I have all the above. I have been fighting cervical and breast cancer. I also fight chiari, fibromyalgia, degenerative disk disease, seronegative spondyloarthropathy(RA type), adenomyosis and endometriosis, MS, and of course anxiety. I also may have chronic horrible constipation, which the doctor is considering removing my colon. I am only …

I’m Rosemarie, and I am a five year survivor of cancer of the left breast. I was going to retire as a call center agent from a Kaiser Permanente hospital near me, when my doctor called me on vacation, and told me not to retire. He said they found something …

At the age of 22, I was slapped in the face with the wild and a rough past I lived. I was laying in the ER at the hospital, in my little town, when the doctor came in and told me I had hepatitis C. I thought there has to be a mix up in …

After 2 long years of having so many things go wrong with my health, I finally thought I was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I started school, and was persuing my dream. Then one day I was shopping at Wal-Mart with my family. The …

Since the day of my first cycle at the age of 13 I have dealt with excruciating pain, I am now 30 years of age. I missed countless days of school due to pain that would last 4-5 days at a time. For years doctors told me this was normal, …

I am 38 year’s old, and proud to say that I am a breast cancer survivor. In July 2011, I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.  I thought my world ended when those words came out of my doctor’s mouth. I thought about my only son, my 4 daughter’s, and my grandchildren. …

I would like to tell you a little bit about me and my journey with the big ‘C’ and let you know that if you live, you will laugh again and it will be even funnier each time you think about it. I don’t know about ya’ll, but I always …

I am a 4 year lung cancer warrior, and 7 year vulvar cancer (very rare) warrior. I am 51. I am married. I also have 2 daughter’s, and 5 grand babies! Looking back I can hardly believe those month’s of test and worry if it was going to come back, …

My mother and I have never been closer, thanks to this disease. About 3 or 4 years ago, my mom was diagnosed with lyphedema, which is rarely diagnosed through blood. Usually a person has to have gone through cancer treatments or radiation. My mom was misdiagnosed at the local hospital …

On my 40th birthday, I had a normal mammogram. Still, I had a nagging feeling that something was wrong. I went for an ultrasound and biopsy soon after. I learned that I had stage four cancer in both breasts. When I went to see the surgeon, he told us that …