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Carolyn is a nurse from Wichita, Kansas. She was diagnosed with sporadic inclusion-body myositis in 2010 after three years of symptoms and three doctors.
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John Mozer is a retired consulting structural engineer and amateur astronomer from Aurora, Colorado. John was diagnosed with sporadic inclusion-body myositis in 2006.
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Dale is a member of The Myositis Association and sits on our Board of Directors. Before being diagnosed with polymyositis, she worked through several doctors and dealt with a variety of complications.
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Bill Simeral is from Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was diagnosed with lupus and polymyositis in 2005, followed by autoimmune hepatitis and other complications. He has since learned how to cope with his diagnosis.
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