
Life-Altering Diagnosis? Doctor’s 6 Words Changed Everything.
A woman’s life took an unexpected turn after a routine doctor’s visit led to a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), a rare autoimmune disease, with the pivotal phrase, “You have something very serious.” Initially misdiagnosed and suffering from debilitating symptoms, Alison Chandler, a mother from Portland, Oregon, faced a challenging journey to proper diagnosis…