I am a 38 year old, married, mother of three. I have been sick for a very long time and anyone who has been, knows it’s a hard and frustrating life! For the last 10 years I’ve known SOMETHING was wrong with me, but how do you make doctors and …

I’m 36 and was diagnosed with SLE almost a year ago. I have a horrible doctor that has tried two different medications for Lupus (Plaquenil and Lyrica). The Plaquenil did not work at all. He now has me on Lyrica which has only made me gain 40 lbs. There hasn’t been …

My one-year diagnosis anniversary is quickly approaching. I can’t believe it has almost been a year since I first heard those letters associated with my name…MS. Although my multiple sclerosis journey officially started less than a year ago, I began this journey unofficially about five years ago. I went five …

I am 34. I have been married to by best friend and the most wonderful man since 2002. We have three children. One day my best friend Tara asked us if we wanted to take the kids swimming. On the way to the pool we stopped for gas and I …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …