Lauren’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia)
I wasn’t even 21 when my dad passed away in 2008. Less than a month later I was battling crippling pain in my hip. I had surgery on it in 2009, without a definitive diagnosis to what was actually...
View ArticleDawnique’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
My name is Dawnique and I battle rheumatoid arthritis, Raynaud’s syndrome, carpal and tarsal tunnel. My story began when I was little, around eight years old, and I started having pain. I remember it...
View ArticleDana’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
I think it’s important to go over the entire medical history of my struggle to find the right diagnoses. Many people are going through the same thing everyday. It’s a terrible thing to go through. It...
View ArticleJessica’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
I am a 30 year old, mother/step-mother of six great children. I also have a wonderful husband! I was diagnosed with rheumatic fever on May 28, 2013. Thankfully, I didn’t have a long struggle to find...
View ArticleNicole’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Sarcoma and Rhuematoid Arthiritis)
My first fight started in 2002 when I was diagnosed with RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis). I was unsure what was going on because the pain and stiffness was sometimes unbearable and I could barely get out of...
View ArticleStephanie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia)
My name is Stephanie, it took me almost three years to figure out that I had RA. I had such a struggle with doctors. I had several rounds of blood work. One rheumatolgist told me that I didn’t have...
View ArticleSabina’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
My name is Sabina and I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was 12, almost 13 years old. It has been about 17 years now. My journey has been very interesting, funny, full of life, painful...
View ArticleEmily’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
My name is Emily, I’m 23 years old. I was first diagnosed with RA when I was just two years old. The only memory early on that I have is that I HATED doctors, so my story is mainly about my life with...
View ArticleMandi’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Arthritis )
I was first diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ten years ago. As the years passed I was also told I had lupus, then Sjögren’s syndrome, then neuropathy raynaud’s, and a few others. Then was...
View ArticleKindra’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Rheumatoid Disease)
I am 48 years young and was officially diagnosed with Rheumatoid Disease two years ago, but I have been living in pain for many years. In my mid 40s, the joint and body pain became unbearable, and I...
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