‘My diagnosis flipped my world upside-down. None of my friends could relate to what I was going through. I felt stuck in my body.”
‘But you’re too young to have it.’ My body aged from 26 to 83. I could barely walk a mile.’: Woman shares grief of psoriatic arthritis diagnosis
‘Why suffer when there’s medication!’ I begged for help, no one heard.’: Widow suffers PTSD, finds herself, ‘I finally embraced the woman I once knew’’
“’I can’t do this anymore.’ I was stuck in molasses, unable to move forward. ‘PTSD? That’s for those in the army, or for major trauma.’ I was speechless.”
‘If you send me home, I will die.’ The doctor looked me in the eyes. ‘We’re all going to die.’: Mental illness, chronic pain warrior finds peace through therapy, ‘I accept myself as I am’
“我一直在一辆车祸，我不应该离开。我已经尝试过3次。我经常接近死亡。“为什么我存在？”现在我真的知道为什么我在这里。“
“我最好的朋友说，”你太令人沮丧了。你所谈论的只是你的痛苦和疾病。你需要坚持一切，或者我不会再成为你的朋友了。“：社会写下的女人在慢性病社区中发现了”无条件的爱“
“八年,我不能get the medicine I needed because doctors suggested I was complaining about nothing. They dismissed me with, ‘It’s all in your head.’ I became an expert at denying my own pain. I resigned from my job. Being sick was not something people wanted to hear about.”
‘It can’t be bad, you’re young. You look fine.’ I questioned whether my symptoms were in my head.’: Single mom diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, ‘I don’t know what tomorrow has in store, but I’m ready to fight’
“我从忙碌的全天工作，以勉强处理通勤。我努力跟上我这个年龄的其他妈妈。误解如“年轻人无法得到它”，“你看起来完全健康，”引人注意。这不仅仅是老人的疾病。我没有为自己而战，也没有我的儿子。“
‘The surgeon put a foreign object in my womb instead of tying my tubes. The hot, metal coils unraveled and poisoned me.’: Woman undergoes hysterectomy after faulty sterilization, ‘The procedure is now banned’
“A few months later, I could barely walk. My hips popped out of their socket every time I stood up. The pain was excruciating. I’d turn down social invitations and dates out of fear for my appearance. I had major brain fog and my memory was non-existent. The OBGYN assured, ‘This procedure is WAY better.’ Countless others said it topped the ‘older method.’ In hindsight, I should never have agreed to it.”
'黄色！'摩尼浴指着一个灿烂的笑容。然后，他飙升了106发烧。'：女人失去了3岁的关节炎，“我是一个母亲，永远不会随着时间，空间或死亡而改变的
“'你确定吗？'我问了DOC，阅读了报告。“这就像被两次闪电一样击中。他很好。“他们错了。他生病了。比我见过的任何宝宝都病了。“
‘I was vomiting. My doctor said it was because I was ‘promiscuous.’: Woman with chronic illness claims pain won’t rob her ‘passion for living’
“The pain got so bad. I pulled over on the side of the freeway and called my dad, begging him to come get me. I became confused, disoriented. I remember thinking I could understand why my mother took her own life. It made me realize I either had to fight for my own health, or continue to fade away. I had to be stronger than my mom was. I couldn’t stop fighting.”
‘There’s NO WAY I’m pregnant!’ In my mind, having a baby would save my marriage and fix EVERYTHING. I silently made an appointment with my OBGYN.’
“All alone in the bathroom at work, I felt my life was over. I was a failure. I couldn’t make my marriage work. I couldn’t carry a baby. Tie my tubes or just take everything out.”
