Power Stories

This is Maia’s story, told by her mother, Lauren. Maia was an IVF baby and I was pregnant with twins and lost one at 11 weeks and five days. Maia was perfect, but I was so sick through my whole pregnancy that she came into this world 9 weeks early. …

I think my MPN story started in 2015, during my deployment to Afghanistan. Half-way through I began feeling incredibly tired and unable to finish my workouts, which was really unusual for me. I tried to push myself through thinking it was likely depression because of my surroundings. When I finally …

I was originally diagnosed five years ago at the age of 37 with what was thought to be stage 1 breast cancer. In the month that passed from my MRI to my double mastectomy it had exploded to stage 3 grade 3 with 11/21 lymph nodes and all 4 sentinel …

Hi there! My name is Hannah, I am 16, and I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (Relapsing Remitting) on February 15, 2018. January 22nd was the day I first realized something was wrong. I had just gone on a run the day before and waking up that morning was terrifying. …

February 2018, I was diagnosed with Stage 1A Uterine Cancer at the age of 32. For two years, I was fighting pain and heavy bleeding, going to the doctor and them not finding anything and just telling me to get on the pill. Two years of not finding answers, two …

I went into the ER with 2% kidney function which means I was practically a zombie. I barely walked, ate, even breathed at this point. My body was failing me, but had I failed my body by not going to the ER sooner? It’s been a long and difficult journey, …

Hello Again Fight Like A Girl, If you look in the files back in June 2012 you will see my original story . In 2012, at 46 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 3 IDC HER2+ in my right breast. I did my chemo/radiation and herceptin. Long story short, …

In December 2009, I was in a near fatal car accident with a small Suzuki sidekick, black ice and an 18-wheeler. I’ve had five surgeries since being discharged from the hospital; I believe I’ve had over nine surgeries to piece me back together. I broke everything but my arms. Fortunately, …

It all started innocently enough with a kidney infection. I had previously lost one kidney to severe infection at 17. But this kidney infection would not respond to anything…. I went into sepsis. Nothing was helping. Testing and investigation turned up that I had a primary immunodeficiency which was genetic. …

I am 42 years old and on April 17th, 2018 I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer. Shortly after my diagnosis, they scheduled surgery for me to get the port put in for Chemotheraphy. I had to get a chest x-ray prior to the operation and during this time …