Hello, my name is Sylvia. I am currently 17 years old. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was 15, almost 16. I don’t want to bore you guys with a very long detailed story, so I will try to be short. It all started with pain on my …
Read More »Althea’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)
Hello, my name is Althea. My fight like a girl story begins in 2006. I was in nursing school and realized I was unable to stand for a three hour lab class without sitting down and taking a break. I experienced pain in my joints, had a hard time concentrating, …
Read More »Nicole’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Stomach Cancer)
Hi, my name is Nicole. I’m 33 with a loving husband and two wild kids. 😉 This past year, I was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer. The only reason they found this was because I had black stool. It only lasted one day, but it was enough …
Read More »Brenda’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
I went into the ER in March of 2012 thinking I had pneumonia, but in the end I found out it wasn’t. On March 21, 2012 , my anniversary, I found out I had cancer, stage 3B, in my left lung and lymphoid. At first I went through a wide …
Read More »Jamela’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Lupus)
I am Jamela and I’m 19 years old. After long hours of practicing in a school choir, when I was ten, I collapsed. My mom took me to a doctor and I was diagnosed with lupus. For a second opinion, mom and dad took me to another doctor, but I …
Read More »Alexa’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus)
My name is Alexa. At the young age of 17, I was a married and a mom of a little boy. I did not expect to become pregnant again so soon after my first pregnancy. The second time around, I was so sick. I soon got to be 87 lbs. …
Read More »Donna’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Uterine Cancer)
In march of 2010 I went in for a hysterectomy, after having month’s of worsening pain in my lower abdomen. My OB/GYN first said that I had a cyst. Then said I had polyp, and later said it maybe adenomyosis. I was prescribed birth control pills, and pain medicine to …
Read More »Janice’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
When I was 35, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, borderline stage 3. I went through 9 months of chemotherapy consisting of (ABVD) Adramycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine. Luckily I had a wonderful doctor in Columbia, Missouri at Ellis Fischel. That was 14 years ago. It’s hard. It really is. You …
Read More »Darcie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Multiple Sclerosis)
I am 22 years old and was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 2009. My symptoms thus far have been minimal (knock on wood). Things like numbness in my limbs, double vision, and muscle spasms/tremors, I managed to overcome. I try to let the physical ailments subsided on their own, …
Read More »Abby’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)
I had waited my entire life for the moment to finally come. I was finally starting my quest through nursing school and couldn’t have been more excited. My happiness soon ended when on January 17, 2012, the second day of nursing school, my endocrinologist called me and told me I had thyroid …
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