At Age 23, I Needed Persistence — and Data — to Convince Navy Doctors I Needed Fertility Treatment
Advocating for myself finally got me the baby I was trying for
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Advocating for myself finally got me the baby I was trying for
I had to leave the military healthcare system to finally be taken seriously
Tuve que dejar el sistema médico militar para que finalmente me tomen en serio
There’s so much support available to women in the military. I wish I’d sought out help sooner.
By the time I was diagnosed, I had stage 4 cancer
Cuando me diagnosticaron, ya tenía cáncer de etapa 4
Having my period when I was a soldier was tough — so we got creative about it.
Tener mi período menstrual cuando estaba en las fuerzas armadas era duro, así que tuvimos que ser creativas
Military fitness training triggered my severe irritable bowel syndrome — and I was arrested because of it
El entrenamiento militar de ejercicio desencadenó un síndrome de intestino irritable grave y me arrestaron por eso