I never felt entirely healthy, but when I awoke one morning with my eyes swimming in a sea of pain, I knew something was seriously wrong. I could tell that the pressure inside my head had increased dramatically, and I knew I needed to head to a specialist as soon as possible. After a visit …
I felt the searing pain in my veins, a burning, aching desire to do something, anything that would stop the pain. I knew the cause: syphilis. I’d been warned about the consequences, the damage it can do, but I hadn’t heeded the warnings. Now, I was living with the results. I felt more and more …
It all started with a persistent ache in the small of my back. I didn’t think much of it, but my mother was worried and eventually convinced me to get it checked out at the doctor’s. The tests that followed revealed the truth: I had Ewing’s Sarcoma. My life became a blur after that. I …
My breathing had been growing increasingly difficult as of late. I wasn’t sure what was wrong, but a visit to the doctor’s office left me with an unwelcome diagnosis. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a mysterious and incurable lung disease. I tried to remain positive while the doctor explained my treatment plan. Inevitably, my symptoms would …
I thought I had a bad cold. My chest hurt, I couldn’t take a deep breath, I had a dry cough and was short of breath, so I went to the doctor. He said I had pneumonia and I was admitted to the hospital immediately. I was scared and worried about the worst. The next …
