So I never knew that I had this disease. I always had the worst pain when I got my period but I just thought it was normal. I’m 25 years old and I decided it was time to go for my first gyno checkup. I thought everything was normal and …

Looking back my symptoms were coming on slowly. But after I became ill with mononucleosis at the age of 40, I’ve never recovered. After several years of no real answers from my family practitioner or neurologist, I made myself an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. There through a …

In 2007, I went to my physician for some routine blood tests. About a week later i received a document in the mail from the health department stating that I had tested positive for HCV. At the time I wasn’t sure what hepatitis C was or how I had it. …

In November 2011, around Thanksgiving, I was sent straight to the hospital after my first blood test ever at age 13. My blood counts were very low, my platelets were three (normal is 140-450), my hemoglobin was less than eight (normal is 12-14), and my white blood was very low …

I have lived most of my life in fear and anxiety. I was afraid to do anything that I may get hurt at, afraid to meet new people, and afraid to be myself. I had been overweight ever since I was five years old and was severely bullied because of …

At the age of 26 you never think that breast cancer could ever apply to you. But it happened. It happened to me! A pain in my arm that continued to get worse forced me to go to the ER. An X-Ray showed a tumor in my arm. The doctors …

On June 1,2011, my journey had just begun. I had stage 2 invasive ductal breast cancer. It was a long rough journey but I knew with God, family, and friends by my side I wasn’t going to give up the fight. It was almost two years to the date that …

My name is Barbara Tullous. I was diagnosed three years ago with degenerative hip disease. I also have bad knees. It’s starting to look like I may also have RA. I work at a psyche hospital 40 hours a week with teenage girls. Sometimes I float to the adult unit …

The pain in my lower back started in 2009, the doctor said it was muscular – but it was so extreme. In 2010 I got married, lost my parents, got my diagnosis, got fired from my job, ended up in the hospital for three months, and lost my new husband …

In April 2011, I found a spot on my left breast. I assumed it was just because of all the stress of looking for a new job, etc. I ignored it until October 2011, when it had grown. I went to the doctor and after a biopsy found out that …