In April of 2013 I was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer (in the duodenal cavity) with mets on liver (stage 4). Only about 1200 people have had it and I was one. I was told by my oncologist that I wouldn’t see remission with this form of …

Ten years ago at age 18, I was diagnosed with an incurable digestive disease that I’d never heard of before called ulcerative colitis (UC). UC is a chronic, autoimmune disease that affects 700,000 Americans and is a result of an abnormal response by the body’s immune system which causes the …

My name is Julie and I am 32 years old. I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in October of 2006. About two months before my diagnosis I began to feel tingles down my neck and spine every time I tilted my head down. I thought I had just tweaked …

How to start this? I always found  that my body never felt quite right. I always felt cold or really hot when temperatures were considered “normal” for others, so I kept going for blood tests. When the blood tests came back sound the doctors wrote me off as “whining.” So …

I was just recently told that my thyroid cancer is back. I am not sure there is much they can do. I’m also currently sitting in the hospital because I have a pleural effusion, one in each lung. To add to the fun I also have a pericardial effusion and …

Hi Ladies. I had the DaVinci robot surgery January of 2013. Since they found cancer in my uterus I had to have a second robot surgery in March 2013. I have had several problems since my surgeries. Right away I had the painful urination and urinary retention. I had a …

While out of town one weekend, I went shopping with a cousin of mine. We decided to stop at a Mexican restaurant for lunch. About half way through eating I started feeling weird. I pushed my plate aside but didn’t say anything. I kept feeling worse and worse. Finally my …