Hi my name is Mary. I was 26 when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer! When I first discovered the lump I researched breast cancer on the internet. I didn’t think it was cancer because I did not have any of the symptoms, and I thought I was too …

My fight like a girl is a lot different than some of the other stories that you have posted. Mine started in my early teens. My periods would be horrible. I would bleed for weeks and weeks, and then maybe not bleed for a week, and then bleed for several …

June 14, 2012, was the day my world was forever changed! It was the day that I was diagnosed with not one, but two different types of breast cancer. A month earlier I had felt a lump in my left breast, and made an appointment with my OB/GYN. At my …

Hi. I have known that I have had endometriosis since 2009. I am learning more about it, and learning how to deal with it. Knowing that there are other people who have it too helps.   Crystal B Canada Submitted 5-14-2013 The informational content of this article is intended to …

I FOUGHT LIKE A GIRL WITH CHERYL WITTER! I was with CHERYL WITTER throughout her journey. I took Cheryl to her appointments, chemo, etc. I tried to make it fun for her and make her laugh (when it didn’t hurt). I would say, “Remember Dr. Boobs?”  In the chemo suite, …

If you were to ask me when my endo journey started, my initial response would be that it happened when I was 19, just in time to steal away what should have been my “roaring twenties.” But really it all began years before that. Honestly, I think it’s always been …

I woke up a few weeks before my 12th birthday and just wasn’t feeling well. This continued for a month or so and I began having a lot of pain every time I would eat and would throw up everything I ate. My parents took me to the ER countless …

It was 2010, I was 45 years old and I had found a lump in my right breast. I made the doctors appointment and was immediately referred for a mammogram and had my appointment within days. I was terrified, not only with what I had found but I had never …

I have been fighting like a girl since birth.  I was born with cerebral palsy.  I had eight huge orthopedic surgeries between the ages of 4-17.  I’m blind in one eye and use a power wheelchair to get around.  None of that stopped me from going to college, graduating, and …

My mom is a two-time survivor. She was diagnosed at 37 and 52.  My sister is an ovarian cancer survivor at age 29.  Both grandmothers are also survivors; one of them is still fighting as she continues chemo and radiation.  Because of my strong family history, I get a mammogram …