FIGHT LIKE A WARRIOR December 2019 Newsletter |
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We Are Officially a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization! Thank you for paying it forward to the warriors yet to come & for ensuring the future of our organization by supporting Fight Like A Warrior. Thanks to your donations we are now a officially a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization! Your support will allow us to continue to grow & reach more warriors! Together we continue to prove that sick fights back! | | |
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In 2019 Cards for Warriors celebrated its 3rd birthday! We sent 178 cards to warriors in 32 American States and 16 countries! Cards For Warriors received 86 cards donated by our warrior community and had the privilege of adding 2 new staff writers to the Cards For Warriors team! Thank you so much for reading Fight Like A Warrior's monthly newsletter! With your support, our organization has been able to create an incredible community of chronic illness warriors who prove every single day that #SickFightsBack. If you know a warrior that could use a little extra support & encouragement, remember to request a card for them! Keep fighting everyone! |
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In 2019 Fight Like A Warrior: |
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Crohn's and Colitis(IBD) Awareness Week - December Featured: Leah @leahmoradi
"It is very important to acknowledge this week because many people worldwide suffer from Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis.
My experience with IBD began when I was 11 years old. I became very sick and I was in constant, severe pain. From there, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and my doctor immediately started me on medications to help ease the inflammation. Fortunately, I found Fight Like A Warrior to give me a wonderful community and safe space to educate, raise awareness, and express myself." |
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month - November Featured: Colette @complexlycolette " I was first diagnosed with a chronic illness at age 15. Over the past 15 yeas I've had a lot of ups and downs with my health. Last year I was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome following surgery on my ankle. I a in constant intense pain; my foot can burn hot with pain, then freeze with cold. It swells so big I can't put shoes on and feels as if my foot is being trapped in a vice and I'm walking on glass all at once. My diagnosis has highlighted the need to always advocate for myself and really fight for the therapies and treatments I need, I've had to become an expert on my own condition, so that I can educate doctors and healthcare profesionals on this little known condition along the way." |
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Warrior of the Month December 2019: Meg @meggieandms December's Warrior of the Month is Meg! Meg has been living with Multiple Sclerosis since 2004- originally diagnosed as Relapsing Remitting MS which eventually progressed to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. She has a multitude of other comorbidities that make the disease challenging and complex, including Anxiety/cPTSD, Dysautonomia (HyperPOTS/IST), Erythromyalgia, Intestinal Dysmotility (GP/Colonic Inertia/Esophegeal Dysmotility/Dyssynergia), Hashimoto’s, Narcolepsy, Osteoarthritis, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Raynaud’s. Overall, Meg hopes we find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis that helps everyone, not just patients with the most common type. Meg hopes to start a nonprofit that is focused on patient advocacy. | | |
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Ambassador of the Month - Twitch(@hannah.currie.21) The Ambassador of the Month for December is Twitch! Twitch is a new Ambassador but they have stepped up quickly by being interactive and super supportive of the Ambassador Team as well as the chronic illness community in general. I'm so thankful to have Twitch on the team! Twitch is a competitive dancer! They dance despite their pain, and it makes them feel stronger and empowered. Twitch loves to sing! They play the ukulele and sing to some of their favorite artists. Twitch was adopted from Wuhan, China when they were 2 years old. Twitch was born with a birth defect known as cleft lip qnd palate. Read Twitch's blog post, I Have Tourette's, But It Doesn't Have Me to learn about life with Tourette's! | | |
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Meet Our New Advocacy Team! Meet Mary Awareness Coordinator "Hello everyone! My name is Mary and I’m a 19 year old spoonie from Ireland. I was diagnosed with multiple disc herniations in my lumbar spine at the age of 13. I have been left with a damaged spinal cord and have had to learn to walk again 3 times! I am also fighting Anorexia Nervosa. As a result, I am very passionate about ending the stigma around mental health issues and also advocating for chronic pain awareness! I’m a massive musical theatre nerd and never let my condition stop me from doing what I love. I grace the stage of Northern Ireland’s biggest theatre every summer in their professional Youth production! I’m currently in college studying Pre-nursing and am loving every minute of it! I can’t wait to be out there working as a qualified nurse and able to help lots of physically and mentally ill teenagers with compassion and care! I want to give back to all of those who have helped me along my journey!" (Read more >>) | | |
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Happy Holidays From Fight Like A Warrior! |
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Fight Like A Warrior is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are considered charitable contributions and tax-deductible. |
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