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Elizabeth's story
I would like to dedicate this testimony to my late brother Graeme, without whose diagnosis we might never had known we had Fabry disease. On my journey I have discovered that it is not merely physical isolation but also the psychological isolation when your disease is so rare that your doctor must ask you to wait while he googles it. There is also self-imposed isolation that comes with denial…
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