First, I want to state that when the photographer, my friend Genevieve, showed me the photo to the right, I cried. Hard. The symbolism of the blurred chest was profound. The picture as a breast cancer survivor speaks volumes and I know my warrior sisters will agree. I am a …
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Nikki’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed in February 2009 with invasive ductal carcinoma (breast cancer). In March 2009, I had a bilateral mastectomy. I am now almost a three year survivor!!!! Cancer touched my breast, so I kicked its butt!! Now my sister Patti is going through chemo for colon cancer. Also, my …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Endometriosis)
I will try to keep this concise, but I want to put all the details that matter down here. My story, like many other stories of endometriosis was defined by doctors not believing my pain was critical. I believed them and was facing self doubt. I started my period when …
Read More »Cassie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Liver Cancer)
Where to begin, well I could begin in 1986 when I came into this world, but I’ll spare all of those details. I will begin with May 2, 2012. Now seeing that I was born in 1986, then you can see that I am only 26 years old. May 2nd …
Read More »Kelly’s Story (Crohn’s Disease)
I am 23 years and have had Crohn’s disease for one year now. I remember the day I knew something was wrong. It was my first semester of college and my bowel movements started to change. For 5 years I insisted there was something wrong. My mom has been battling …
Read More »Jessica’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Ulcerative Colitis)
Hi, my name is Jessica and for the past eight years I’ve been living with and battling ulcerative colitis (UC). I’m not sure how many people actually know about colitis, Crohn’s, or them collectively know as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I noticed these diseases were missing on the blog, perhaps …
Read More »Jennifer’s Story (CRPS)
Before August of 2008, I was a healthy, active, yoga-loving, successful, workaholic 27 year old (if that makes sense to you). Now I am a disabled 30 year old with chronic, debilitating pain. In August of 2008 I was in a freak accident that resulted in stage 2 RSD (reflex …
Read More »Brenda’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
I went into the ER in March of 2012 thinking I had pneumonia, but in the end I found out it wasn’t. On March 21, 2012 , my anniversary, I found out I had cancer, stage 3B, in my left lung and lymphoid. At first I went through a wide …
Read More »Jennifer’s Story (Endometriosis)
Since I got my first period at age 13, I knew something was wrong. The pain during my period was excruciating, and no amount of ibuprofen would touch that pain. I was one of those people laying in the nurse’s office at school with a heating pad attached to my …
Read More »Amber’s Fight Like a Girl Fight (Lupus)
I am a 27 year old nurse who has been fighting chronic illness such as bronchitis and pneumonia since I was a kid. Somewhere in my teen years I started dealing with severe pain in my arms, hands and feet. No testing was done. My doctor just brushed me off …
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