The Pompe Community Diaries
— Anthony Wu

In my last column, as part of “The Pompe Community Diaries” series, I introduced 59-year-old Steve Bersani, who lives with Pompe disease and served in the Boston Police Department for 30 years…

“The Pompe Community Diaries” is a series that follows the journeys, musings, and challenges of those in the Pompe disease community. This week, I’m introducing Steve Bersani. Steve served as an officer in…

In my last column, as part of “The Pompe Community Diaries” series, I introduced 47-year-old Katy Arvidson, who lives with Pompe disease and is the current Ms. Wheelchair Alaska USA. In a recent…

“The Pompe Community Diaries” is a series that follows the journeys, musings, and challenges of those in the Pompe disease patient community. This week, I’m introducing Katy Arvidson, who is the current Ms.

In my last column, as part of “The Pompe Community Diaries” series, I introduced 37-year-old Michael Thames, a behavior analyst from South Carolina who has Pompe disease. When he was younger, Thames was…

In this column, I’m introducing what I call “The Pompe Community Diaries,” a series that will follow the journeys, musings, and challenges of the fellow Pompe disease patient community. I’ll collaborate with community…

Our 6-year-old child, Geno, who was diagnosed with Pompe disease via newborn screening, has for years told classmates he can’t eat candy. During snack time, at friends’ birthday parties, or holidays like…