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Hope Stories

• Mary Ann’s Story: Cervical Dystonia

  Mary Ann, a registered nurse, was the first to notice that her head was tilting ever so slightly to the left. She was able to ignore it for a while, but over time the tilt became more obvious and disfiguring....

• Jerry & Sandy’s Story: A 56-Year Love Story

  When Jerry Wuest began holding his left arm in an odd way, not...

• Charles Sabine’s Story: Huntington’s Disease

  In 2005 the NBC war correspondent Charles Sabine made the life-altering decision to face up to his family history of Huntington’s disease and undergo genetic testing. The odds, he knew, were 50-50 that he, too, had the gene and would...

• Mike’s Story: Parkinson’s disease

  Imagine learning you have Parkinson’s Disease. At 26. Most Parkinson’s patients are diagnosed in their 60s. Yet in 1987, after three years of unexplained symptoms, Mike Pohl learned he had the degenerative disease. After a visit to the National Institutes...

• Dale’s Story: Parkinson’s Disease

  After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, 46-year-old Dale Ankenman was determined not to let it keep him off his bike. Considering his long list of credentials, including former U.S. Navy Submariner, qualified ArmyRanger, scuba diver and parachutist, he...