In May 2013, I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. In December 2014, I celebrated a year cancer-free. On January 21, 2015, while undergoing surgery to have my ovaries removed because I am BRCA1 positive, they discovered I have ovarian cancer. I fought like a girl the first round, …
Read More »Kate’s Story (Lupus, Vasculitis, Type 1 Diabetes)
This is the story of my journey with autoimmune illnesses. I was diagnosed with type one diabetes over 21 years ago, at the age of five. I adjusted fairly quickly and fairly easily to my new lifestyle, testing my blood sugar levels, moderating my diet and injecting myself with insulin …
Read More »Melissa’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I’m 35, and I’m a new mom. My baby boy, Noah, is 8 months old, and he’s my entire world. I’ll never forget how I felt when I found the “lump” in my right breast. I kept telling myself it had to be something to do with breastfeeding. I mean, …
Read More »Haley’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hi, my name is Haley, and I am 21 years old. I was diagnosed with Endometriosis last year, and I consider myself pretty lucky to have been diagnosed fairly soon after my symptoms started. I was only wrongly diagnosed for a few months before my gyno figured out what was …
Read More »Hailey Rebecca’s Story (Multiple Illnesses)
I was diagnosed with Endometriosis, PCOS and Hydrosalpinx nearly three years ago on 17th March 2012 during a diagnostic lap. I had previously undergone an emergency appendectomy only ten months earlier after collapsing in pain at work. I was diagnosed during my second lap, but it wasn’t treated until three …
Read More »Hollie’s Story (Endometriosis)
I have suffered singe age 9 and still do. I’ve been through countless treatments and surgeries from this disease. I have gone through several doctors in the past that accused me of exaggerating or gave me a misdiagnosis. Growing up with endometrioisis was difficult. I couldn’t always attend P.E., play sports, …
Read More »Ashton’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Pelvic Congestive Syndrome)
Hi, my name is Ashton, and I’m from Alaska. In August of 2012, I noticed my cramps getting severely worse. By the time February 2013 rolled around, I had been in the emergency room and seen several doctors. My pain was so bad that I couldn’t move, and no test, …
Read More »Gracie’s Story (Crohn’s Disease)
My name is Gracie. When I was nine, I started having “stomach aches” very often, and diarrhea. I was losing a lot of weight and was very anemic. The diarrhea and stomach aches were persistent, and it didn’t take long before my mom took me to a doctor. I had …
Read More »Cheryl’s Story (Breast Cancer)
This October, I went for a yearly mammogram at the hospital I work at. Nothing seemed wrong till the technician came to find me and tell me they needed more films. Then I had to go directly to ultra sound, and then I had to talk to the radiologist. They …
Read More »Kristina’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
This will be a shortened version of what I’ve been through this past year. In May 2014, at the age of 24 (I’m now 25), I was diagnosed with stage 1 B1 cervical cancer. The doctors kept telling me how rare it was for someone my age, and a non-smoker, …
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