I was diagnosed with MS on June 17, 2013, and I thought my life as I knew it would come to a halt. But the opposite happened to me. I grew as a person. I got stronger mentally and physically. It was a Friday night, June 7th to be exact, …

I am currently fighting my battle against stage 2 breast cancer at age 38. I found a mass on 2/13/16 and had an appointment with my primary physician for a referral on 2/18/16. I had my ultrasound and mammogram on 2/23/16, biopsy 2/24/16, and was diagnosed with cancer on 2/26/16. It has …

Hi, I am Kimmie, and I am currently 33. I was 31 on April 17, 2014, the day that my world came crashing down. I was like most young people and didn’t pay much attention in school when they talked about self breast exams. I thought I was invincible and …

I first developed RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) as a preteen at age 13. Back then, no one knew how to treat it, only to diagnose. It was put in my medical file and never spoken of. I have been living with this monster for almost 30 years. I was finally put on …

In July of 2012, at the age of 40, I was diagnosed with stage 3, grade 3, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) on the left breast. I am BRCA negative with no family history of cancer. I went through 16 weeks of chemo (Taxol and red devil), followed by a …

My name is Tara, and I fight Multiple Sclerosis. I began having symptoms right after my son was born when I was 20. I have good days and bad, and my illness inhibits my ability to do the things I used to love. I was an athlete my whole life before …

I am a 31-year-old wife and mother of 2 daughters, 12 and 5 years old. One day, when my husband was playing with my hair, he noticed a mole on top of my head that I have had my whole life was changing colors. He took a picture to show …

I was 48-years-old at the time and a widow who thought she was going to begin her new life with her fiance. But in March 2013, I began a nightmare that I never, ever want to experience in my life ever again. The feelings of what my late husband felt …

My very first mammogram, I found out I had cancer. I am 45 and have breast cancer that has spread to my hip and pelvic bones. I haven’t had surgery yet because the breast tumor was 5 centimeters and attached to my chest wall. I’ve been taking tamoxifen to shrink …

You Have a Lump My name is Beth, and this is my story. It all started on October 26, 2011–10 days after my 30th high school reunion. I went for my annual exam. Ten minutes into the visit, my gynecologist said, “You have a lump” (4 words). Thirty minutes later, I …