Ambassador Program

Vestibular migraines have completely changed my life as it has changed my ability to participate in common daily tasks, extra curricular activities, and has impacted my career. I advocate because the long wait times between appointments, lack of proper education, and lack of efficient care plans…

My conditions have been a large part of my life since I was 10 years old. Not only has my perspective on life been affected, but so has my trajectory. I have become empathetic and resilient as a result of managing my health for so long. I want to use everything I have learned to help others with…

In the middle of the pandemic two years ago, I suddenly became very sick and began my chronic illness journey. A number of lab tests revealed antibodies for Lupus and Sjörgens Syndrome, two systemic autoimmune diseases that my doctors and I are still trying to figure out. I haven't had an easy time…

While I have had migraine since childhood, in my teens and early 20s I had significant symptoms that depleted my quality of life. Doctors settled on fibromyalgia as a diagnosis. I had to learn to manage on my own as doctors didn’t know how to help and I often felt they didn’t believe me. In 2026,…

While in my teenage years I used to suffer but I kept it to myself! But after having my second child I was in so much pain. They began doing tests and procedures, and I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis. By the age of 28 I was diagnosed with so many other chronic diseases, but I looked fine…

I’ve been disabled for essentially my entire life. Ever since I could talk, I would complain about my stomach hurting, and I started dealing with dislocations, subluxations, and sprains frequently by age 11. Growing up, I felt left out and discouraged by my constant health issues that just got…

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2012. I had gained a ton of weight. I was fatigued all the time. It felt as if someone had hooked a vacuum up to me and sucked all of the energy out of my body. There were days that I couldn't get out of bed. I had sleep issues which led to chronic headaches.…

When I started my first full time job, I never anticipated what would come next. It started with nearly passing out during a meeting and progressed to over eight years of life altering diagnoses, and eventually permanently disabled. Being so sick caused me to feel like I lost my purpose and the…

My journey began during my freshman year of college in 2022. Starting off the school year with roommate issues and mold-infested dorms, only progressed into ER visits and misdiagnosed anxiety to finally a dysautonomia diagnosis in 2023. I, then, transferred to a university closer to home to…

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome has changed my future in ways I never could've imagined. The future I saw when I graduated high school was swiftly shifted into years of questions, and few answers. It has not only caused irreparable physical damage to my GI tract, but has consistently worn me down mentally…

My son was diagnosed with hereditary pancreatitis in 2022. His grandfather and uncles also have the condition. It is a progressive disease that leads to chronic pain and the destruction of the pancreas. As a caretaker for my son, I have a new appreciation for the chronic health problem. A new…

Gastroparesis has had big effect on my life. One day I was perfectly fine – active, able to eat the foods that I love – and the next, I am no longer able enjoy the foods I once did. Now, everything I do I have to plan for, or take day by day. Gastroparesis has not only affected me physically, but…