When I was in junior high I started having these pains that I just couldn’t describe. My mother kept bringing me to the doctor but they just kept saying it was a bladder infection. The pain stayed and wouldn’t get better. It continued through out high school and college. Doctors …
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Tina Marie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
This is my second bought with breast cancer. Seven years ago in February I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I went through chemo, a double mastectomy, and radiation. I wouldn’t want to change having cancer at all because it taught me so much having it. It brought me …
Read More »Mary Kay’s Story (Autism)
Eleven years ago my 13 year old son was diagnosed with autism… AUTISM, I was shaken to my core! I had many things in my life up until then that I thought were worse things that had happened, until that summer morning in the doctors office where I was handed …
Read More »Natalie’s Story (Diabetes)
I am a 35 year old single mother of two. I am diabetic and also suffers from high blood pressure. I have faced two mini strokes since 2011. I recently worked two jobs to support my children but I resigned my part time job due to my illness. I have …
Read More »Priscilla’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Spinal Injury)
On June 5, 2011, I was involved in a motor vehicle accident that changed my life forever as I knew it. The accident occurred while my mother-in-law and I were returning home from a trip to Oklahoma back to New York State. I had driven all night and we stopped …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At 35 my doctor felt strongly that women living on Long Island were at an increased risk for breast cancer, so I had my baseline mammogram that year. I had the next in 2008 and then again 2009. I was told to come back for a follow up six months …
Read More »Victoria’s Story (PCOS, Endometriosis)
When I was eight years old I got my first period. I had a lot of cramps that used to put me in the hospital. My mother thought I was too young to see a gyno so I didn’t see one. My mother picked my doctor when I was 16 …
Read More »Michelle’s Story (Cervical Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis)
My story began in 1997 with many changes occurring in my life at this time. I was a single mom, just graduated from high school the year before, and I was looking as to what my future was to hold. Being a young woman and a single mom already stacked …
Read More »Niyela’s Story (Diabetes)
Hi world. I’m Niyela, better known as MooShoo. I’m fighting like a girl against Type 1 Diabetes. I’m six years young and was diagnosed at the age of four. My mom gives me four to six shots a day so that I may thrive. Niyela Illinois …
Read More »Alma’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rectal Cancer)
At the age of 44 I was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer. My husband and I were raising three children. They each reacted in a different way. The oldest acted out, the middle one talked to friends, and the youngest got sick. It’s amazing how people react to bad …
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