In march of 2010 I went in for a hysterectomy, after having month’s of worsening pain in my lower abdomen. My OB/GYN first said that I had a cyst. Then said I had polyp, and later said it maybe adenomyosis. I was prescribed birth control pills, and pain medicine to …
Read More »Becky’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Multiple Sclerosis)
I received my official multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis April 2012. The diagnosis provided answers to a multitude of unexplained symptoms that haunted my past, so for that I am glad. However, I currently find myself VERY ANGRY at the disease. I am fighting the fatigue, depression and medication side effects. I fear and sense of loss …
Read More »Charlotte’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
For three years now, I am a 2 time survivor of cervical cancer. Let me start my story by saying that I probably had cancer long before we found out. I was too stubborn to go to the doctor. I have always had painful, heavy periods. At the age 13, I had …
Read More »Janice’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
When I was 35, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, borderline stage 3. I went through 9 months of chemotherapy consisting of (ABVD) Adramycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine. Luckily I had a wonderful doctor in Columbia, Missouri at Ellis Fischel. That was 14 years ago. It’s hard. It really is. You …
Read More »Darleen’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Ovarian Cancer)
In January 2011, a couple of months after turning age 51, I found out I had a meningioma tumor in my brain. Had surgery…it was benign (thank God) and had a follow-up gamma knife radiation treatment in June of the same year to remove a tiny piece that was left behind. …
Read More »Danyell’s Story (Endometriosis)
I have been suffering with endometriosis for as long as I can remember. I also have PCOS. It is a struggle especially without insurance. I have tried the Lupron shots which were a momentary tease. I have recently signed up for the Violet Petal research study but have not yet …
Read More »Lisa’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I found a small lump, the size of a pencil eraser, on my left breast. I took my time getting to the doctor because I’m only 27. I pointed it out to my OB/GYN during my annual exam. She pointed out a much larger, deeper lump. The next day I …
Read More »Cathleen’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I am a mother, wife, grandmother and a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September of 2011. I had a bilateral mastectomy with recon. I have one more surgery in October, and then my reconstruction will be complete. I am a cancer free patient of Memorial Sloan Kettering …
Read More »Emalie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
In April of 2010, two days before a big dance competition, I was in gym class playing street hockey. A girl in my class hit me repeatedly in the foot with her hockey stick causing a small stress fracture. But, I still danced at the dance competition that weekend, which …
Read More »Amanda’s Mom’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My mother, who is also by best friend, battled and won with God and our families help, stage III breast cancer, 15 years ago. She had a lumpectomy, 33 treatments of radiation, and 5 months of chemo. Life had got back to “normal” but the thought of cancer always was …
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