29 year old mom and wife who have been diagnosed with lupus since 2002.
at the course of having lupus, i got operated in the lungs due to pleurisy, suffered pulmonary embolism and cyst in the ovary.
but now i am in remission.
Am 33 yrs. old and have been married for almost 15yrs. I have a wonderful husband as well as 3 great kids that are 15, 6 and 2 yrs.old. I got dietbetes when I was 29 and I also have polycystic ovary syndrome.
A single 46 year old, I was diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2008. First surgery was for removal of 1 foot of colon, second surgery cancer had spread to ovary.
Started chemo therapy in February did a round of 12 treatments, presently awaiting scans.
Today after 2 months since last chemo, living with a couple of side effects, numbness and pain in both hands and feet. It's called...
Survived Cyclical Cushing's Disease (pituitary) only to get an undiagnosed neuro muscular disease. Panhypopituitary.
No adrenals, no ovaries, no thyroid, no... hypo whatever defines me.
Seemingly all my problems started during puberty. I've been overweight to some extent for most of my life, but the weight issue didn't get out of hand until the hormones started going nuts. The many joys of puberty included depression, weight gain, and the onset of PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), which cases many health problems. Being obese and having PCOS puts me at an extremely high risk...
Diagnosed with bladder cancer June 2006. Was supposed to be quick and easy TURBT. Had to redo 6 weeks later. Had blocked kidney from scar tissue. Took 2 attempts to put in a stent and then once that was removed another tumor found in my ovary. Result...total hysterectomy which led to a major DVT. Couldn't walk w/o crutches for 4 months but just as I was healing from that, I saw more blood in the...
I am a 39 years old Advanced Ovarian cancer survivor who is very happily married to my very best friend and soul mate where we live in San Jose, CA with our Blue Merle Sheltie "Blue Belle" and our Manx cat "Tonto".We have a pretty happy life together most of the time when I'm not fighting this cancer.
Most people would consider me to be a hard headed modern hippie; a...
