Hi my name is Joyce and I’m 33 years old. I was diagnosed with Alport syndrome when I was 21. My blood pressure was really high so I went in to have a check up. That’s when I found out I was at end stage renal failure. They put my …
Read More »Judi’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Polycystic Kidney Disease aka PKD)
In brief I was born with polycystic kidney disease and began suffering symptoms when I was in my late teens. The cysts are in my kidneys and liver which caused both organs to be enlarged. When a cyst itself enlarged and became engorged with blood or infection they became extremely …
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 »Lindsay’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Liver Disease)
My name is Lindsay and I am 29. My whole life I was a normal kid and teenager. I graduated high school and decided I wanted to go to cosmetology school in Santa Monica, CA to become a famous hair stylist/makeup artist, but things don’t always go the way you plan. When I …
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