What the HHT?
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Posts by Cassi Friday
Little Eleanor’s First Center Visit
Wow! What a week it has been! We just got back to Kansas from our trip to the Washington University HHT Center to have our daughter screened for cerebral AVMs. A reminder for my friends and family who are reading along – an AVM is an arteriovenous malformation that can occur in the organs of patients…
Read MoreCancer, HHT and Avastin: What’s the Connection?
One of the things I love about Cure HHT is the focus on research and clinical trials for patients. I’d like to use this post to talk about the Avastin clinical trial, which I recently saw posted on Cure HHT’s media pages. Before delving into the background on this drug and its potential benefits to…
Read MoreWhen You Marry Into HHT
Greetings, new friends! My name is Cassi Friday and although I married into HHT, this disease has a strong hold on my life. I hope I can contribute to this wonderful blog from the perspective of a wife, mother, scientist and advocate for my loved ones with HHT. I am a medical researcher with a…
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