The Fabry Files – a Column by Eunice White

Eunice is a wife to one and mom to three while living with Fabry disease. She dealt with various symptoms of the disease while growing up but wasn’t diagnosed until 2015. Eunice enjoys exercising, reading, coffee, and spending quality time with her family.

October 7, 2020November 2, 2020

The Challenges of Parenting With Fabry Disease

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What is my job as a parent? In thinking this question through, I came up with a few answers, but it’s not an exhaustive list. I am to protect, guide, ... Read more

August 5, 2020November 2, 2020

My Daughter Is My Hero

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I can count on one hand the number of people I consider my heroes. One of them is my 12-year-old daughter, Keziah. I interviewed her a few weeks ago, and ... Read more

July 17, 2020July 15, 2020

A Look at Fabry Through My Daughter’s Eyes

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My 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Fabry disease in spring 2019. Because she’s relatively new to having Fabry, I thought it’d be interesting to collect her thoughts on life with ... Read more

June 10, 2020June 8, 2020

How to Beat the Summer Heat

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It is common for Fabry disease patients to complain about being heat intolerant. Because of this, summers can be challenging. One study reported by Fabry Disease News noted that nerve cell ... Read more

April 15, 2020April 13, 2020

COVID-19 Didn’t Cancel Fabry Disease Awareness Month

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I have started and stopped and restarted this column so many times that I have lost count. My brain is fuzzy, my mind can’t seem to settle, and my beloved routines ... Read more

March 11, 2020March 9, 2020

In Exercise and Health, We Keep Moving Forward

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Feb. 29 wasn’t just leap day, it also was Rare Disease Day. I wrote in a previous column about See Rare Run, a virtual race to raise awareness for people with ... Read more

February 5, 2020February 4, 2020

This Year, I’m Running for Rare Diseases

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New Year’s resolutions. Do you make them? Do you keep them? Are you still going strong? Or are you like the 75 to 80 percent of Americans who quit their ... Read more

January 8, 2020January 7, 2020

How I Found My Road to Exercise

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It’s 4:45 a.m. and the alarm is sounding. What comes to mind when you read that sentence? Maybe something like sleep, dark, too early, nighttime, must be a siren coming ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 2, 2019

Answering the Hard Question for Which No Parent Is Prepared

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“Mom, can Fabry kill you?” This wasn’t the first time this question was posed to me. The first time my child asked me, I was taken aback. It seemingly came ... Read more