I Was Shocked When I Tested HIV+ in My 50s. Twenty Years Later, I’m Happier Than Ever.
I’m here to tell you to walk tall, keep your head up and know that you are a gorgeous warrior
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My OB-GYN Insisted that I Didn’t Have Cancer — but I Had Stage 2 Cervical Cancer
I had to advocate for additional testing, which saved my life
Mi ginecóloga obstetra insistía en que yo no tenía cáncer, pero tenía cáncer cervical de etapa 2
Tuve que defender mis derechos para que me hagan pruebas adicionales, las cuales salvaron mi vida
My Routine Pap Test Led to a Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
Had I skipped my annual exam, things would have been much, much worse for me
Mi prueba Papanicolaou de rutina hizo que se revele un diagnóstico de cáncer cervical
Si hubiese omitido ese examen anual, las cosas hubiesen sido muchísimo peores para mí
Años de indigestión escondían un cáncer pancreático
Cuando tenía 34 años, pensaba que padecía indigestión o reflujo gastroesofágico. Fue entonces cuando un doctor descubrió un tumor en mi páncreas.
My Years of Indigestion Hid Pancreatic Cancer
At 34, I thought I was suffering from indigestion or acid reflux. Then, a doctor discovered a tumor on my pancreas.
As a Sickle Cell Disease Warrior, Hundreds of Blood Transfusions Have Saved My Life
Giving blood is easy to do and saves lives, like mine
The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, After I Survived Septic Shock
The holidays became even more precious to me after I was afraid I wouldn’t live to see them again
I Thought I Did Everything Right, but My Ovarian Cancer Still Came Back
Facing recurrence was so much harder than I could have imagined
Pensé que hice todo bien, pero aun así mi cáncer ovárico regresó
Enfrentar la recurrencia fue mucho más difícil de lo que pude imaginar
I Paid for My Lifelong Love of Tanning with a Melanoma Diagnosis — at Age 26
Young and invincible, I believed melanoma only affected older people. I was wrong.