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Resilience Is Beautiful: Deanna Steinley's Journey Through Rare Disease, Diagnosis, and Hope

Resilience Is Beautiful: Deanna Steinley's Journey Through Rare Disease, Diagnosis, and Hope4 Aug30 min

For nearly two decades, Deanna Steinley lived with unexplained symptoms that baffled doctors. An athletic child who grew weaker with physical therapy instead of stronger, she endured surgeries, frightening complications with anesthesia, changing life plans, and years of uncertainty before finally receiving a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis in 2017. In this conversation, Deanna shares the emotional reality of living with a rare neuromuscular disease, why early diagnosis matters, and how delayed...