Growing up, I was very healthy. Then in 2004, I started getting ill and ended up in the hospital. The doctors didn’t know what was wrong. In 2007, at the age of 32, I ended up hospitalized because they thought I was having a heart attack. I passed out woke up to …
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Jessica’s Story (Gastroparesis)
Hi, I am Jessica, and I am almost 18 years old. I have not been diagnosed with anything yet, but last year, I was 98% sure I had Gastroparesis, based on my own research. I had a 2-hour gastric emptying study, and it came back with no abnormalities. Gastroparesis is the …
Read More »Julie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus, Sjogrens, Raynauds)
I am the 25-year-old mother of a beautiful 2-year-old boy. My symptoms began when I was about 16, and I started losing large amounts of hair. The year after that, I was in and out of the hospital several times because my tonsils would get so enlarged that I couldn’t breathe, and I …
Read More »Rebecca’s Story (Endometriosis, Adenomyosis)
My Journey with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis by Rebecca L. Gibson I was always healthy and active in sports while growing up. In 2008, I married my childhood sweetheart, and we began our life together. Everything changed in 2009 when I developed symptoms of endometriosis. Endometriosis (en-doh-mee-tree-oh-sis) is an extremely painful condition where …
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