After a month of calling around to try and find a dermatologist, I decided I couldn’t wait any more. I contacted my general practitioner to at least have someone look at the mole that had seemed to change overnight. I knew there wasn’t much the GP could do, but I …

There is a light at the end of the tunnel! In 2007 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer, 6 mos after my ex-husband and I were getting a divorce. I felt my life was upside down. In the midst of this I had a sweet angel my daughter, Taelor. …

I am 31 years old and have had fibromyalgia for most of my life. When the pain first started many years ago, I didn’t understand what was happening. I just knew that I hurt all of the time and I was having muscle spasms. Sometimes the spasms were so bad …

I was 35, with a 3-yr-old little boy, just opening my own computer shop when I got my diagnosis. I had just moved into my own home after leaving an abusive marriage one year prior. My cancer journey consisted of: 7 tumors, one burst 8 months of chemo 52 sessions …

2012 was to be my year and my family’s year. I graduated the police academy and was in line for a deputy position in the county we live in. My husband and kids had sacrificed so much for me last year so that I could follow my dream to work …

When I was 17, I was diagnosed with severe endometriosis. I  was told that because of the severity of this, I would most likely never be able to conceive a child. While I was being treated for this nasty thing called endometriosis, I was very sad. Mainly because every girls …

10 years ago this coming summer, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I was already dealing with diabetes type 2, Hashimoto’s disease (thyroid disease), polycystic  ovarian syndrome, asthma and allergies. The diagnosis for rheumatoid arthritis came as a shock. How I was diagnosed is something else. I had not been feeling good for …

Have you ever heard of ankylosing spondylitis (AS)? My guess is no, because I had never heard of it until I was diagnosed with it. AS is an auto-immune disease mixed within a sea of many auto-immune diseases,which most you’ve probably never heard of either. I hesitated when I thought …

In March 2012, I was diagnosed with Lupus. I had been sick for over a month with a fever, achy joints, and  a rash all over my body. So I went to the emergency room. The hospital staff said I was going to stay for a couple of days. At …

I am 23, the mother of a pop singer; Cayleigh, a dancer; Micaela, and the Boss man; Christopher Jr., and I am with my true knight in shining armor (or as I like to say my knight in shiny tinfoil). Right after I turned 23 and I was 8 months pregnant with …