In January of 2013, I found a lump in the left side of my breast. After a few weeks I asked my mom, who is also a nurse, to see if she also could feel it. She told me that I needed to get it checked out asap, so that’s …
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Traci’s Story (Endometriosis, Cervical Cancer)
Hi my name is Traci, I’m married with two kids. Brett, 14 and Shyan, 11, they are my world. Here’s my story: It starts on my 12th birthday, when after spending entire day ill & “crampy” I went to restroom to see that I was now a “woman,” as they …
Read More »Donna’s Story (Kidney Disease)
My story began last year. Although I never had my kidneys checked I knew something was wrong. Out of nowhere I would have very bad pain. Last year in 2013, I was admitted to the hospital for a foot infection that was so bad the ER doctor ran into my …
Read More »Trish’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At the age of 39 I had a benign tumor removed from my right breast. Every year since my surgery I was very diligent in having my mammogram and breast exams. This past August I started to have pain in my right shoulder and down my back. My doctor was …
Read More »Emily’s Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
My name is Emily, I’m 23 years old. 🙂 I was first diagnosed with RA when I was just two years old. The only memory early on that I have is that I HATED doctors, so my story is mainly about my life with RA from school age on. School …
Read More »Pattie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My journey began the summer of 2011. I was visiting family in New York and I wasn’t feeling myself. By October, I was down 25 pounds and going to emergency room almost every other day thinking it was my migraine headaches. Then the ER doctor came in and hit me …
Read More »Darlene’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In 2008, I was taken to the ER for severe back pain which had been going on for quite some time. After a MRI they found it was cancer, but found it was coming from somewhere else. To make a long story short, breast cancer had spread to my bones …
Read More »Joy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In October of 2013, I discovered a lump in my right breast. Realizing it was new, I made an appointment to see my GP. She sent me for a mammogram which then led to me getting an ultrasound that same day. After being assured it was “probably” a fibroadenoma, I …
Read More »Karen’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I am living with breast cancer for the second time in three years. I discovered the first tumor myself during a self exam. After surgery and radiation I found another lump during an exam. This time I had to have a double mastectomy and am taking chemo. This isn’t really the …
Read More »Jennifer’s Story (MCTD)
I had always been a very healthy, then very ill, then healthy, then very ill child. I played almost semi pro soccer until I as 18 until I went away to school. I had bad problems there. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was put on medication after medication, …
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