dave Mochel

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Eva Avelino: Polymyositis

March 5, 2018June 14, 2018

Eva, from the San Francisco Bay area, was diagnosed with polymyositis in 2012. As a registered nurse, she knew something was wrong when she was unable to walk up the…

Lydia Vazquez: Dermatomyositis

July 26, 2017July 26, 2018

Lydia is from Melbourne, Florida. She was a military nurse when she started feeling symptoms. She stopped working, but the symptoms continued to worsen until she was diagnosed with dermatomyositis.