What was suppose to be a joyful appointment slowly turned into one that no excepted mother would ever imagine to be. I was 27 years old and at my first prenatal appointment when I not only found out I was six weeks pregnant but also that I had a large …

I was diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 15, it started with just random irregular periods, pelvic pains, and the hair growth, but it has grown into weight gain and a lot of pain. I have random pelvic pains and it gets overwhelming at times. I’ve been struggling with …

The beginning of my story is going to sound very familiar to anyone who has experience with endometriosis. It started with really bad cramps, and I mean bad, curling up in a ball, dry-heaving, and crying in class bad which, as a teen, was humiliating, bad. But I was told …

Hi, I’m Hannah. I’m 13 and I was diagnosed with hyper mobile EDS the summer before I started middle school. It was really scary at first. How can I keep up with classes? How can I have a social life with a serious disease like this? It’s still scary but …

Ever since my first period at 12 years old, I have had an awful experience. It began with awful cramps and then progressed to back pain. My first trip to the doctor was disheartening as I was told my periods would regulate themselves. After two years of cramps and three …

Last year when I had just turned 15, I had been through a year filled with the biggest twists and turns I had ever had in my life. I had taken a trip to Colorado for a youth leadership conference. When I got back I was very stressed from the …

Today is my nine year anniversary that I received my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. It was a such a long journey to get to that point, taking more than ten years to figure it out. After so many years of strange happenings, it was good to get a diagnosis and …

When I was thirteen I got my period. I was excited because all my friends had gotten theirs already. It was light and lasted three days. I was happy to tell my friends about it. But then I didn’t have it again for six months. When I finally got it …

Hi my name is Kimberly Smith, in the year of 2009 I had been sick for sometime.I had a gastroenterologist diagnose me with IBS and prescribed me medications. I was getting sicker and the medications were no longer working. I was losing weight, had bad painful diarrhea attacks suddenly, and I …

My story began in 1993. Out of the blue, I had an attack of Raynaud’s. It was so painful! Now to fast forward the story, for 14 years, my internist blamed all my symptoms on my weight, stress, poor diet, etc. It came down to one day in his office …