I have had excruciating pain for the past six years. I never knew what it was, it started in my right hand and went into my shoulder. I finally went to see a neurologist in 2011 and they didn’t see what what was wrong so I kept dealing with the …
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Katina’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer on September 9, 2013 at the age of 39 years old. My doctor started me out with chemotherapy first to shrink the tumor. It went from 6.5 x 6 cm to 3.5 x 3 cm. My last Chemo was today, February 21, …
Read More »Petra’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In August of 2013, breast cancer was detected in my right breast. It spread across the whole breast and I was advised to amputate it. As a precaution I had a double mastectomy in October and let them put in tissue expanders for reconstruction (these are temporary to stretch the …
Read More »Devan’s Story (MCTD)
My wrist pain started in 2011. I didn’t know what had hit me. I had always worked like a dog all of my life and didn’t let anything slow me down. I am 43 and have been a nurse since I was 19. Since my wrist pain started I can’t …
Read More »Leilani’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Synovial Sarcoma)
Hello everyone I would like to share my story with everyone. I was 33 years old when I was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma. It started in December of 2006, two months after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. It stared with a lower back pain that led me to …
Read More »Valerie’s Story (Ovarian Cancer)
Hello Fight Like a Girl Club. I’m 30 years old and I was diagnosed in 2010 with stage 3 Ovarian Cancer. I found out I had cancer after miscarrying my baby girl at five months, you can say she is my angel and saved me. After multiple surgeries, chemo, and …
Read More »Christy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
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 …
Read More »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 …
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