Reflections

September was the month I was diagnosed with cancer. I had awakened with terrible abdominal pain in my stomach and took myself into emergency.  As soon as I arrived I was admitted.  They ran many tests and came in to tell me that I had a large abdominal mass and it …

For some women, dealing with endometriosis feels like being in a state of perpetual PMS. For others, it becomes a game of Jekyll and Hyde during that time of the month. Or during ovulation. Or all the time. It is different for each woman but I would think that all …

For so many of us, getting out of bed is a struggle. Fighting thru pain, physical complications and emotional stress round the clock takes its toll on us for sure but what about the toll it takes on our spouses? One of the biggest lessons I have learned in recent …

I know that everything brought forth to this website is supposed to be original material, but I have stumbled upon something so great, that it needs to be shared with as many people as physically possible. As a result, here is the virtual book tour with Toni Bernhard – regarding …

Seven years ago, I remember sitting in my doctor’s office when I first heard her say, “I think you may have endometriosis.” At that point, I only knew two things about endo: 1) it has something to do with scar tissue and 2) it can cause infertility. Surgery was scheduled …

Greetings and Salutations to all my Fight Like a Girl members!! I hope you are all feeling well. I have been a bit under the weather (yes I know you are stunned by this shocking revelation! LOL!). Last week I decided to go to a cardiologist because my blood pressure …

Today my feelings were hurt as a result of another person’s actions towards my illnesses.  This is fairly common in my world, much to my dismay. You see…a large portion of the common public still view fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome as forms of mental distress. Some have been known …

Let’s stop being such a self conscious nation and let’s look into mirrors and see what is truly there: the beauty everyone else can see but that we must discover for ourselves.

Being as I am a new phenomenon to many of you (!), I figure I should at least introduce myself and what I plan to be writing about for The Fight Like A Girl Club. My name is Annie Martin. I am 23 years old.  I have been mysteriously ill …

Right now, I am less than two weeks away from a partial liver transplant. I am 29 years old. Finding out you have any life-threatening disease is scary (to put it mildly), but finding out you have a disease that carries the stigma of cirrhosis… well, let’s just say it …