Author name: Magda

Garry Kruger didn’t understand what was happening, but he does remember that his symptoms started in 1999. He was experiencing leg and foot pain, lower back pain and he noticed that his eyelids appeared to be drooping

Joe was looking toward a bright future. While in high school, he remembers that life revolved around hanging out with friends and playing sports. Joe was at the top of his class in academics, was on his varsity soccer team and was the captain of his robotics team. It was in the robotics lab at school when Joe realized something just wasn’t right with his vision.

When I was 20, I my left eyelid started to droop. This was my first symptom of mitochondrial disease (mito), but it took 17 years for me to receive a diagnosis

Onze zoon, Bert, is geboren op 21 december 1986. Bij Bert waren er al van bij de geboorte kleine problemen. De voornaamste waren: veelvuldig braken, zijn voeding niet verdragen, in april 1987 buisjes in beide oren, in mei SIDS-registratie: die gestoord was, in oktober 1987 opname in Leuven: dit wegens een Hemophilus influenza sepsis, in januari 1988 is er een verminderde immuniteit vastgesteld nl: de fagocytose en tevens een vrij laag IgG voor de aantal doorgemaakte infecties

Wieland Rödel leidet an einer seltenen Erkrankung der Muskelzellen / Selbsthiflegruppe für Betroffene

My name is Jane Cleary and this is my story. Sadly I lost my baby Archer Banjo Cleary on the 26th April 2013 to suspected mitochondrial disease, he was just shy of turning 8 months

Soy Emy, Esta es mi historia

After 11 years of searching Tália was finally diagnosed with a type of mitochondrial disease caused by a gene mutation never seen before.

Marit feels that she is more than just her disease. It does require controlling your own life and making your own choices.