KASHMIRS AVM STORY
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) happen when a group of blood vessels in your body forms incorrectly. In these malformations, arteries and veins are unusually tangled and form direct connections, bypassing normal tissues. This usually happens during development before birth or shortly after.
Story from Kashmir's Journals
At the age of 24, Kashmir leaves on a one-way ticket to live abroad in Hanoi, Vietnam. She became an English teacher, lived with the expats and fell in love with a South African man named Brad. She finds thrill in her new life but little does she know that her true journey wouldn’t only be a worldly one, but a medical one. After nine months of debilitating migraines, she finally flies back home to seek medical attention. It’s then when she learns that she has an AVM— a cluster of blood vessels on her occipital lobe ready to burst.
Hear how Kashmir fights for not only her physical life but for her mental one. This is a collection of her journal entries that tell her story.
KASHMIRS AVM STORY
AVM Survivor
Your Impairment Does NOT Define You!
http://avmsurvivors.org/ is part of the BensFriends.org network of safe and supportive sites for people whose lives have been touched by a rare disease or condition.
THE ABOVE LINKS ARE FREE SUPPORT SITES
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Addison's Disease
ADHD/ADD
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Amyloidosis
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Ataxia (International)
Atrial Septal Defect
Brain Aneurysms
Caregiver Support Community
Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)
Chiari Malformation
Congenital Heart Defects
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Crohn's Disease
Central Pain Syndrome
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Dysautonomia
Eagle Syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
Erythromelalgia
Fabry
Fibromyalgia
Chronic Facial Pain
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GPN)
Graves' Disease
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
Lupus
Lyme Disease
Mast Cell Disorder
Multiple Myeloma
Myasthenia Gravis
Myositis
Narcolepsy
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD)
Polyneuropathy
Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
Raynaud's Disease (RD)
Sarcoidosis
Sjogren's Syndrome
Sleep Disorders
Synovial Sarcoma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Ulcerative Colitis (FB)
Von Willebrand's Disease (VWD)
