For four years I had been complaining something was wrong in my breasts. Over this time, I had several mammograms, sonographies, and three MRIs. Still I was being told no suspicious images were found, even when my left nipple was leaking pus, and I could feel a nodule under my …
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Amber’s Story (Crohn’s Disease)
My name is Amber, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s/Colitis when I was 17. I had a few near death experiences at my young age but never any major surgeries. I got married at 22, and in two years I had two beautiful little girls. I started getting extremely sick and …
Read More »Sarah’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
In September 2010, I was 20 years old, and my lower hip started hurting at nighttime. Only at nighttime would my hip hurt. Then in October my back started hurting, and then my legs. The pain would be so unbearable that I would have to take four aspirin at night to …
Read More »Candi’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Undiagnosed)
I have been dealing with an unknown disorder since 2006. It affects my day to day life, my vision, my thoughts, etc. I also have graves thyroid disease, basilar migraines, bilateral vestibular hypofunction (loss of vestibular function in both ears), and horrible anxiety. I still work a full time job, …
Read More »Sara’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Papillary Thyroid Cancer)
On November 2012, a lump appeared on the side of my neck. The doctors told me it was probably nothing, but that we should check it out anyways. It turns out that the lump was a swollen lymph node. After an ultrasound and a biopsy I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid …
Read More »Michelle’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hello my name is Michelle. I am a 39 year old woman with stage 4 endometriosis. I had my surgery two weeks ago to remove my uterus, cervix, ovaries, etc, only to find upon waking up that they were unable to remove my ovaries. The disease was so bad they …
Read More »Kerry’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Throat Cancer)
Hi, my name is Kerry and I am 41 years old. I was diagnosed with stage three throat cancer in October 2009. I had a 3 cm tumor on my lymph node with the primary cancer on my tonsils. Three days later I had a radical neck dissection that removed …
Read More »Dayna’s Story (Breast Caner)
In February of 2013, at the age of 32, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. In October 2012, we found out we were pregnant. My husband and I had adopted four children in 2010 thinking we couldn’t get pregnant. In November 2012, we found out that the baby’s heartbeat stopped …
Read More »Amy’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)
I just got home today from the hospital after having my thyroid, my left parathyroids, as well as numerous lymph nodes removed because of papillary thyroid cancer. I was diagnosed officially on July 2. Back in May, my husband and I elected to do an advanced body scan (EBT). I …
Read More »Amanda’s Story (Endometriosis)
So I’m starting my blog with this topic because it’s the most import part to me. My education is pretty much everything to me. As I said in my “about” page I’ve been blindly struggling with endometriosis since I was about 13 years old (when I first started my period). …
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