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Visit our policy page to dive in to the issues that impact chronic disease patients.
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The Chronic Disease Coalition is actively involved in state legislatures across the country on our priority issues in 2024. Click your state to learn if we're working in your area, and let us know if you want to get involved. We're here to help every step of the way.
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Ambassador Spotlight
Dustin Miller
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis +4
My name is Dustin, and I have FSGS - Chronic Kidney disease, Diabetes Mellitus and chronic sinusitis, to name a few. Through many years of struggling with my chronic diseases (I was first diagnosed with FSGS in 2004), I frequently questioned what I could do in my life to make the most of my…
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Anna Williams
Headache disorders
While I have had migraine since childhood, in my teens and early 20s I had significant symptoms that depleted my quality of life. Doctors settled on fibromyalgia as a diagnosis. I had to learn to manage on my own as doctors didn’t know how to help and I often felt they didn’t believe me. Fast…
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Bridget Edwards
Afibrinogenemia
I was diagnosed with Afibrinogenemia when I was just one day old. Afibrinogenemia is a rare form of a Bleeding Disorder in which I am missing Factor 1 (Fibrinogen), which aids in the blood clotting process. I will have this condition for the rest of my life, and I currently receive a prophylactic…
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