🔥 Then Came Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) + NLRP12 — Because Why Not?

As if one rare condition wasn’t enough, life (or God, depending how you look at it 😅) decided to bless me with Familial Mediterranean Fever, an autoinflammatory condition that causes flare-ups of pain, swelling, fevers, and fatigue — and also a mutation in the NLRP12 gene, which adds another layer of immune system chaos.

My genetic lineup:

• FMF1 gene variants: PRO369SER & ARG408GLN
• NLRP12 gene variant: PHE402LEU

It’s like the deluxe package of rare inflammatory disorders.
I mean, let’s be honest — God must’ve looked at me and said,
“You know what? Give her the bonus round — she can handle it.”
🙏 And somehow, I have.

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💪 But Here’s the Thing: I Never Let It Define Me

Even with all this, I’ve never seen myself as disabled. That mindset comes from my mom, who raised me to believe I was no different from anyone else. She never let me see my challenges as limits — and because of her, I never did.

I’m resilient, headstrong, and maybe a little stubborn (okay, a lot stubborn). But I’ve never let my conditions stop me from doing what I want to do. I face the world just like anyone else — with determination, a little grit, and as much humor as I can squeeze in.

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I’m sharing this because these conditions are real, even if they’re rare or invisible. And maybe if more people understand them, the world can be just a little more compassionate — and a lot more connected.

Thanks for reading. And shoutout to God for thinking I could handle all of this —
… next time, though, maybe just one rare gene mutation? 😂

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