At age 23, I woke up from an ovarian surgery to the comment, “It’s not cancer, but you have moderate endometriosis. If
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DES was Given to My Mom as a Vitamin
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I was exposed to DES before I was born. My mother was given the medicine while she lived in a Catholic maternity
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My Life with Interstitial Cystitis
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This silent disease can not only take over someone’s body, but can also crumble their world. Interstitial cystitis (IC) is mainly a
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This is a photo of Stephanie Matthews pre-Gardasil. Below is a photo of her in December 2016, while in the hospital. She
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I was one of those lucky women who never suffered any gynecological problems in the 58 years I had my precious female
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Pork and Blue SkyMy first realization upon waking up from the fourteen-day coma was that I craved pork. I was sixteen, I
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The Nightmare of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
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Over four years ago I became ill with what was later diagnosed as Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD), a rare defect of
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I guess I always knew it was coming, but I would never have banked on it being one month and one day
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