My daughter graduated high school at the end of May. She was 17 years old. Around that time, she complained of being tired. I explained it away by telling her to quit going to all of the graduation parties and staying out so late. Then she said that she lost …

Hello my name is Tiffany and I am writing because of the story that I just read of Carol. We find bumps and we think nothing of it. When I was 15 years old, I went to my foot doctor because I had a mole that would get caught on …

Hi, my name is Mirna. I am a 35-year-old woman and I’ve been battling Crohn’s Disease since age nine. I am a mother of six and struggle every day with my illness. I also suffer from depression, anxiety and I’m bipolar. I consider myself a fighter on most days. I …

I am now 21 and a fighter of endometriosis. I started having problems at age 15, but thought the problems were normal. I even had conformation from a doctor and family that these issues were normal. At age 17 I couldn’t take it anymore, I was in and out of …

My Endo story is very long, so I will try to keep it short. Regular doctors and ObGyns will tend to ignore your complaints and not do anything except put you on bcp to regulate your cycle. After many years of severe pain, my ObGyn did a lap and removed …

I was 17 years old when I first started having joint pain in my wrists and fingers. My doctor referred me to a rheumatologist who ran a battery of tests for my weird lack of feeling, paleness, and other rather “strange” symptoms. After ruling out Rheumatoid Arthritis, she gave me …

My name is Nita. Until 2003, I was a very busy legal assistant in Texas, a guardian ad litem for FOCAS (Foster Children’s Advocate Services), a sunday school teacher in our church’s Youth Department for 12 years. I was in a BUNCO club in my neighborhood and ran a successful …

I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Febuary 15th, 2011. I am a diabetic, have neuropathy, and going through chemo and radiation. My heart goes out to everyone going through this horrid disease!! I will survive – it will just take a long time! Jennifer Kentucky Submitted 10-19-11 The informational …

My Story: Pink Combat I grew up proud of the Special Forces Dagger on the breadbox. I knew where the metals were hidden in the drawer. These markers of bravery never spoken of—beyond reference to the elusive Green Beret— A symbol of heroes not awarded, to a pilot, without marked …

Since I was 13 years old, I have struggled with weight and body image issues. No matter how skinny I was I still felt fat. I couldn’t look in mirrors. I began starving myself and got down to a dangerous 99 pounds. After a talk with my parents I put …