Tag Archive: vascular
The first time I went to a doctor to try to determine what was causing my pain and fatigue, I was 14. The doctor identified my mitral valve prolapse but, other than that, he deemed me to have been perfectly healthy. I didn’t aggressively pursue a diagnosis, I just knew my neck and back hurt […] View page
Myself and my husband have our beautiful daughter, Effie. At one month old Effie started to vomit and sleep all day: we took her to the GP and hospital 17 times within the first 3 months of her life. One morning, 3am Effie woke up screaming, she had a seizure and turned stiff: we called […] View page
Celiprolol and vEDS: facts, limitations and recommendations In the context of the recent press about celiprolol and the FDA announcement not to license Celiprolol in the US for use limited to treatment of people with vEDS, we thought that it was time to bring together the global vascular EDS community from within the consortium, to […] View page
November 8, 2017, was the beginning of my journey with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I label my event as an attack, because it was just that, but I survived the war this disease has started with me. My attack caused both of the arteries in my kidneys to dissect, along with a couple of aneuryms throughout […] View page
My story is truly one of heartbreak and pain. I recently lost my 14 year old son to aortic rupture caused by vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and that’s how I received my diagnosis. By this time I did already have two siblings diagnosed with vEDS, so we already knew there was a possibility of having it. […] View page
Vascular EDS is relentless. Sometimes it’s subtle, but mostly it isn’t. I am a surviving spouse – the love of my life had this relentless disease. During that time my dear husband’s body was attacked by an invisible enemy. There were major events, a spontaneously ruptured spleen, gastric aneurysm (where he was an early recipient […] View page
I’m 66 years old and have vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Anyone familiar with this EDS type understands how blessed I am as the median life expectancy is 48 years. My vEDS life began 22 years ago, although I didn’t know it at the time. On Christmas Eve in 1996 I began having abdominal pain around 6:00pm. […] View page
By Caleb H. In January of 2000, when I was 2-years-old I came down with an illness which, contrary to EDS, most of the world has enough familiarity with to despise: the unfortunately common, unpleasant, but benign wintertime stomach flu. And common, unpleasant, but benign is how it should have gone. But, ironically, this common […] View page
By Lynley W. Hi, I’m Lynley, and I have vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I was born club-footed; my feet were almost completely turned around. Doctors told my parents that I would be in a wheelchair for all of my life. I am happy to say I am not in a wheelchair! I’ve had multiple surgeries and […] View page
I have dedicated my life to EDS awareness, educating doctors and medical personnel at every turn about EDS and vEDS. We must stop that phone call in the middle of the night. View page
