Hey, I’m Steph. At the age of 16 I was like any other girl. I had a great group of friends, was attending my 12th year at school, and was going out every weekend. This all changed the night before my first year 12 exam. I started feeling sick so …
Read More »Michelle’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Grave’s Disease)
It all started with tingling in my right hand. I just assumed that it was from all of the heavy lifting. But as time went on, it went down my right arm. So then I thought ok, carpal tunnel, so I started wearing the braces and continued working. My right …
Read More »Kristy’s Story (Diabetes)
I have been a Diabetic since I was thirteen MONTHS old. People always look at me and then go “did you say Months?” I was an infant. I went into a coma for seven days. No one thought I would make it. There were dozens of hospitalizations over the years …
Read More »Jaclyn’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Multiple Sclerosis MS)
Power story……. Just those words make me wanna run and hide. I imagine a power story to be about a major struggle, and an ultimate victory. I don’t feel like I have had either. However, as I sit here reading other power stories, I realize that every struggle and every …
Read More »Tammy’s Story (Fibromyalgia)
Hi, I’m 46, soon to be 47 on July 31. I was battling massive pain throughout my body and saw many doctors in 2003 and 2004. Finally, I found out I have Fibromyalgia. I was taken off work in 2003 and filed for disability. I fought until I finally got …
Read More »Amy’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Liver Disease)
My life was never expected to be perfect because perfection does not exist. What was expected of me was for me to graduate high school making A or Bs, and go to college on a swimming or basketball scholarships. What I did not expect was to spending time during my …
Read More »Cathy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My mother was beautiful. We all know our mothers are beautiful. But Mom was movie star lovely. Tall and slender with masses of dark hair, dewy brown eyes, and cheekbones to die for, she could have stepped right out of an RKO feature film. She must have been surprised, after …
Read More »Sarah’s Story (Lupus, Fibromyalgia)
I don’t think I’ll ever forget how my diagnoses came about. I thought it was just a routine follow up I was having with my Orthopedic Surgeon concerning my second right shoulder surgery. Then, I mention to my doctor about chronic jaw pain I’ve been having and how I’ve already …
Read More »Jaime’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
On October 4, 2010 I was given my most difficult challenge yet. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (Stage 1). I should also mention that this also happened to be the fall of my senior year of college! My schooling has always been a number one priority, so being dealt …
Read More »Ebony’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis RA)
“We’re only here (on Earth) for a little while…take this (Plaquenil) and come back in three months.” This is what I heard after a year of testing, x-rays, blood work, CAT scans, poking and prodding, finally leading to the diagnosis of RA aka rheumatoid arthritis. Living in a rural community, resources …
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