For 5 years it seemed like every month I was going into the doctors office for a urinary tract infection. About a two year’s ago, I finally found out what is actually wrong with me. It has changed my life forever. Hi, my name is Tabatha, and for the last …
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Holly’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lymphoma)
I was diagnosed with lymphoma on Feb 1st 2012, after nine months of being told my health issues were all in my head or due to menopause. Finally, someone figured out what was wrong with me. Relief! Oh my God, I have cancer. Fear! Biopsy, scans, port, and then five …
Read More »Christal’s Story (Breast Cancer)
On March 14, I had got the phone call telling me that my biopsy came back cancer. I was devastated. I had breast cancer. I was scared out of my mind. All I could do was think of what was going to happen to me and my little man. I …
Read More »Jayne’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus)
I am 41 year’s old, and I am a lupus warrior. The reason I say warrior is because I am in the fight for my life. I was diagnosed three days before Mother’s Day, I know I could have given me a better gift, or no gift at all, but …
Read More »Talahi’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I found out I have Breast Cancer on March 2, 2011, after “tricking” my doctor into seeing me. He thought that since my test came back negative nine months earlier that I was fine, and did not need to be seen. After “tricking” him into seeing me and having more …
Read More »Abby’s Story (Fibromyalgia)
My name is Abby, and I’m a 17 year old high school junior. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in November 2011. (I’ve also self diagnosed myself with IBS, my doctor’s been out on leave for the last four months; but you never know). I’ve had joint issues, aches, pains, and …
Read More »Carly’s Fight Like a Girl Story (PCOS and Vagus Nerve Disorder)
Hi, my name is Carly and I am 19 years old, almost 20. When I was thirteen I woke up in the middle of night with abdominal pain so strong that I couldn’t even stand up to go get my mom. The next day, she let me stay home from …
Read More »Jackie’s Story (Ankylosing Spondylitis)
As a young girl I was always ill. I was not always sick, I just never felt good. I always had a pain that I could never explain, my body didn’t move like other’s, and people always said that I walked funny. In 1980, I found out I had a …
Read More »Lynn’s Story (Unspecified Cancer)
Hi! My name is Lynn. My story began in December of 2011. I am a registered nurse, and work in the operating room at CHS hospital. I was having recurrent bladder infections (this being my only symptom). I was working my two job’s. I also was unable to lose weight …
Read More »Dee Dee’s Story (Endometriosis)
18 years of endometriosis, and 16 surgeries later, I would definitely consider myself a fighter. Through Leuprorelin (Lupron), which was horrid, I was able to get pregnant with my oldest daughter (she’s about to turn 16). With continued surgeries, I was able to conceive my 12 year old daughter at …
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