Patient With PD Raises Awareness About the Disease
How important is Pompe Disease Awareness Day to you?
How important is Pompe Disease Awareness Day to you?
I have been living with Pompe disease for most of my adult life.
I have been diagnosed with Pompe disease, which is a disease that lacks the enzyme that breaks down the glycogen.
Recently I have been contacted by a few individuals whose siblings or friends have just been diagnosed with Pompe.
When I tell people about my rare disease, Pompe, the first thing they ask is “can I catch it?”
I was first diagnosed in 2016 with Pompe disease, a rare disease that causes breakdown and weakness in my muscles.
I have been living with Pompe for years, but it didn’t hold me back from fulfilling a life-long goal.
I could never ever have imagined achieving athletic prominence with Pompe.
In 2015, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Pompe Disease.
I was diagnosed with Pompe disease in 2015 at 28 years of age.