A few years ago, Fight Like A Girl shared my ongoing fight for medical answers, and I wanted to give everyone an update! For the past 6 years, I had been fighting an unknown disorder that didn’t seem to have any cause. It caused me seizures, dystonia, vision and hearing …

My story begins at the tender age of nine, when I first started my period. I remember wondering if it was normal to bleed as much as I did. Around the age of twelve, my cramps became unbearable. I doubled over and collapsed to my knees in the hallway, prompting …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I saw my amazing chemo oncologist physician’s assistant today. I was diagnosed with acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland, HER2 receptor positive, in April of 2010. I had 35 radiations, 25 weekly carbo and Taxol treatments, and 1 year of weekly Herceptin. I was allergic to all of the …

I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive ductal breast cancer at 32 years old on January 25, 2013, after my first mammogram 2 weeks earlier (my first chance since I quit nursing 3 months prior!). My mom was diagnosed at 32 in the ’90s, and she died at 45 from a recurrence. …

I started having digestive problems the summer before I began high school. It started off with a minor upset tummy every time I ate and grew over time. With celiac disease in the family, my first instinct was to eliminate gluten and get tested. When this came back negative, we proceeded …

I have been fighting like a girl for 11 years with no plans to ever give up! In 2004, on my 40th birthday, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I followed up with surgery and 16 weeks of chemo. In 2014, on my 50th birthday, I was diagnosed with thyroid …