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18 days ago
Since beginning her period in her early teens, Nina Lemtir dreaded the debilitating pain it brought each month.
32 days ago
I had an undetectable UTI for a YEAR. Doctors kept blaming my work stress… until a special test uncovered the real cause. My agony could have been avoided ⊖⊖
For over a year, Suzannah Weiss lived with unrelenting pain. After being dismissed by eight doctors, specialized testing finally gave her the correct diagnosis.
39 days ago
I was working out four times a week but suffering from a swollen stomach and bloating. Doctors said it was just perimenopause - then a test showed the surprising reason and transformed my life ⊖⊖
Hannah Swan was doing everything right when it came to weight loss. Yet for years she faced the same problem: severe bloating that left her in agonising pain by the end of the day.
48 days ago
I spent a decade in pain. Doctors said I was hysterical with 'phantom symptoms' and even gave me the wrong surgery. Then I discovered the actual cause of my agony - and it's something that affects so many women ⊖⊖
For years I was dismissed, misdiagnosed and given the wrong surgery. Discovering the truth changed everything.
I went into perimenopause at 35. My legs ballooned, I was covered bruises and piled on 50lbs. Doctors said I was lazy... but it was a little-known deadly condition ○
For years, doctors had insisted Laura Kerr was just 'lazy.' The counselor, who lives in Canada, watched as her legs swelled dramatically over time, heavy and tender to touch.
49 days ago
Drugs, denial and stigma: the babies and children swept up in Fiji’s HIV nightmare ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Vulnerable young people, partners of drug users and victims of sexual violence also among those afflicted in world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic
The night her baby’s heart stopped, Clare* blamed her…
61 days ago
Doctors said my painkiller-resistant migraines were just 'getting old'. It was a cancer nobody talks about ⊖⊖
Deborah remembers the first migraine. It hit after a family argument and felt unlike anything she'd experienced before. The pain was so intense that she was largely confined to bed for several days.
74 days ago
I suffered with agonising lower back pain for years and physiotherapy made it worse. Doctors had no clue what to do with me - until a scan revealed the shockingly common cause ⊖
From as early as she can remember, Melanie Ramsay couldn't sit still. Aches and pains meant she would constantly rearrange her legs in a desperate attempt to get comfortable.
90 days ago
Doctors told me bloating was caused by a stomach infection - it was terminal bowel cancer and I have two years to live ⊖⊖
A 'fit and healthy' mum was slapped with a 'death sentence' after bloating and stomach cramps turned out to be signs she had terminal bowel cancer.
3 months ago
Doctors said I might not make my second birthday with muscle disease SMA. Now I'm 25 ○
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The BBC's Ben Morris describes living with spinal musclar atrophy, after Little Mix's Jessy Nelson spoke about it.