
Myelopathy.org
May 22, 2025 at 09:04 AM
🌟 May is Myelopathy Awareness Month 🌟
All month long, a dedicated team of individuals living with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) have been moving in their own ways to raise awareness and funds for Myelopathy.org 💪🧡
Here, Amal Bensaleh Ratmi, a retired paediatrician, shares why campaigns like Miles for Myelopathy matter so deeply to her:
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“DCM affected my life on many levels and ultimately led to my early retirement from a career that I loved and enjoyed greatly. I’m an avid advocate for better awareness and care for DCM because having encountered so many difficulties and frustrations during my years of suffering from this condition—while being a doctor—only tells me more about how the lack of awareness is affecting the lives of millions of others. Many cannot get a proper diagnosis or timely access to care and are left with long-term disabilities, even if they are lucky enough to receive the hope-restoring surgery at some point.”
Let’s build a future where everyone with DCM is diagnosed early and
