I have been fighting like a girl since birth. I was born with cerebral palsy. I had eight huge orthopedic surgeries between the ages of 4-17. I’m blind in one eye and use a power wheelchair to get around. None of that stopped me from going to college, graduating, and …
Read More »Nikki’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My mom is a two-time survivor. She was diagnosed at 37 and 52. My sister is an ovarian cancer survivor at age 29. Both grandmothers are also survivors; one of them is still fighting as she continues chemo and radiation. Because of my strong family history, I get a mammogram …
Read More »Sharon’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Yep, yep… Here it is. I was always an attention-getter but not like this ;). I was 38 years old when I was diagnosed. I had no family history and was very healthy. I was a professional dancer… No, not THAT kind…sorry…keeping it light. We were rehearsing a dance number, …
Read More »Wendie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I am a super busy mommy of three cute kids. I never thought that I would be battling cancer at the age of 33. I just happened to be home on October 1, 2012, the first day of breast cancer awareness month. The TV was plastered with commercials; every talk …
Read More »Marcia’s Story (Bone Cancer)
My name is Marcia Wearing. I was diagnosed in 1984 with stage four bone cancer (osteosarcoma). I was given a 50/50 survival rate. I was 18 years old at the time, and had dreams of becoming a dancer. I put my career on hold and began a regiment of chemotherapy. …
Read More »Christina’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In fall of 2011 I was diagnosed with stage 2 b breast cancer, the day after I was engaged. I went through six rounds of chemo and 20 rounds of radiation. I am now at the end of my herceptin and I’m getting my port removed right after. I do …
Read More »Liana’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)
When I was 23 years old I was a mother to two small children who were 2 and 3 years old. I had discovered a lump on my throat, so I went to my Dr. the very next day and was sent the next week for an ultrasound and biopsy …
Read More »Christel’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was 39 when my husband noticed a difference in the size of one breast (right). Our family has a very large amount of cancer on my paternal side, and to add to it I had just lost an Aunt to reoccurring breast cancer at the age of 56. I …
Read More »Christine’s Fight Like a Girl Story (PCOS)
My name is Christine Medina. For many years I went from doctor to doctor because I believed something was wrong with me, my body and the way it was working. Some doctors were in disbelief, and I truly think that others just thought I was over reacting. Blood work and …
Read More »Lauren’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia)
I wasn’t even 21 when my dad passed away in 2008. Less than a month later I was battling crippling pain in my hip. I had surgery on it in 2009, without a definitive diagnosis to what was actually causing my pain. To this day I still only know it …
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