My story is a real life horror story. My name is Karen, and I’ve been living with severe Crohn’s disease for 35 years. I have been allergic to all the medications that are used for the treatment of this horrible disease. I was first diagnosed with Crohn’s when I was a mere …
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My name is Phyllis K from Lincoln Delaware and originally from NYC. I have had heart disease for 35 years. I have had 3 heart surgeries to replace my tricuspid valve. In 2000, I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibulation and am now on blood thinners. I had a brain bleed …
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My name is Lisa. I’m 40 yrs old and recovering from a bowel resection surgery and lysis adhesion surgery. My story began I guess years ago, at the age of 31, with my 3rd child. They had done a complete lysis adhesion removal because my stomach was so taken over …
Read More »My name is Alexa. At the young age of 17, I was a married and a mom of a little boy. I did not expect to become pregnant again so soon after my first pregnancy. The second time around, I was so sick. I soon got to be 87 lbs. …
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Time after time when I’ve told someone my life story (or at least the crappy parts) they told me I was “strong.” I never understood that word as pertaining to me. I looked at the world around me and the people that I considered strong. They were true fighter’s; the people who …
Read More »My fight began when I was 11. I was told that some women just have painful periods. Finally in 1986, at the age of 13 and after 3 surgeries, my life changed forever when I was told I had endometriosis and they cleaned it off. Six months later I was …
Read More »My name is Teri. I’m a 38 year old married mother of six. I have four children of my own and two stepchildren. I had an amazing life; I was a hair stylist by day and a mommy by night. I married the love of my life just nine short …
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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 …
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My fight started October, 2011. I always had this mystery rash develop and at times it would get severe. I also had a lot of joint pain. I would ache all over all the time. I knew something was wrong and not right so I went to my family doctor. …
Read More »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 …
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