Muscle Memoirs:
LGMD Experiences — Patrick Moeschen

I believe that all of us who live with a chronic illness deal with a future full of unknowns. We all wrestle with uncertainty regarding quality of life from year to year, month…

As most of America’s children go back to school, I thought it’d be timely to offer readers my perspective, as a retired teacher and wheelchair user, on the beginning of an academic year. I…

Roughly four decades into living with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, I’ve developed numerous ways to thrive. Like many others, I believe in the power of a positive attitude. I try my best…

Muscular dystrophy entered my life in the fall of 1984. I was 11 years old and beginning my sixth year of school. Along with neighborhood friends, I would walk to and from my…