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The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Dr. Kelly Morgan
She had been a physician for 21 years and never heard of Stiff Person Syndrome, until she was diagnosed with it. Dr. Kelly Morgan faced tha

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Janie Lees
The perplexing symptoms came in her mid-50’s: she couldn’t walk down stairs well, her legs felt heavy in the pool, she developed Type I diab

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Tisha Foster
She calls herself “a bullhorn in stilettos.” A former model who was diagnosed with SPS in 2011, Tisha Foster recently published her memoir,

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Darrell Cherry
One year ago, SPS hit Darrell Cherry out of the blue and changed everything for him – and his wife, Erica – dramatically. For more than 30 y

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Alexandra Stamatopoulou
“Focus on what you can do” says 34-year-old Alexandra Stamatopoulou, a Greek swimmer with SPS who won the bronze medal in the Women’s 50m ba

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Baby Isla
Now two years old, Isla was diagnosed with SPS at 18 months old, the youngest patient The SPSRF has ever encountered. Her great-aunt, Mary L

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Joey Sample
Joey calls himself a “medical unicorn,” a fantastically sarcastic way of saying he is extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, especially

The SPSRF Staff
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Voices of SPS: Michael Weiss
Michael Weiss is a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan who was diagnosed with SPS at age 12 after a seven-month long hospita
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