{"id":59402,"date":"2022-03-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/chris-anselmo-the-accidental-muscular-dystrophy-advocate\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:00:00","slug":"chris-anselmo-the-accidental-muscular-dystrophy-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/chris-anselmo-the-accidental-muscular-dystrophy-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Anselmo: The Accidental Muscular Dystrophy Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christopher-anselmo-31aa2a7\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Anselmo<\/a> is the Director of Market Intelligence at the Muscular Dystrophy Association but he never envisioned becoming an advocate for a disease he never thought he&#8217;d get. After a car crash found him in the hospital on the receiving end of a random diagnosis of having extremely high creatine kinase levels, he was soon after diagnosed with Dysferlinopathy, specifically, Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle-weakening disease. No one asks to get sick but he went beast mode as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidewalksandstairwells.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a prolific blogger<\/a> sharing his story and documenting the very real issues he had facing isolation, depression, anxiety, and a desire to make a difference for others like him.<\/p>\n<p>NORDpod is the official podcast of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Organization for Rare Disorders<\/a>. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/rarediseases.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See Privacy Policy at <a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy<\/a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/758825\/rss.art19.com\/episodes\/332d539f-fb63-4207-a03c-6c4c7e239cff.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgxNb3ppbGxhBjoGRVQ%3D--4f04cd103bfdd3e94cbbb356ead53321a4d63e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Be sure to listen, download and subscribe!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Anselmo is the Director of Market Intelligence at the Muscular Dystrophy Association but he never envisioned becoming an advocate for a disease he never thought he&#8217;d get. 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