I have Stage IV endometriosis. I found out because an ovarian cyst landed me in the ER. Three times. Via surgery, I found out my particular case includes bowel endometriosis, with adhesions that have fused my colon to my uterus and cul-de-sac. I write this post as I recover from …

I am a 49 year old wife, mother, grandmother. I have been living with Asthma, Emphysema, bronchiectasis and now stage 4 COPD for over 35 years. I am on the waiting list for a double lung transplant at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, Mass. I am living with oxygen now …

On Valentine’s Day 2013 I was given the news, I heard that horrible ”C” word.  My doctor had told me I had Thyroid Cancer.  As I sat on the other end of the line thinking this is it my life is over I’m going to die, my doctor was telling …

At the age of 24, I was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer. I had seen four doctors within two days. The first three doctors told me that the pain/discomfort I had was simply “normal for a girl,” and that I was “too young to realize that.” After being told …

OK, where to begin…. it’s been one hell of a ride, and it’s not over yet. I was diagnosed with stage 1 triple negative breast cancer at 32 years old. In July 2012, after the removal of a benign cyst, it was discovered that cancer was behind the cyst. I …

It was 1974, and I was 17 years old. I was living in my hometown of Chicago that sunny July afternoon. One minute I was standing around talking with my friends, and the next I was in the emergency room of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics with my …

I was diagnosed with IDC grade 2, stage 3, HER2+…My journey began May 10,2012. Actually I should back track a bit; to be a bit more accurate about a month earlier, to April 2012. I had been sore on my right breast for about 3 weeks, but it was where …

Hi, my name is Krista Mondahl. I found out that I had breast cancer January of 2011. I was only 24 years old. I had the lump on my right side for about 5 years prior to finding out that it was cancer. I had gone to several doctors, and …

My name is Loretta, and I live in South Carolina. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36. I had been having problems for 4 years before I was finally diagnosed. It started when I was pregnant with my daughter, Megan. I woke up one morning when …

Hello, my name is Sylvia.  I am currently 17 years old.  I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was 15, almost 16. I don’t want to bore you guys with a very long detailed story, so I will try to be short. It all started with pain on my …