I’m 17 years old. Two years ago I had a seizure my 10th grade year, it still haunts me everyday. I’m in 12th grade now and I’m having trouble moving on from that seizure. My mom and dad tell me I need to drive, my sister’s tell me I need …

When I was 28 I started to feel very tired and my period’s were all over the place. They had been regular as clockwork my entire life. I was also gaining weight quickly, in a three year period I had gained almost 100 pounds even through my eating habits were …

When I was 13 I was taken to the hospital for blue fingers and toes, and I had been sleeping more than normal. The hospital diagnosed it as Raynaud’s phenomenon and lupus.  For several years after that, along with various doctors, I was diagnosed and undiagnosed. I had barely graduated …

This story is about my mom. In June, four months after she lost her dad to cancer in 2010, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. I never thought I would have to say my Mom is a cancer survivor. That July, five months to the day after Pap died, my …

“Listen Carefully, It Whispers.” A few years ago I would have asked, “What in the world does that mean?” Today I understand completely. I’m sure the start of my dance with ovarian cancer began close to five years ago when my period that started in November 2008 did not end …

Hello, I’m not Lily Kuhn. I am her daughter, and I would like to share her story. She was diagnosed with Addison’s disease. This illness drains you of energy. She raised my little brother and I since I was about two years old, so she’s had this disease for about 19 …

My name is Jackie. I live in Illinois with my three kids and husband, and I am a manger at Hardee’s. Here my story… I had just turned 17 when I found out about endometriosis. I didn’t know much about it or why I was so young dealing with something …

Hi I’m a 43 year old female, and I have been battling so many different symptoms, like pain, lose of energy, rashes, blood levels, anxiety, stress, I could just go on and on. I have a lot of GI problems and 15 months ago I was rushed by ambulance to …

Not too long after turning 30, I went to my gyno to see if there was something I could do about my awful periods. They had been heavy and horribly painful for as long as I can remember. I already had children, and my husband and I were satisfied with …

I’m 34 years old and just got diagnosed with COPD six months ago. I’m on three different inhalers and they aren’t working. I can tell it’s getting worse, but as I have read there is no cure for COPD. I have four teenage boys and two young stepsons. I have …