I want the world to know that MEN get these diseases too. I first notice I wasn’t well in June 2012, then I was diagnosed on December 22, 2012 with an autoimmune disorder, and was finally told I had MCTD in July of 2013 at the age of 23. It …

Hi, I don’t really think my life is a story to tell because there are a lot of people who have it worse then me but I’ll tell mine just in case it can help someone else out. Back in 1994 (I was eight) my parents, three sisters, and I …

The day before my 32nd birthday I went and had a mole removed. I wasn’t concerned at all, I just got tired of it itching on that one spot of your back that you can barely reach. The next week I got the call. It was cancer and I needed …

My Struggle with Arnold Chiari Malformation: The Full Story of  How I Fight Like a Girl Hi!! My name is Misty Shay and I am the face of Arnold Chiari Malformation (ACM) Type 1. What is Arnold Chiari? Well at the Chiari Institute in Great Neck, New York it is …

I was first diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ten years ago. As the years passed I was also told I had lupus, then Sjögren’s syndrome, then neuropathy raynaud’s, and a few others. Then was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. It seems that every time I was attending the hospital I was …

Losing my mother to ovarian cancer when she was only 56 and having two sisters that have battled breast cancer I have always knew in the back of my mind there was a chance that some day I might face the same fate, but that is where the thought stayed, …

Hi guys. I am the daughter of a fighter! I am here to cheer you up and to tell you the other part of the story: the kids from women diagnosed. I remember my mom (20 years ago) explaining us what cancer was about. “Was it infectious?” I asked, “Can …

On June 10, 2014, one week after undergoing a D&C with hysteroscopy, I sat patiently in my gyno’s office waiting for him to come in and give me my brief post-op check-up. As I waited, I reflected on what had brought me to this moment. Currently 31 years old, I …

Around the end of May of this year (2014) I was diagnosed with PCOS. At first I wasn’t exactly sure what to think. I felt so lost and confused. I am 19 years old and hope to have a family one day. Knowing that my chances could be slim is …

On 12/31/13, my family and friends’ lives changed when I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that had metastasized to the liver. I had celebrated in July of 2013 being cancer free for 33 years as I was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at six months old. I went through chemotherapy, …