I was 12 the first time I got my period. Not long before (maybe 6 months), I walked into my room to see my mum putting something in the bottom of my chest of drawers. I asked her what she was doing, and she replied, “One day, you’re going to …
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Bre-Ann’s Story (PCOS)
I was diagnosed at the age of 18 with PCOS after years of going to my family doctor, wondering, and getting tests for why I wasn’t ovulating but always feeling pains and getting weird hair, plus being very obese from childhood and a having very endowed chest. Clearly I had hit puberty. …
Read More »Alice’s Story (Lupus)
Hi everyone, I’m Alice, and I am 16 years old. I was diagnosed at 13, halfway through my first year at high school. I had gone to the beach for a week prior to diagnosis and thought that my fatigue was due to the swimming and late nights with my …
Read More »Felicha’s Story (Ovarian Cancer)
At the age of 23, I was diagnosed with Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer. I am the youngest of a family of three girls, and I have always been the spoiled child my sisters envied. I do not have any children or pay any rent because I still live at home …
Read More »Connie’s Story (Multiple Myeloma)
My story starts in April 2004, with two young school children. I would walk with them to and from school every day. Then one day, I made it to the school but couldn’t make it back home. I had to call someone for a ride. I started to hurt all …
Read More »Melissa’s Story (Multiple Sclerosis)
I’m 22 years old, and in 2008, I was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. I went completely numb on my right side and was in the hospital for a week before they figured out what it was. Since then, I’ve have many small relapses and two major ones. One was …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Cowden Syndrome)
It is easy to stare at a blank screen and not know what to write. It is easy to have days where you want to say, “Why me?” It is also easy to see how lucky you really are. At two years old, I never wanted to have a tumor …
Read More »Rebecca’s Story (Fibromyalgia, Raynaud’s)
Thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to share my story. I have learned so much and continue to learn about myself through this journey of pain. If there is one quote that sums it up for me, it is “My pain birthed my purpose.” – Trent Shelton. …
Read More »Suzanna’s Story (Crohn’s Disease)
I can remember the relief I felt when I finally found out what was wrong with my body. Hearing the words “You have Crohn’s Disease” felt sickly satisfying. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I had hope in my doctor to help me through this. …
Read More »Martha’s Story (Endometrial Cancer)
Hello, my name is Martha. I am 31 years old, and I was diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer this past March. I have had problems with my menstrual cycle since I was a little girl, but the only thing doctors would say was that I would get better once I got …
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