Tag Archives: personal stories

My story begins on June 5, 2002. After 36 and a half hours of labor, I gave birth to my daughter via C-section. At my six-week check up, I told my OB that something didn’t feel right, and she just told me it was from my nerves being cut and …

Hi, my name is Tiffany. I am a 34-year-old from Staten Island, New York. I am a mother of 3 boys, ages 19, 18, and 9. I worked as housekeeping for the JCC. All that ended 3 years ago when I was driving to work. I noticed I couldn’t switch my …

Hello, my name is Ashley. Around nine years ago, I found out I had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). September is the month for PCOS awareness, so today, I wish to share my story. At that time, I was 13 years old, and I didn’t understand what it all meant. I refused …

Hi! My name is Lisa Douthit. I feel like I have been battling disease my whole adult life. I even wrote a book titled Wellness Warrior – Fighting For Life In Fabulous Shoes to talk about some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way and what worked to help …

I am proud to say that I have Fought Like A Girl. In July 2013, I was a 20 years young, enjoying life and being married to my wonderful husband. We had just celebrated our first anniversary, and I had a special gift for him. I surprised him with our wonderful …

Back in November of 2011, I went to the doctor because I was extremely bloated and very tired. My primary care doctor gave me a laxative (even though I told her that my bowels were moving fine) and said if that didn’t help to go to Urgent Care the next day. …

I am the 25-year-old mother of a beautiful 2-year-old boy. My symptoms began when I was about 16, and I started losing large amounts of hair. The year after that, I was in and out of the hospital several times because my tonsils would get so enlarged that I couldn’t breathe, and I …

I saw my amazing chemo oncologist physician’s assistant today. I was diagnosed with acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland, HER2 receptor positive, in April of 2010. I had 35 radiations, 25 weekly carbo and Taxol treatments, and 1 year of weekly Herceptin. I was allergic to all of the …

In January, after a DV, I was diagnosed with Hep C. In the last few months, I have been to the ER three times. The first time, I was kept for 58 hours. I am still learning a lot about this. The first time, it caused my blood pressure to drop to dangerous levels, to the …

In February of this year, I found a small lump in my left breast. I was seen by my OB, who sent me for a mammogram. On March 11th, I was told I had a Phyllodes tumor, which is very rare. I then had a biopsy and was scheduled for a …