My name is Sarah, I am 28 years old. In march of 2013 I underwent surgery after having severe abdominal pain. I ended up losing all of my large and small intestines as well as all of my colon except for six inches. The doctors told my family I was …

I have suffered four strokes. At the age of 52, I am blessed to be able to walk and talk about it. The last two strokes I had were  in April and August of 2013. My doctor’s at WakeMed told me I was one tough girl. I thank God for …

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, requiring daily dose of insulin since 1969. I am now 49 years old, and kicking ass. Having had diabetes for 44 plus years hasn’t slowed me down much. I have lost sight in one eye, but I don’t miss it after about 20 …

We fought the fight and won! Yes, I said we. I was diagnosed with stage one cancer on April 16, 2013, I am 42 years old. It effected myself, my husband, my kids, my family, and my friends. I won’t take credit for beating cancer, if it wasn’t for them, …

Six years ago my mommy, my ROCK, was diagnosed with pre-stage (nearly unheard of catching this cancer so soon) small cell lung cancer. We weren’t really surprised, you can’t be when you know it runs in the family and she had been a life long smoker. But we were still …

I suffered from severe endometriosis for over 10 years in my late 20’s to 30’s. I saw three fertility doctors and went through all the fertility treatments including surgeries, tests, etc. I finally was put on Lupron followed by powerful fertility drugs to try and conceive. For over a two …

I was in middle school when my symptoms started. I would wake up five minutes before the bus would come, then sleep the eight minute ride all the way to school, then sleep through each class, sleep on the bus all the way home, and then sleep all night. I …

If you told me I would be as sick as I am now, I would not believe you. Ever since childhood I would get random symptoms, like pleurisy, but I had no idea what it was. When I was 14, I developed type one diabetes, an autoimmune disease. I hoped …

My name is Stephanie, it took me almost three years to figure out that I had RA. I had such a struggle with doctors. I had several rounds of blood work. One rheumatolgist told me that I didn’t have RA. I got lucky and found a doctor who was patient …

Hello. In 2009, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I went through chemo and radiation, which I believe at the time made me sicker than the cancer itself. It was a long hard battle. In June of 2009, my cancer went into remission only to return stronger in September of …