Hello, I just recently turned 30 years old and am in the process of being officially diagnosed with PCOS. I have known for a very long time that there was something wrong with me, and it is almost a relief at this point to know that I was right. After I started …

This is my story. When I was twenty-years-old, I was in a car accident and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. At the time, one of the staff members took an x-ray of my chest. There was really no reason for her to do so, because I had no …

Last year, at the age of 45, I was taken to the emergency room for what I believed to be extreme constipation with abdominal pain. Once in the emergency room, I was told that I needed to be admitted because I had a hole in my colon and was becoming septic. I …

January 29th, 2015, I went to the emergency room with a migraine. February 4th, 2015, I went to my primary care doctor for a follow up visit for the migraine. She said, because she had not seen me since May, she wanted to do some routine blood work. I got …

Hello, ladies. Well, my story starts off with endometriosis–a strong and painful pain. It all started when I was 13, after my first period. I thought it was going to be like all teenage stuff, but I was wrong. I never thought it would be painful. Day after day in pain, and …

I’ve been living with Lupus (SLE) since 2004. I am 42. I am lucky that my journey with Lupus has been mildly uncomplicated. What I’d like to share is the hidden monster within, in the hope of sparing others the pain I’m enduring today. This last year, I had the gastric sleeve …

My PCOS Journey When I was 17, I went to the doctor. I wanted to sort out the migraines and irregular, painful periods that I’d had since 14 and the trail of hair that was appearing under my belly button. I was diagnosed with PCOS. Basically, he said, “You have this disorder. It’s …

My daughter was diagnosed with pseudo tumor cerebri in August 2015. She has been in and out of the hospital. She had 12 spinal taps and 3 surgeries. She suffered way too much. When she had the first surgery in March, we thought everything would be alright, and the same …

Hi, my name is Brenda, and I worked with people with disabilities for the last 8 years. In January, my husband scheduled both of us for colonoscopies. His results came back fine, but mine came back with the cancer diagnosis. But I’m lucky!!! I did 6 weeks of chemo and radiation …