My name is Amanda and I am 21 years old. I am an epileptic as a result of an injury that I sustained because a man slipped something in my drink on my 21st birthday. I passed out from a bar stool and landed on my face and ever since …

My name is Emelie, I’m 19 years old, and my battle with Cystic Fibrosis has not been an easy one. Throughout my entire life I’ve always struggled with upper respiratory complications. From the age of nine, I started coming down with bad cases of pneumonia and bronchitis at least once …

I have read so many stories on here and they have inspired me to share mine. I have been told I have HPV with cervical changes. I had to have a biopsy and it came back that I had cervical dysplasia. My doctor froze the spots and so far it …

My story really begins with my mom. She was diagnosed in June of 2007 and died October 1, 2007. She had no insurance except for state aid, which took care of the necessary tests, but the wait time in between her treatments was months because of her doctor seeking approval. …

So, about a year ago, my mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis AFTER BEING MISDIAGNOSED 15 YEARS AGO. I wasn’t really too sure of what the disease was until I read more into it. This past year has been the hardest on me. I live right down the road from …

My name is Nikki and I am proud to say that I fought like a girl – and won! In December 2009 while laying stretched out on the floor I adjusted my bra due to quite a sore spot just above my rib cage beneath my breast. The very thought made me book …

Hooyah..!! GOD is GREAT..!! My name is Jackie (Rambo) Hackney. I am a 47-year-old beautiful woman from the small town of Kaufman Texas. I am 5’8 and weigh 130 soaking wet. I went my entire life feeling healthy and in shape. I did not go to the doctor unless I …

I was 15 years old and he was 2 year older. I was gullible. He knew exactly what to say. I fell for it. At 15 years old, I became a victim of sexual assault. I waited over a year to tell anyone including my parents because I did not …

My name is Erica Lambourg and I am a first generation Mexican-American born and raised in New Orleans and the oldest of three female siblings. On May 16, 2011 just two months shy of my 36th birthday, I was diagnosed with Stage II IDC Breast Cancer. My strict Catholic parents …

One of the many battles I fight inside myself is control/perfection. I never really thought of myself as a perfectionists or control freak until my husband pointed out how upset I get when my hair doesn’t do what I want or the house isn’t just so or I burn something …