Obviously, there’s never a “good” time to be diagnosed with vasculitis, but sometimes an onset happens with ironic impact at the worst possible time. In 2016, Caz Cazanov was looking forward to enjoying her new life after retiring from Kaiser Permanente, where she had spent 24 years working in health…...
Sam and Helen Dodge: Feeling Hope in the Wake of a Vasculitis Diagnosis
Sam Dodge spent much of his working life as an ad cameraman, and he collects antique motion-picture cameras, so it’s not surprising that he thinks in terms of film metaphors. Sam was diagnosed last year with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and he describes the experience like this: “Sometimes I feel as…...
Ronnie Saunders – Student Athlete Inspired to Excel by the Vasculitis Foundation’s Victory Over Vasculitis Campaign
For our final Vasculitis Foundation Patient Profile of 2018, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ronnie Saunders, a senior at Wheeling Park High School in Wheeling, West Virginia. Like many of the other young vasculitis patients I’ve met over the past two years working with the Vasculitis Foundation,…...
Marianne Vennitti – Former Fitness Professional Diagnosed with Cryoglobulinemia Now in Remission
In 1998, Marianne Vennitti, a Cherry Hill, New Jersey wife, mother, and fitness professional, suddenly started experiencing a rash of unusual symptoms—chronic fatigue, body pain, and even mental confusion. When she sought medical help, doctors considered a wide variety of possibilities including fibromyalgia and Lyme disease. Unfortunately, none of the…...
