I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2008 after having a lump removed from my right breast. After further testing at MD Anderson Cancer center, the cancer was found in my lymph nodes, my liver, and in my uterus. When my doctor gave me the final results she told …
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Jami’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At the age of 42 I began college, after 21 years of raising my sons. Two days after Christmas in 2010, following my first semester in college, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. I had found the lump a few years earlier, but the mammograms always came back negative, …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Cushing’s Syndrome)
I was always a physically fit girl in high school and well into my mid 20’s. I danced and played soccer since I could remember. In my teens I was a size 2 and never weighed more than 115 lbs. Diabetes runs in my family so it was not a …
Read More »Sabrina’s Story (Ankylosing Spondylitis)
My Fight Against A.S. I had a lot of trouble writing this –after all how do you write a story that has no ending. How do I describe this beast that lives within me and what it has put me through over the years? I still have no idea but …
Read More »Sarah’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In January of 2013, I found a lump in the left side of my breast. After a few weeks I asked my mom, who is also a nurse, to see if she also could feel it. She told me that I needed to get it checked out asap, so that’s …
Read More »Traci’s Story (Endometriosis, Cervical Cancer)
Hi my name is Traci, I’m married with two kids. Brett, 14 and Shyan, 11, they are my world. Here’s my story: It starts on my 12th birthday, when after spending entire day ill & “crampy” I went to restroom to see that I was now a “woman,” as they …
Read More »Donna’s Story (Kidney Disease)
My story began last year. Although I never had my kidneys checked I knew something was wrong. Out of nowhere I would have very bad pain. Last year in 2013, I was admitted to the hospital for a foot infection that was so bad the ER doctor ran into my …
Read More »Trish’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At the age of 39 I had a benign tumor removed from my right breast. Every year since my surgery I was very diligent in having my mammogram and breast exams. This past August I started to have pain in my right shoulder and down my back. My doctor was …
Read More »Emily’s Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
My name is Emily, I’m 23 years old. 🙂 I was first diagnosed with RA when I was just two years old. The only memory early on that I have is that I HATED doctors, so my story is mainly about my life with RA from school age on. School …
Read More »Pattie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My journey began the summer of 2011. I was visiting family in New York and I wasn’t feeling myself. By October, I was down 25 pounds and going to emergency room almost every other day thinking it was my migraine headaches. Then the ER doctor came in and hit me …
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