I was diagnosed when I was 42 years old. I was hesitant to go to the doctor because like so many women I didn’t think it would happen to me. Boy was I wrong! I was at stage 3 – already in the muscle and lymph nodes. Had a mastectomy …

I have suffered with psoriatic arthritis for many years but was not diagnosed until 2010. I have problems with my knees and with my hip joints and I am 45 years old. I also found out that same year that I have fibromyalgia in my shoulders. When it is cold …

I was twenty nine when I was diagnosed with stage 2B breast cancer. I was in complete shock. Cancer does not run in my family and I thought I was super healthy. I ate good food, did yoga, meditated, and so forth. It didn’t matter. Cancer does not discriminate. Since …

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven’t updated lately! I had to have the battery of my pacemaker/defibulator replaced and there were a lot of complications that came with it. Once they had put me under with sedation, I had a huge asthma attack that lasted for 3 to 4 hours. And …

Have you ever watched a child play with a jack-in-the-box? You see them slowly wind the handle. As the music plays they begin to giggle in anticipation of the clown that is about to appear, and then suddenly…POP! The child has a look of surprise as if they didn’t know …

I was 45 years old when I was diagnosed with stage II B breast cancer. I had had a mammogram 2 years earlier and they saw a spot, was biopsied, and the doctor told me then that it wasn’t cancer but he was pretty positive it would come back within …

Baby Boy was born on 1st April 2012 at 10.10am weighing 3.3kg (7lb 4oz) after a very quick birth! I am a very proud mummy. My oldest has taken quite well to being a big brother, although there is sometimes some jealousy when I feed him. Generally though, he has …

My name is Rania. I will be 40 in January. When I was seven years old, I lived in Sturgeon, MO. There was a chemical spill on the RR tracks 3 blocks from my house. My mother was extremely young, raising me, my six yr old sister, and one yr …

I am a mother and grandmother fighting for my life.  In January of this year, I was told I have liver disease. In February, I was told I have stage four cancer and my world came crashing down. Thank God I have my Faith.  I did a lot of searching …

This whole grand adventure started a little of 5 years ago. I went hiking in some mountains in Alabama with friends late one fall evening, nothing out of the norm, just peace and quiet. Suddenly on the way back up to the car I felt something give way in my …