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Patient stories
On these pages, you find testimonials from patients and caregivers, reporting about their way of coping with a severe disease. By sharing experiences with others, people can make a positive change in the lives of others living with severe diseases. Connecting and sharing knowledge with other patients and with the medical community is the key to deeper insights.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Alice Peterson was a promising tennis player from a young age. Alice loved tennis. It was her passion. She played on the UK junior tennis circuit and won a tennis scholarship to study at a university in the US. Alice started to notice pain in her right hand and put the discomfort down to a sports injury. The pain seemed to come and go... until she was playing in the finals of a tournament and couldn't even hold the racquet properly. She was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at 18 years of age and never played tennis again.
Epilepsy
To a man who loves sports, epilepsy has been only an obstacle to be leaped over, and a competitor to be bested. Jérôme has been active in sports for his whole life, testing his mettle in competitions of swimming, bicycling and running.
Crohn's disease
They may not know her by name, but sixteen-year-old Ally Bain is a hero to many people with Crohn's. She has proven that one voice really can make a difference - that is, if you are brave enough to share a story that most people would choose to forget.
Read more about Ally Bain's fight for people with Crohn's disease
Parkinson's disease
Christer remembers the moment he met
Mr. Parkinson – because he was putting his watch on, so it’s in his mind to the minute.
Allergy
Rita Hayward copes well with her large family, despite all but one of her children suffering from allergies. The coping strategies she employs for the management of so many conditions may be effective, but have had a tremendously stressful impact on her daily life.
