“Losing my mom at 13 years old, I had to learn how to take care of myself real fast, and teach myself how to survive and raise a family.”

“When I first became ill in 2008, no one believed me. My family doctor told me that all of my tests had come back normal. He said the only possible cause of my neurological disability and gastrointestinal symptoms was a trauma from childhood. He said what I had was a psychosomatic disorder.”