Before even entering the 9th grade, I had already seen at least 5 different specialists who all seemed to come to the same conclusion; I was fine. No one could figure out what was wrong with me, the plethora of odd symptoms, the disorientation and dizziness, and the constant chest …
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Life Lessons from the Handy Girl: Overextending
When painting high places we use an extension pole. This helps in reaching without needing a ladder every time. I am sure many of you can relate to over extending yourself. We are so quick to try and do it all. We push ourselves to our limit all for fear …
Read More »Angela’s Story (Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Migraines)
I suffer from a lot of different symptoms of several different conditions. In 2013, I was diagnosed as fibromyalgia and told I had symptoms and bloodwork that indicated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without the rheumatoid factor. Almost two years ago, I got a positive ANA pointing to Lupus SLE, then another …
Read More »How Boxing Changed My Life
Boxing changed my life. Before my cancer diagnosis I had many gym memberships. I would walk in and try to fit in by working on machines I had no clue what they did, or running on the treadmill until I couldn’t take it anymore and would leave. It felt like …
Read More »Life Lessons from the Handy Girl: Recharge
The tools only work when the batteries are charged. One job is to get the chargers plugged in so the batteries are ready. We all need to recharge our battery sometimes. This means we have to say no to commitments and over extending yourself so that we can say yes …
Read More »Susan’s Story (Multiple Sclerosis)
The First Signs On Thursday, August 26, 2004, I woke up with a slight pain above my right eyelid along with blurriness in my right eye and a headache. I called my family doctor and he told me if it wasn’t better by Friday to call back. When he called …
Read More »What to Expect: Colectomy
The week of Thanksgiving in 2018, I was diagnosed with colon cancer which was found through a colonoscopy. The day that I found out, I was given an appointment for the following Monday with the surgeon. However, I was in such awful pain that I did not feel that I …
Read More »Melissa’s Story (Thyroid Cancer)
It started in 2014. I had not been feeling well for some months, like I had serious allergies, a little sore throat and some anxiety and stress. Not really having any major issues, I put it off for a while. Then I started with the ENT, and decided to get …
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