NJ resident hopes to raise visibility of his rare tumor condition
In 2015, after Morristown resident Alwyn Dias slipped and fell, he began to lose feeling in one of his legs. He quickly became unable to walk, and by the time he reached a specialist, he was in a wheelchair and practically paralyzed.
The specialist discovered an orange-sized tumor on the upper part of Dias' spine. But because Dias knew he had the disorder known as NF, he and the specialist had an idea of what needed to be done.
After surgery, one of more than a dozen Dias has had in his life, he had to re-learn how to walk.