“For me, when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (t1d) I flipped the switch immediately. I went back to life right away – surprising many people by doing so. But I had no choice! There were so many exciting events and milestones happening – the last thing I wanted was for this new illness…
“I first began experiencing symptoms of endometriosis when my periods started, around 12 years ago. I would always have painful periods and heavy bleeding and occasionally had to miss school. I just thought that this was normal, and everyone’s period was like mine. When I was growing up, I had a lot of male friends,…
“My story with chronic illness began in early October of 2003. Earlier in the year I had gotten an infection. I really thought nothing of it. I took an antibiotic to get rid of the infection and then that October I got a cough. Again, I thought nothing of it because I had never been…
“I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in March of 2020, after about 9 months of searching for answers to everything I had been experiencing. Several trips to my doctor, completed blood tests, various types of scans, and visits to the ER kept leading to no answer, until I was in the right place at the…
“My name is Suhina Singh, and I am a medical doctor, chronic disease warrior, and recently started my entrepreneurial journey to make health data more accessible with privacy and security first in mind. As a medical doctor and chronic disease warrior, I know what it’s like to struggle with managing one’s health. I was…
“Shaky balance, blurred vision, numbness, pins and needles, and weakness were just some of my first symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis that would come and go in the year of 2003. After attending a wedding in October, barley able to walk or see clearly, I checked into the ER the following morning. In the hospital, terrified surrounded by monitors,…