In November 2011, around Thanksgiving, I was sent straight to the hospital after my first blood test ever at age 13. My blood counts were very low, my platelets were three (normal is 140-450), my hemoglobin was less than eight (normal is 12-14), and my white blood was very low …

I have lived most of my life in fear and anxiety. I was afraid to do anything that I may get hurt at, afraid to meet new people, and afraid to be myself. I had been overweight ever since I was five years old and was severely bullied because of …

At the age of 26 you never think that breast cancer could ever apply to you. But it happened. It happened to me! A pain in my arm that continued to get worse forced me to go to the ER. An X-Ray showed a tumor in my arm. The doctors …

On June 1,2011, my journey had just begun. I had stage 2 invasive ductal breast cancer. It was a long rough journey but I knew with God, family, and friends by my side I wasn’t going to give up the fight. It was almost two years to the date that …

My name is Barbara Tullous. I was diagnosed three years ago with degenerative hip disease. I also have bad knees. It’s starting to look like I may also have RA. I work at a psyche hospital 40 hours a week with teenage girls. Sometimes I float to the adult unit …

The pain in my lower back started in 2009, the doctor said it was muscular – but it was so extreme. In 2010 I got married, lost my parents, got my diagnosis, got fired from my job, ended up in the hospital for three months, and lost my new husband …

In April 2011, I found a spot on my left breast. I assumed it was just because of all the stress of looking for a new job, etc. I ignored it until October 2011, when it had grown. I went to the doctor and after a biopsy found out that …

On June 28th, 2011, at the age of 37, I found a mass in my right breast. My initial thought was not  again, not another health issue. I had already faced numerous health issues that year which included a colon resection just a few weeks before. It was an emergency …

My sister was celebrating her fourth birthday in May. It was a beautiful day- the sun cast shadows behind us, the breeze was gentle and warm, smiles danced off people’s mouths, and laughter filled the air. We never thought anything could go wrong (Back story- I was about nine years …

My name is Nancy Ruiz. I am a registered nurse and I have non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. It has been a wild ride since the beginning of April 2012. What I thought was a cyst in my right axilla resulted in  an enormous multiple nodules suspicious for cancer. I had multiple sonograms …