{"id":1013,"date":"2015-09-17T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restruct-lgmd-2021.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2015-09-17T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:34:31","slug":"gitika-gopika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lgmd-info.org\/it\/individuals-with-lgmd-interviews\/2015\/09\/17\/gitika-gopika\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIVIDUI CON LGMD: Gitika &amp; Gopika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>09\/17\/2015<\/p>\n<p>NOME:  Gitika &amp; Gopika ET\u00c0:   38 anni<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgmd-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LGMD2B-Gitika-Gopika.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-1014 alignright\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27169%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20169%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27169%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.lgmd-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LGMD2B-Gitika-Gopika-300x169.png\" alt=\"LGMD2B - Gitika Gopika\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PAESE: India<\/p>\n<p>Sottotipo LGMD (se noto):  LGMD2B<\/p>\n<p><strong>A che et\u00e0 \u00e8 stata fatta la diagnosi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Ci \u00e8 stata diagnosticata all'et\u00e0 di 21 anni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quali sono stati i primi sintomi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>I primi sintomi sono stati la difficolt\u00e0 a stare in piedi sulle punte dei piedi e la necessit\u00e0 di aggrapparsi a un corrimano dopo essere saliti per 2 piani.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avete altri familiari affetti da LGMD:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Siamo una coppia di gemelli identici affetti da distrofia muscolare degli arti.  Non ci sono precedenti familiari nelle ultime 5 generazioni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quali sono, secondo lei, le sfide pi\u00f9 grandi da affrontare nella convivenza con la LGMD?<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>La nostra sfida pi\u00f9 grande \u00e8 superare le paure, crescere con questa malattia progressiva e rimanere positivi.  Gitika ha dovuto abbandonare la sua carriera di successo e diventare casalinga.  Gopika continua a dare ripetizioni presso un centro educativo.  Prima insegnava nelle classi superiori di una scuola rinomata.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qual \u00e8 il suo pi\u00f9 grande risultato<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Il nostro pi\u00f9 grande risultato \u00e8 stato quello di riuscire a convivere con questa malattia e a lavorare con entusiasmo alle nostre faccende quotidiane, nonostante le numerose delusioni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In che modo la LGMD l'ha influenzata nel diventare la persona che \u00e8 oggi:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entrambi siamo diventati pi\u00f9 tolleranti nei confronti delle persone e delle situazioni, perch\u00e9 abbiamo dovuto lasciar andare le nostre inibizioni e chiedere sostegno pi\u00f9 volte.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cosa volete che il mondo sappia della LGMD?<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Spesso, in assenza di un feedback visivo esterno, diventa difficile per le persone comprendere il livello di disabilit\u00e0 (a meno che non si utilizzi una sedia a rotelle) di questa malattia.  Vogliamo che il mondo si appassioni allo stesso modo ai pazienti affetti da LGMD e che fornisca alcuni benefici come quelli concessi alle altre persone affette da questa malattia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Se la vostra LGMD potesse essere \"curata\" domani, quale sarebbe la prima cosa che vorreste fare?<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Gitika vorrebbe riprendere la sua carriera e partire per una destinazione balneare.<\/p>\n<p>Gopika desidera correre su un tapis roulant e riprendere gli esercizi in palestra.<\/p>\n<p>Per leggere altre \"interviste LGMD Spotlight\" o per proporsi come volontario per una prossima intervista, visitate il nostro sito web: https:\/\/www.lgmd-info.org\/spotlight-interviews.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>09\/17\/2015 NAME:\u00a0 Gitika &amp; Gopika \u00a0\u00a0AGE: \u00a0\u00a038 yrs old COUNTRY:\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,22],"tags":[30,23],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-individuals-with-lgmd-interviews","category-lgmd2b","tag-india","tag-lgmd2b"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LGMD Spotlight Interview - Gitika &amp; 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