"Rare Disease Causes Woman to Develop Thousands of Tumors All Over Her Body"
Charmaine Sahadeo, 42, from Trinidad, suffers from NF-1 neurofibromatosis, a rare condition causing thousands of tumors to grow all over her body, obstructing her ability to breathe, eat, talk, and walk. After traveling 4,000 miles for surgery with Dr. Ryan Osborne in Los Angeles, she underwent 60 hours of operations to remove hundreds of tumors, significantly improving her quality of life. NF-1 neurofibromatosis affects approximately one in 3,000 people worldwide and can lead to various health complications.