09/25/2025
So proud of my friend, Martin & his Team Addison Global and honored as I am to lead Team Addison USA to promote Awareness & understanding for those affected by Addison’s Disease. So they can live their absolute best life . So someone with Addison’s Disease is heard and given the chance to get the most expeditious and proper treatment protocols.. So lives can be saved and enjoyed… Thank you Martin for all you do in our support and giving myself this grand opportunity of my lifetime and our movement & Team…Our friendship and alliance means the world to me!! 🫶🏻♥️
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"From Silence to Impact – Martin’s Journey Through Addison’s Disease"
Martin didn’t choose Addison’s disease. But when it chose him, it nearly took everything.
He spent four days in a coma 2003—his body in crisis, his voice silenced—because those around him didn’t recognize the signs. The knowledge wasn’t there. The protocols weren’t followed. And the cost was nearly his life.
But Martin didn’t let that silence define him. He turned it into a mission.
He founded the Swedish Addison Association 2005, creating a safe space for patients, families, and healthcare professionals to connect, learn, and advocate. He built Team Addison, a global initiative now active in 23 countries, dedicated to raising awareness, empowering patients, and educating healthcare systems about the realities of living with Addison’s disease.
Team Addison is more than a name—it’s a movement. Members across the world share resources, translate crisis plans, organize outreach events, and collaborate on visual campaigns that make the invisible visible. From Arctic expeditions to hospital corridors, Team Addison brings the patient voice to places it’s never been heard.
Martin has spoken in Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Canada, and Egypt, sharing his experience in media and public forums. He’s developed multilingual crisis plans, designed educational infographics, and created outreach materials that empower patients and inform professionals.
In Egypt, he stood before WHO delegates, the Ministry of Interior, and medical students at MSA University, delivering a lecture that bridged continents and perspectives. He didn’t speak as a doctor or politician—but as someone who lived the consequences of being misunderstood.
He’s walked through Arctic landscapes with hydrocortisone in his backpack and a message in his heart: that rare diseases deserve visibility, urgency, and compassion. He’s contacted sponsors, built campaigns, and created resources—not for recognition, but so no one else has to lie in a hospital bed unheard.
Martin’s journey is not about overcoming illness. It’s about transforming it into impact.
He is a patient. A founder. A speaker. A storyteller.
And above all, a reminder that even the rarest voices can echo across the world—if they dare to speak.
