Hi My name is Kelly Bragg, and I’m 43 years old, but most days I feel 90. I’m a single mom to one son, Mikey, age 12. My illness started 12 years ago. I was tired all the time had pain throughout my body. It hurt to touch my hands …
Read More »Lauren’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia)
I wasn’t even 21 when my dad passed away in 2008. Less than a month later I was battling crippling pain in my hip. I had surgery on it in 2009, without a definitive diagnosis to what was actually causing my pain. To this day I still only know it …
Read More »Stephanie’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Lupus)
I suppose my story begins at age 16. I’m now 32 and I’ve been fighting this fight for half my life. I first started getting sick with symptoms like most others; swollen joints, fatigue, and doctors who couldn’t diagnose me. By 17 it was confirmed that I had SLE (systemic …
Read More »Lisa Anne’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Panhypopituitarism, Autism, FM/ME/CFS)
My fight like a girl story begins directly from the womb, but I wouldn’t have to fight seriously until I was 10. I was born with a rare pituitary condition called septo optic dysplasia which caused my pituitary to not be able to keep up with my growing body. I …
Read More »Annie’s Story (Fibromyalgia and CFS)
Being as I am a new phenomenon to many of you (!), I figure I should at least introduce myself and what I plan to be writing about for The Fight Like A Girl Club. My name is Annie Martin. I am 23 years old. I have been mysteriously ill …
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