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By Kirsten Thacker Washington (Editor’s note: In 1994, on her fourth birthday, Kirsten Thacker took a tumble down a flight of stairs. As a result, doctors found and removed a tumorous kidney. She thought she was done with cancer. This is the rest of her story.) Kirsten, as a small child and today My name is Kirsten Thacker. I am 36 years-old, married and living in the state of Washington. In 2022, my husband and I began an egg donor cycle in an attempt to have a child. We rec

By Sarah Seitz Baltimore, Maryland In January 2023, I believed I was finally getting my life back. For years, my body had been in open rebellion against me. I lived with extreme abdominal pain, stabbing cramps that dropped me to the floor, fainting spells, overwhelming fatigue, and an inability to eat. I lost forty pounds in just a few months without trying. My periods were excruciating. I missed work, missed time with my family, and made more emergency room visits than I can