Lets see, it all started when I was 8 years old. I remember the day just like it happened yesterday. This was when I started my period for the first time. I just remember being curled up in a ball and crying because the pain was so bad. Throughout the …
Read More »Kelly’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who noticed that she had to go to the bathroom more than once in the morning. She didn’t think it was anything at that time… She would feel discomfort and have to use the bathroom every morning a few times before …
Read More »Lori’s Story (Endometriosis)
I found out I had endometriosis when I was 20 years old. I was having problems with ovarian cysts bursting so they did my first laparoscopy and they found the endometriosis. I was then put on various different birth controls to help stop the cysts and yet the endometriosis was …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My name is Jessica. I am 33 years old and I am currently battling breast cancer. I was born in New Hampshire but have been living in Miami since 2001. I moved to Florida a year after I graduated from the University of New Hampshire. I work for the Miami …
Read More »Traci’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Long story short (well kinda), I had a script for my first mammogram hanging on my refrigerator for 7 months. I decided to start the New Year off on a healthy note, and scheduled my mammogram on Jan. 5th, 2012. I had put it off because of the fear of …
Read More »Nikol’s Story (Breast Cancer)
On June 14, 2011, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It all started when I performed my monthly self-exam and felt something was not right. I made an appointment with my doctor and, after a few tests, I received a phone call telling me I had ductal carcinoma in situ, …
Read More »Lisa’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was in my mid-twenties when I noticed a tiny lump in my right breast, but I dismissed it as that normal lumpy tissue that some young women have. A few years had passed and I had become pregnant, and I noticed the lump had become slightly bigger. It didn’t …
Read More »Nixy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
While doing a self breast exam in June of 2010, I felt a lump and the journey began. Went to the doctor, got a mammogram, a sonogram, and then a biopsy. I was devastated when I found out I had breast cancer. I spent my Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s …
Read More »Wendy’s Story (Diabetes)
Spring of 2011, I was in my second semester of nursing school. The year began ok. January, I was studying very hard and getting the required good grades just like I did the past semester. Before long, I realized that something was wrong. The professor would ask questions in class …
Read More »Kim’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Ovarian Cancer)
In the 11th month of my 47th year, I was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer. My ob-gyn first thought it was fibroids. She had me get a sonogram and a cancer antigen test. The sonogram came back with a mass in my left lower quadrant and the cancer antigen …
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