I’ll be 34 next week. I met my partner and children’s dad when I was sixteen. We had 2 children together, and after a 10 year gap I found out I was pregnant, very unexpectedly, with our 3rd child. On Boxing Day, December 2008, my partner Kyle was suffering from severe head …

My name is C.J.  I have two autoimmune diseases.  The first one is called Interstitial Cystitis or IC.  It is a very painful bladder disease.  Some people are in so much pain that it is crippling.  There is currently only one FDA approved drug specifically for IC.  It is very …

In May of 2011, I was diagnosed with stage II triple negative breast cancer. After 8 rounds of chemo, a lumpectomy and 37 days of radiation, I thought I had killed the monster. This August, I was doing reconstruction when, after surgery, the implant in the right side (original site of …

November 2007 was a turning point in my life, as it was when I was officially told that I had a new best friend. One that would never go home, never leave my side and live with me forever. Her name was Autoimmune Hepatitis. I, like many people I’m sure, …