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I was diagnosed in 2013 with Thyroid Cancer. When I found out I was scared, nervous and worried about what life would be like moving forward....

In November 2015 I lost all my hair due to an autoimmune disease called Alopecia. It is an autoimmune disease that attacks your hair follicles and causes your hair to fall out....

I was first diagnosed in 2015 but took it as reality in 2017, and if I could compare my emotions to something at that time, it felt like a death sentence....

I was diagnosed in November 2015, with ulcerative colitis. At that moment I didn’t really know what that meant, or how it would impact my life....

Hi my name is Avery Allmond and i am so thrilled to share my rare disease story about living life with a disease called MOGAD....

I was diagnosed January 2021- so it is a very recent diagnosis for me. I lost sight in my left eye December 2019 and saw ophthalmologist throughout the year....

On February 14, 2018 I began to experience numbness on the Left side of my body and I was unsure why, which freaked me out a bit....

I was diagnosed in October 2019 with Dermatomyositis. It had taken a serious toll on my life where I began to lose muscle mass (almost 30lbs worth)....

In January 2012, I woke up one morning, stepped out of bed, and could not put weight on my foot; it felt broken....

I’m Morgan Colen and I was first diagnosed with Alopecia Areata at the age of three. I was too young to remember the details of the triggering event....

I'm Mike (@mindfully.mike on instagram) and I have had an amazing, terrifying, confusing, beautiful life! So, my health journey is pretty all over the place,...

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease in 2010 through my annual physical exam. I should have known something was off due to the occasional chest tightness and heart palpitations I  had experienced. ...

I was diagnosed with GRAVES’ Disease “officially” April 15, 2019. I say “officially” because of the back-and-forth, in-&-out of doctors’ offices were exhausting prior to my official diagnosis....

My name is Hailey Decker and I am 6 years old. Back in 2019 at the age of 4 my mom noticed that my hair, eyelashes and eyebrowswas were falling out rapidly....

I was diagnosed in September of 2011 at the age of 19. Autoimmune disorder took a major toll on my body....

I am an autoimmune warrior, living my life full of balance and lifestyle! I’ve had Type 1 Diabetes for 26 years (diagnosed 1995) and Crohn's since 2013....

I’m Ashley I was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome or GBS(and then after multiple relapses and persistent symptoms Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy or CIDP)...

You have Scleroderma" three words said to me 13 years ago that would forever change my life!...

My name is Danyalle Traylor. I’m 36 years old, married, and have two beautiful daughters. I also am currently fighting 3 Health Conditions. ...