I was recently diagnosed with PCOS in April 2016. I have always had issues with cysts. Even when I was in my mom’s stomach, they could tell something wasn’t right, and she had to have a C-section a month before the due date. I had a cyst on my small …
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Lisa’s Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Bone Cancer, Leukemia)
Hello, my name is Lisa. I guess I should start at the beginning. In July 2013, I found out my husband was cheating, so I took my children and left. I started what, at the time, I thought was the hardest fight of my life–divorce and custody battle. Little did I …
Read More »Kayla’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In August of 2006, I first felt a lump forming on my right breast. I ignored it, thinking I had pulled a muscle at work, since I did very physical work. It went along, and the skin became very red and inflamed. I was afraid to go to the doctor …
Read More »Jennifer’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hello to everyone out there fighting for another day to live!! My name is Jennifer. I am a 40-year-old single mom of three beautiful, wonderful, and challenging children. Each one of them have a different level of disability, from learning disabilities to autism, so my journey with cancer has been tough …
Read More »Suzanne’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
Two years ago, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I had a full radical hysterectomy. My cervical cancer has returned and now has spread to my pelvic bone. I’m currently undergoing chemo and radiation. I have had two cycles of chemo and have four more to go. I refuse to let this …
Read More »Michelle’s Story (Celiac Disease)
To be honest, I really wish that I had never learned about this disease, or that I at least had comfortable distance from it, but things don’t always go as we want them to, and that can turn out to be a good thing. ‘Gluten intolerance’ has become a widespread …
Read More »Kathy’s Story (Multiple Sclerosis, Endometriosis)
I have had MS since 2003 and stage 4 endometriosis since I was 16. I used to be a teacher for at-risk kids. It was my job to get juniors and seniors to pass the qualifying math exam for graduation. I also taught alternative school for 10 years. In 2015, I …
Read More »Alexis’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hi everyone, I had an unexpected life event recently. For some time now, I’ve been experiencing pain in my abdomen area. This was causing me to be physically sick almost every single day of the month over the last ten months. When it first began, I thought that I might …
Read More »Hailey’s Story (Endometriosis)
Sometimes the hardest decision and the right decision are the same thing. Today I had to make one of the toughest and scariest decisions of my entire life, one that no other 27-year-old should ever have to make. At 15:45 this afternoon, I was approved for surgery, but the decision was …
Read More »Amelia’s Fight Like a Girl Story (CRPS/RSD)
As a preemie, I am no stranger to hospitals and diagnoses. However, even with all the surgeries, shots and medications I have had, nothing could prepare me for something I didn’t even know I had. Growing up with mild cerebral palsy, I knew about not being able to walk right. It …
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