Overcoming Adversity: Anelisa Story of Resilience

Anelisa
Mental Health
South Africa

I don’t remember the exact moment when everything fell apart, but I remember the feeling.

Reclaiming Life: A Half-Century with Chronic Pain

Hemal Kanvinde
Renal
India

This story begins from my childhood when I was 5-6 years old. I had a urine infection and was feeling a lot of burning sensation and would cry a lot due to the pain. My mother treated it with some home remedies; I have a very vague memory of this. Then the same problem surfaced again during my college days, but I hesitated to tell my mother. I felt that if I tell my mother, I will have to go to the doctor, and he would examine that area. I was scared just thinking about it.

From Numb to Whole: A Father’s Journey Through Trauma, Loss, and Reconnection

Tyrell
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
South Africa

I was so emotionally closed off, I didn’t even see it happening,

My condition shapes my journey, but it will never set my limits

Katie Allen
CMTC, Vascular disorder
Canada

I was diagnosed with Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita (CMTC) when

“I Chose to Fight”: Adha’s Story of Resilience and Patient Advocacy

Mohamad Adha Bin Zainon
Chronic Kidney Disease
Malaysia

If you asked me five years ago, I would have told you my life was over. At 28, I was diagnosed with kidney failure.