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Abby’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
My name is Abby, and I’m a 17 year old high school junior. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in November 2011. (I’ve also self diagnosed myself with IBS, my doctor’s been out on leave for the last...
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Vicky’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus and Fibromyalgia)
Six years ago I became very sick. After a lot of tests the doctor told me I have: lupus, fibromyalgia, and degenerative disc disease. So much happens to your body, people can look at you, and never...
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Sharon’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
I was told about four years ago that I had fibromyalgia. Not long after a motorcycle accident my body began to hurt. I thought it was from the accident so it took me several months to report to my PCP...
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Abbie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
Six years ago, 21-year-old me, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. That explained why my body was falling apart with pain. That also explained my warlord’s mood swings, exhaustion, TMJ, anxiety, and...
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Tammy’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus and Fibromyalgia)
I am a 38 year old, married, mother of three. I have been sick for a very long time and anyone who has been, knows it’s a hard and frustrating life! For the last 10 years I’ve known SOMETHING was...
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Johanna’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fybromyalgia and May-Thurner Syndrome)
My name is Johanna, I am a 36 year old who has been living with various health issues my entire life. I was born with an immune deficiency called hypogammaglobulinemia. With this disorder my immune...
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Beth’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
After thinking I was going crazy for years in 2010, my new family doctor sent me to see a pain management doctor for a second opinion. They finally told me I had fibromyalgia. The doctor at the time...
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Neitcha’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia and Endometriosis)
Well, this is a long ugly road that never got clear till recent years and we still fight every day! When I was in my teens I was an active farm girl. I would get these PAINFUL cycles. I would be in...
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Robveda’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
Hi, my name is Veda. I was diagnosed with fibro last year, but I have been suffering since 2006. I have a child and he is 11 years old. I just got married last November of 2013. I have really been in...
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Michele’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia)
MISSING MY LIFE: Remembering my first year with fibromyalgia and the lessons it tried to teach me. Yes I did type “tried” to teach me, as I am obviously a slow learner when it comes to my will power...
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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...
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Rebecca’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia, Reynaud’s Syndrome, Migraine...
Thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to share my story. I have learned so much and continue to learn about myself through this journey of pain. If there is one quote that sums it up for...
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Natasha’s Fight Like a Girl Story (SLE Lupus, Sjogren’s, Raynaud’s Syndrome,...
I had been out of work for a year, and I decided to go back because I had begun to gain a lot of weight. So as I began to work, within the first 3 weeks, my body began to do all kinds of things. I...
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Renae’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis)
I remember so clearly the first time I got my period when I was eleven. A huge stepping stone for most young women, the proof that you are finally a woman! However, I was not relieved. I remember being...
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Tammy’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lupus, Fibromyalgia)
Growing up, I was very healthy. Then in 2004, I started getting ill and ended up in the hospital. The doctors didn’t know what was wrong. In 2007, at the age of 32, I ended up hospitalized because they...
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