It’s been a week since I first noticed the pain – the dull, throbbing ache that started off in my lower left teeth. I thought it was nothing more than a bit of tooth sensitivity and tried to ignore it. But the pain just kept getting worse and worse. Over the course of the week, …
I have been diagnosed with Testicular Cancer, and I know that the days ahead will be filled with pain and suffering. It has been a long, hard road since my diagnosis, and the toll it has taken on me and my family has been devastating. My family was so supportive as soon as they heard …
I remember it like it was yesterday – the diagnosis. They told me I had Huntington’s Disease and it just crippled me to the core. Hearing that I had an incurable, degenerative disease destroyed my hope. I could barely process the world around me. All I could think was, how could this be happening to …
I’ve had Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for over five years now. It all started with a minor cough when I was taking a jog. I thought it wasn’t too serious, but my condition quickly deteriorated and soon I was diagnosed with COPD. At first I was given a pulmonary rehabilitation program and put on …
My name is Elizabeth and I had been struggling for the past few months with an itchy and discolored patch of skin on my arm. I had gone to the doctor, but was never able to get a concrete diagnosis. After a few more weeks of it getting worse, I finally decided to get a …
Liver cancer was something I could never have imagined greeting me at my doorstep. Yet, here I stand, crossing the threshold of a new and terrifying chapter of my life. It all began with a dull ache in my abdomen. The discomfort persisted, and my doctor eventually ordered tests. The results came back, and the …
I was in high school when I first noticed my gum disease. I was embarrassed and ashamed of my gums, and I was too afraid to have them checked out. I was scared to go to the dentist, scared that my gum disease might be too far advanced for any hope of recovery. I’d heard …
