I Am the Warrior Queen Dear family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and even strangers whose lives I have yet to touch: I am reaching out to you in strength and truth, stripping away all the safeguards we place in our lives to protect ourselves from prying eyes that may or may not be well- meaning. I …
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It’s one of those things that instantly makes your stomach turn over. A high pitched scream from your child, and it’s coming from faraway. Your instincts kick in and you want to run as fast as you can toward that tiny voice, but you can’t. Your foot and leg won’t work together. You try anyway. …
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Wow! As I am writing this campaign for my Mother Patricia Cooper I can’t believe it has been 6 years since the beginning of her medical mystery! My parents have been married for almost 50 years and we are originally from Hagerstown, MD. My parents now live in Elgin, SC and they have 2 daughters …
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Hello. My name is Chloe. I am 29-years-old and I work in the Cardiac Cath Lab as a Radiologic Technologist. With this rewarding career I have had the opportunity to travel all around the United States, working at various hospitals including Duke University. I am currently living in Denver, Colorado with my boyfriend, Adam, and …
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I was diagnosed on August 12, 2019…a few days after celebrating my 50th birthday. I first noticed a lump above my left collarbone in the fall of 2018, and in the spring of 2019, another lump under my left arm. Neither were painful, but both were suspicious. So I went to my PCP, who ordered …
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****UPDATED AMOUNT****$47,000****Due to COVID everything was put on hold but we will get there!**** February 2020…My name is Misty, 37 y/o wife and mother of two children. Also a nurse…until MS stopped me in my tracks in the summer of 2017. I was diagnosed with RRMS 11 1/2 years ago, but began having symptoms about …
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Hi! Jessie Simmons here. As most of you probably know, I have multiple sclerosis. For twenty years I kept the symptoms pretty much arrested with diet, exercise, and occasional medication. (I can report that kale is overrated.) About 18 months ago, I started to lose the ability to walk. 12 months ago, the disease progression …
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Hi friends, I hope you’re having a good day so far. I’m reaching out to you because I wanted to share my story with you. My name is Gregory Williams–most of my friends know me as Plat, or Platinum. I was born and raised in the Bahamas, and currently living in Chicago, IL with my …
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So as those of you closer to Brett and myself may know, we recently had a roommate leave on very short notice. To keep things brief, since our leasing office isn’t the best, aforementioned roommate had not signed the lease, and is not legally obligated to pay us anything. Aside from legal obligation, they weren’t …
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Hello. My name is Rachel Purdy (Ellerman). Wife of AJ Purdy and mother of two children, Ellie & AJ Jr. (ages 5 and 1). For nearly 8 years, I’ve been fighting a debilitating disease known as Multiple Sclerosis. Sadly, I’ve been progressively losing this fight. MS is a condition where a person’s own immune system …
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***ACTUAL AMOUNT NEEDED TO REACH GOAL IS NOW $3400*** My treatment is now scheduled for April 6, 2020, but I have to pay in full by February 6, 2019, so time is of the essence! In 2014, I was living my dream–married to my high school sweetheart, had two grown married daughters, a beautiful grandson …
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My Journey with Multiple Sclerosis…And What I Hope to do Next, with YOUR Help! What do homeschooling, holistic medicine, teaching a Sunday school class, and fundraising to travel to a foreign country for a medical treatment not available in the U.S have in common? If you answered absolutely nothing at all, that would be… incorrect! …
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