I have been through a lot throughout my life. When I was eight I was molested and raped by a family friend. At 16 I was ganged raped. I was raped again when I was 17 by my so called boyfriend. I went through a lot of counseling throughout my …
Read More »Anjelena’s Story (EDS)
I woke up one morning when I was 18 and could NOT walk. I was rushed to the hospital where they diagnosed me with spondylolisthesis, and said I was born with it. When I was 31, I ended up in a wheel chair when my vertebrae collapsed side by side …
Read More »Tabitha’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Interstitial Cystitis)
For 5 years it seemed like every month I was going into the doctors office for a urinary tract infection. About a two year’s ago, I finally found out what is actually wrong with me. It has changed my life forever. Hi, my name is Tabatha, and for the last …
Read More »Holly’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lymphoma)
I was diagnosed with lymphoma on Feb 1st 2012, after nine months of being told my health issues were all in my head or due to menopause. Finally, someone figured out what was wrong with me. Relief! Oh my God, I have cancer. Fear! Biopsy, scans, port, and then five …
Read More »Christal’s Story (Breast Cancer)
On March 14, I had got the phone call telling me that my biopsy came back cancer. I was devastated. I had breast cancer. I was scared out of my mind. All I could do was think of what was going to happen to me and my little man. I …
Read More »Jayne’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus)
I am 41 year’s old, and I am a lupus warrior. The reason I say warrior is because I am in the fight for my life. I was diagnosed three days before Mother’s Day, I know I could have given me a better gift, or no gift at all, but …
Read More »Talahi’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I found out I have Breast Cancer on March 2, 2011, after “tricking” my doctor into seeing me. He thought that since my test came back negative nine months earlier that I was fine, and did not need to be seen. After “tricking” him into seeing me and having more …
Read More »Abby’s Story (Fibromyalgia)
My name is Abby, and I’m a 17 year old high school junior. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in November 2011. (I’ve also self diagnosed myself with IBS, my doctor’s been out on leave for the last four months; but you never know). I’ve had joint issues, aches, pains, and …
Read More »Carly’s Fight Like a Girl Story (PCOS and Vagus Nerve Disorder)
Hi, my name is Carly and I am 19 years old, almost 20. When I was thirteen I woke up in the middle of night with abdominal pain so strong that I couldn’t even stand up to go get my mom. The next day, she let me stay home from …
Read More »Jackie’s Story (Ankylosing Spondylitis)
As a young girl I was always ill. I was not always sick, I just never felt good. I always had a pain that I could never explain, my body didn’t move like other’s, and people always said that I walked funny. In 1980, I found out I had a …
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