As Told To Sarah Klein

Mind & Body

I Was Finally Diagnosed With a Mitochondrial Disease at Age 54 After Having Muscle Spasms and Seizures My Entire Life

Heart Disease

I Was Born With a Heart Defect That Could've Killed Me by Age 4. I'm 25

Breast Cancer

Doctors Kept Dismissing My Back Pain—Until I Was Finally Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

HPV

I Had My Cervix Removed at 29—and I Can Still Get Pregnant

Style

I'm a 'Fit Model'–Here's What That Means, and Why It's So Empowering

Ovarian Cancer

I Had My Fallopian Tubes Removed at Age 38 to Lower My Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Headaches and Migraines

The First FDA-Approved Migraine Prevention Treatment Changed My Life

Alcoholism

My Battle With Addiction: I First Tasted Vodka at Age 8 and Was Drinking Daily By 16

Ovarian Cancer

What It's Really Like When Your Best Friend Gets Cancer

Melanoma

I Was Diagnosed With Melanoma at 27 After Years of Tanning

Breast Cancer

I Was Diagnosed With Stage 3 Breast Cancer at 28

Cancer

Cancer Saved My Marriage: 'It's One of the Best Things That Ever Happened to Us'

Colorectal Cancer

What It Was Like to Be Diagnosed With Colorectal Cancer When I Was 28 Weeks Pregnant

Eczema

The Skin Condition That Made Me Too Embarrassed to Go to Work

Depression

I Used Birth Control to Stop My Period—and It Was the Best Thing I Ever Did for My Mental Health

Alzheimer's Disease

My Dad Was Diagnosed With Early-Onset Alzheimer's and I’m Only 26—Here’s What Taking Care of Him Is Really Like

Colorectal Cancer

I Was Diagnosed With Colon Cancer at 36 While Raising 5 Daughters Alone

Sexual Assault

I Called Out My Rapist on Twitter—Here's What Happened Next

Breast Cancer

I Had No Clue Men Could Get Breast Cancer—Until I Was Diagnosed