Hi, My Name is Valorie. I am 37 years old, and a single mom of three teenagers. I was diagnosed with Rhuematoid Arthritis in October of 2011. I remember the day my doctor told me what was wrong. After months of terrible pain in my hand’s and feet, I was …

“Vanessa, remember you have endometriosis,” the doctor said. Those words swirled around in my head, but my mind refused to process the meaning behind them. My doctor eyes compassionately swept over my face, settling on my eyes. He patiently waited until his word sunk in; unfortunately they just wouldn’t. Firstly, …

During the middle of a blizzard, I drove to the ER for what I thought was a horrible case of the flu. I had just cleared snow the day before, but something was not right. That trip to the ER ended up saving my life. None of the tests showed …

Hi, my name is Nicole. I’m 33 with a loving husband and two wild kids. 😉 This past year, I was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer. The only reason they found this was because I had black stool. It only lasted one day, but it was enough …

In May of 2010, I was 52 years old. I had always gotten my annual mammogram. One morning as I awoke I felt a prompting from the Lord to touch my left breast. As I did so, I felt a large hard lump. I don’t know how I knew it, …

I can remember the day that my mom told us she had cancer. She called and asked us to meet her and my dad for dinner. My kid’s were too young to understand. I think for a long time my whole family didn’t understand. She was a good woman. She …

I was visiting my mom and dad for our family’s normal Sunday afternoon dinner on December 16th. I asked my mom to feel my breast. It was hard, inflamed, and blood was coming from the nipple. I went to the doctor the next day and they did a mammogram. The …

Six years ago I became very sick. After a lot of tests the doctor told me I have: lupus, fibromyalgia, and degenerative disc disease. So much happens to your body, people can look at you, and never know how sick you really are. He also said to me he didn’t …

I am 36 years old. I have stage 3 breast cancer. I just had my left breast removed, along with lymph nodes. Now I am going through chemo for the next year.   Michelle C Submitted 1-28-2013 The informational content of this article is intended to convey a personal experience …

I grew up in the sixties and seventies when a root beer float (or ‘black cow’ as we call it here in the South), a red vinyl bar stool, and Johnny Angel crooning from the jukebox at the local drug store, were as close to heaven as one could get. …