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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 MoreHere We Go Again: Follow-Up for a HHT Patient
I’m starting all over again with the poking and the long needles, and the fasting before blood work is taken, and the MRAs, MRIs and CTs with and without contrast, and so on and so on and so on… Unfortunately, this is the life of a person who deals with HHT. Regardless of how I…
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…
Read More5 Tips for Taking it Day by Day
As an individual faced with HHT, I’ve discovered it involves a great deal of balancing, rearranging, adjusting and attempting to maintain the daily challenges of a healthy lifestyle that’s beneficial for me. This is definitely true for anyone faced with any type of sickness and disease, and the many discomforts and interruptions that brings. But…
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