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.
I'm a 25 year old female, that has faced two catastrophic hospitalized actions for random, multiple bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms (PE) and multiple bi-lateral deep vein thrombosis (DVT) 5 months apart (second time after failing Coumadin from allergic reaction to it). Was diagnosed with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APLS), the "sister" autoimmune disorder of Lupus in...
I am a wife of 32 years and a mother of 10! We have adopted 4 of our children. I'm heavily into researching alternative medicine and and natural remedies.
My husband was diagnosed with StagelV cancer 3 years ago. After chemo and radiation didn't work, and the cancer traveled to his lungs, we started treating him naturally. He is happy and healthy today and we are looking at him definitely...
I suffered from and eating disorder for many years. My intention now is to become an eating disorder recovery coach. Here is a short story of my journey.
My ed started in about 4th or 5th grade after another one of our moves. I started spending all my allowance on candy and stashing it in my room. I also started playing sick from school so I could stay home and eat while everyone was gone....
Have suffered with UC for the past 8 yrs. My father has had it for yrs. his mother died of colon cancer. Also my Aunt on my mothers side had colon cancer and a colostomy. Odds were against me.
2009 was the year from Hell.
- My husband was diagnosed with liver cancer July 08. I had been treating him with interferon shots the 5 months previous for Hep. C. Spent 6 months getting him on the...
in terms of health goals, two things on my mind lately - firstly, having a successful next pregnancy after 2 miscarriages. second, finding out if having had pumonary embolism means that I can no longer pursue my favorite hobby, scuba diving! god, I hope not!!!!!
also looking into something called anti-thyroid antibodies i was just diagnosed as having...
I am a 28 year old who has recently received a lung transplant after an agonising wait. I have pulmonary fibrosis and it is thought to have developed as a result of aggressive cancer treatment received for a childhood cancer called Wilms' tumour. Sadly, I had a number of post transplant complications but I am determined now to get my life back on track. I am making slow...
My name is Adam Freeman and I am the proud father of Kayleigh Freeman who was born at 28 weeks, but was diagnosed early on with severe IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction) and was delieverd via emergency c-section (due to preeclampsia) the size of a 22 week old little girl. She weighed an amazing 1 pound - 1 ounce and defied all the odds against her to survive through the pregnancy and after...
I am a 27 year old CFer living it up and trying to stay healthy in New York City. I moved here in 2004 to go to law school after a lot of moving around (Colorado, Texas, Boston, Atlanta, and even a stint in England). After graduating from Columbia, I spent a couple of years working full time as a lawyer on Wall St before recently taking a temporary "retirement" to focus on my health...
Mother to three children, with two of those children being twins. Twin B went undiagnosed in utero with a condition called Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). Repaired at birth and then released after twenty seven days of being in the Children's Hospital. Day twenty seven unfortunately he was rushed to emergency.
We rushed him back to Emergency at the hospital, after ten intubation attempts he...
