Diagnosed with Takayasu’s arteritis in March 2016 and faced with enormous obstacles on her road to recovery, Katrina Bargender, a high school senior from Racine, Wisconsin, attended the 2017 International Vasculitis Symposium in Chicago, which was the turning point in her vasculitis battle....
Brandon Hudgins – Victory Over Vasculitis Update: Brandon Battles Back
On a hot, muggy evening in July, Brandon Hudgins competed in the Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and finished third, ahead of one longtime rival, but behind two others. “My times weren’t very fast due to the sweltering conditions,” Brandon recalled, “but the effort was there. I fought off many…...
Jonelle Martin – Diagnosis Fuels Her Passion to Help Others with Central Nervous System (CNS) Vasculitis
Jonelle Martin’s diagnosis motivated her to create a Facebook group for other patients with CNS. By her own definition, Jonelle Martin calls herself a survivor of central nervous system vasculitis. That term has even greater power considering that when she was diagnosed there were rumors among some of her friends…...
