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How to Cope With a Rare Disease
Dan: I actually have two rare diseases. The one I started as a support group for is called Kalman's Syndrome, and it's a rare endocrine disorder. My body doesn't make any of its own hormones, sex hormones, honestly. Even though I was born male, identified male, there's something wrong with the feedback mechanism in my endocrine system. So I'm on hormone replacement therapy, which allows me to go through puberty and now live an essentially normal life.