I am 30 years old. I have seven children ages 1-13 and I have a loving husband. On December 21, 2013, I started a second period, which I have never done, and I bled and bled. My gyno’s nurse said it could just be stress from the holidays, and that …

Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer on October 18, 2012. I was 56 years old at the time and had NEVER been sick (other then a small cold that I got over in a few days) in my life. So being that age I did not have …

My family, my friends, doctors, and even strangers, they have all seen my pain. I questioned the other day how many of them actually know what it’s like to live with Lupus. I thought about it and in all honesty, I don’t expect anyone to know what it’s like, I …

I am 27 and sometimes feel a lot older. In my battle with endometriosis I have learned to never take things for granted and enjoy the good days to the fullest. Here’s my story. I had my daughter at 17 years old and had a rough pregnancy. My husband and …

Here is the gist, at age 31 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. It was aggressive and so was my oncologist. I immediately started chemo, got the double mastectomy, and did six weeks of radiation. After about a year of craziness I beat that and went on my …

My grandmother finished her last round of chemotherapy on my grandpa’s birthday, May 12, 2014. I can’t think of a better birthday gift she could have given to her husband of over 30 years. My grandma has lung cancer, and she is winning the fight. Her tumor is shrinking. The …

My name is Kelly and I am a wife, mother, and Air National Guardsman living up here in Watertown, NY. Back in November 2013, I went to Urgent Care because I was having pain in my abdomen so they did an abdominal x-ray. The reason for the pain eventually resolved …

I never been the type of girl who likes to share. I have always been a little nervous about it. This time I feel really different about it and I will like to share, if that’s okay with you!? It started at such a young age, I was always getting …

Now, a 42 year old, mother of two, I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19. After medication after medications and a near death  experience due to liver dysfunction, I’m back on the wagon train. This past weekend, I had a grand mal seizure for the first time in 17 years. …

Hey my ladies ! I am Kamyiah Blackmon and I am 15 years old. I found out I had lupus in late November of 2013. I remember (before finding out I had lupus) having inflammation in my joints all the time and they were stiff ALL THE TIME (I remember …