I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34 in 2007. I was declared cancer free in 2010. In 2016, I was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. The cancer has traveled to my bones. I’ll do treatment for the rest of my life… but I’ll fight for the …
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Patricia’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed a year ago on Nov. 8,2016. The day my life officially changed. I went through a single mastectomy and chemo with my 19-year-old playing nurse. I had radiation and am now on tamoxifen for ten years. I am a single mom with two young ones still with …
Read More »Kayla’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis)
My name is Kayla, and I am 25-years-old. Around age 14, I was hospitalized for about a week with Meningitis. Ever since then, the fight with my body has been on. I constantly had all-over body pain and discomfort. I would have horrible headaches and be so tired that I …
Read More »Mimi’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Sarcoma)
It started last October, just after I got my flu shot in my left arm. I was feeling pain in the area where I’d received my flu shot and thought it was just a reaction to the shot. I went to the doctor and was seen by a resident (not …
Read More »Michelle’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed in June 2012. In July 2012, I decided to have a bilateral mascetomy. I had stage one cancer. When the test results came back after surgery, they showed the cancer was forming in the left breast. If I had just removed the right side, I would have …
Read More »Alex Andrea’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
My journey started in May 2012. I had a cough and swollen neck and didn’t feel well. I went to the ER and got misdiagnosed three separate times. They said it was either a virus, injury, goiter, or thyroid problems. When the doctor left, the nurse finally said, “Something’s wrong …
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