Showing posts with label NIH. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NIH. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Do you suffer from excrutiating headaches? Sleeplessness? Loss of Vision? No? Well, help those who do.

This is a public service announcement about a fundraiser my cousin is doing.  He's been diagnosed with chiari, a condition I'd never heard of before his diagnosis.  Essentially, his brain has slipped down on his spinal cord, and it causes a lot of pain, nausea, sleeplessness, etc.  It's pretty miserable, and he's had a bunch of surgeries along with other medical treatments to help him with it.  He's walking to help raise research money for this condition.  I urge you to consider contributing to the Chiari cause:  https://www.conquerchiari.org/ccwaa12/KennethOwensby.

Here's where you can learn more about Chiari:  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm