Looking at TV commercials, bullies at school, and the rest of the girls around me, I knew something was different about me. Something that I could not really describe at the time. I sounded crazy. I was 14, and I was gaining so much weight, no matter what I did. No …
Read More »Antoinette’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Uterine Cancer)
In May I posted on here that I was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I had my surgery on July 14 and was diagnosed with stage 1A grade two. I will be having radiation treatment as a preventive measure, but it has been caught in the earliest stages. I developed complications …
Read More »Brittany’s Fight Like a Girl Story (LangerHan Cells Hystiosytois)
Brittany did it!!!! She is a Chemo Grad!!! After fighting LangerHan Cells Hystiosytosis (LCH) for a little over a year, she WON!!! She is officially in remission!! Way to Fight Like a Girl Brittany!!!!! Brittany Indiana Submitted 07/07/2014 The informational content of this article is intended to …
Read More »Ellie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (PCOS and Fibroid’s)
Hi all. I’m 36, and for years I had been struggling with really heavy periods since I was young, but was told it was something I just had to live with. Occasionally doctors would put me on the pill to regulate things, but nothing seemed to work, and I was …
Read More »Joseline’s Fight Like a Girl Story (IBS and Fibromyalgia)
Hello my name is Joseline, I have been diagnosed with IBS since 2001, then I got diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2008 along with severe ongoing chronic pain and endometriosis. I have had three surgeries total; one myomectomy for six fibroid’s that they found, the second surgery was a laparoscopy for …
Read More »Natalie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (IBS, Full Rectal Prolapse)
Hi all. Where to begin? I feel I am writing because I am in one word confused. I had abdominal pain and nausea for about six years now (I’m 26). I was diagnosed with IBS after they basically couldn’t come up with any other conclusion after numerous test and people …
Read More »Jamie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Imperforate Hymen)
I was a completely active athletic child till the age of 12 , all of a sudden out of nowhere I began to have paralyzing pains that would leave me in a fetal position for I don’t know how long. One day when I was pushing on my stomach crouched …
Read More »Tiffany’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Possible Lung Disease)
Hi my name is Tiffany I am 25 years old from San Diego, California. At the age of 19 I went on a camping trip with friends. I was 110 lbs, full of life, and an athletic girl. I was camping at the beach and all day long I was playing …
Read More »Jackie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Vulvar Cancer)
I was first diagnosed in 2009 with vulvar cancer and had a partial vulvectomy. I had six weeks of radiation and seemed to be on the road to recovery. After a year my tissue started falling apart from radiation damage and I went through a couple years of treatment with …
Read More »Michelle’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Ewing Sarcoma)
In 2002 I tried rollerblading. After a week and a half my leg was very sore. I tried everything but the boot kept hitting my leg. I was left with a very ugly bruise that took months to completely heal so I gave up rollerblading. Over the course of a …
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