Name: Zoey Wright
Age: 20
Chronic Illness: Ulcerative Colitis – inflammatory bowel disease
Story: Has suffered for 3 years in silence. Made it her mission to help others.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeywrightfitness/
Name: Somer Love
Age: 37
Chronic Illness: Cystic Fibrosis – affects the lungs and digestive system.
Story: She deals with daily exhaustion and inconvenience. She created Love to Breathe to spread awareness, hope and positivity to the Cystic Fibrosis community.
http://www.lovetobreathe.com/
Name: Selena Gomez
Age: 23
Chronic Illness: Lupus
Story: Recently open up to the public about her condition, which explained her cancelled shows. She is not ashamed of her condition and wants to inspire others.
Name: Mickey Prescott
Chronic Illness: Celiac Disease and Hashimoto’s Disease
Story: She’s a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who suffered from severe asthma growing up and had to take many trips to the E.R. Also has to eat certain foods and lives off a restricted diet, which caused her to write The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook to help inspire others. http://autoimmune-paleo.com/my-story-part-i/
Name: Lena Dunham
Age: 30
Chronic Illness: Endometriosis
Story: Is very open and honest with her condition. Lena sufferers from a condition that causes tissue that normally lines the uterus to grow on the surrounding organs. She talks about owning your illness and not holding back.
Name: Ally Hilfiger
Age: 31
Chronic Illness: Chronic Lyme Disease
Story: Diagnosed at the young age of 7 from a tick bite. Suffers from joint pain, weakness, fatigue and vision problems. Wrote a book detailing her journey.
Name: Lara Parker
Age: 21
Chronic Illness: Endometriosis
Story: A Buzzfeed editor went six years without knowing what was wrong with her. Want to increase awareness and let others know its ok to have a chronic illness. She’s an active member of National Vulvodynia Association.
Name: Ashley Esper
Age: 21
Chronic Illness: Crohn’s Disease
Story: She’s had hospitalized multiple times, two surgeries and countless missed life experiences all while earning her masters degree. She realized keeping her illness a secret was not beneficial and now spreads awareness. http://www.ashleyesper.com/publications.html
Name: Daisy Ridley
Age: 24
Chronic Illness: Endometriosis
Story: Diagnosed at the age of 15. Talks about body positivity and striving to be the best version of herself.
Name: Ciena Nelson
Age: 24
Chronic Illness: Psoriasis
Story: After failed attempts to control her skin condition, she publicly documented her struggle on Instagram. This came at a time when she felt very alone. She follows a strict anti-inflammation diet eliminating dairy, sugar, processed foods, alcohol and wheat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0VpPlFJRE
Name: Yolanda Hadid
Chronic Illness: Lyme Disease
Story: Diagnosed a few years ago and has been on a journey to help raise awareness ever since. She wrote a book detailing her painful journey and the stigma associated with it.
Name: Chanel White
Age: 25
Chronic Illness: System Sclerosis
Story: Told she was lucky if she saw past age 13. Her condition attacks the organs which include muscular, nervous, respiratory and vascular. Now she spreads awareness through her blog.
Name: Emma Franklin
Age: 23
Chronic Illness: Chronic Lyme Disease
Story: Endured years of unexplained symptoms such as not being able to talk or eat. Now she blogs to raise awareness
https://www.instagram.com/myblondevoyage/
Source: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/g5902/inspiring-women-chronic-illnesses/