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My one-year diagnosis anniversary is quickly approaching. I can’t believe it has almost been a year since I first heard those letters associated with my name…MS. Although my multiple sclerosis journey officially started less than a year ago, I began this journey unofficially about five years ago. I went five …

I am 34. I have been married to by best friend and the most wonderful man since 2002. We have three children. One day my best friend Tara asked us if we wanted to take the kids swimming. On the way to the pool we stopped for gas and I …

When I was in junior high I started having these pains that I just couldn’t describe. My mother kept bringing me to the doctor but they just kept saying it was a bladder infection. The pain stayed and wouldn’t get better. It continued through out high school and college. Doctors …

On June 5, 2011, I was involved in a motor vehicle accident that changed my life forever as I knew it. The accident occurred while my mother-in-law and I were returning home from a trip to Oklahoma back to New York State. I had driven all night and we stopped …

At the age of 44 I was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer. My husband and I were raising three children. They each reacted in a different way. The oldest acted out, the middle one talked to friends, and the youngest got sick. It’s amazing how people react to bad …

I was 18 years old, had a part time job, and was going to college for an English major when I started to feel weak. At first I just thought it was all the stress of finals in December of 2012 and that I would get over it during Christmas …

On September 12, 2012, I decided to make an appointment with my family doctor. I had been experiencing fatigue, which I had already chalked up to traveling to and from a class reunion, a home renovation project, and helping my daughter plan her wedding, which was about six weeks away …

Last July, I was diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the rectum, a rare sarcoma in a very rare location (only five to 25 per year). It was surgically removed on 9/11, but the growth rate indicated that it was likely to recur or metastasize. So I was started …

In March of 2014 I will have had RSD for 12 years, half of my life. When I start to think of all I’ve been through in those 12 years it truly amazes me that I’m still fighting as hard as I am if not even stronger. In March of …

I was diagnosed with womb cancer in December 2009. I had a hysterectomy in January of  2010 followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The treatment was hard and a struggle to get through but I did it. I wanted to connect with other women going through the same cancer as myself, …