Rivka Silver holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology from Bar-Ilan University and lives in Israel. She was diagnosed with Gaucher disease in 2020 at age 21. She’s married and recently became a mom to a baby boy. Through her column, Rivka wants to be open about the joys and challenges of navigating motherhood with a genetic condition.
When most people imagine being diagnosed with a disease, they picture a cold, sterile doctor’s office and a somber physician delivering bad news. But my story didn’t start like that. I was a healthy kid with no red flags, no strange symptoms, and no reason to think I might have…
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