Deltra Kroemer, 35, lives in Waterbury, Connecticut, with her five children. She has Stage IV breast cancer.

Despite heavy periods, Dearra Williams was unaware she had uterine fibroids. Then the worst pelvic pain she ever felt struck.

As Maxine Rooks and her daughter, Erica Rooks-Daughtry, learned, uterine fibroids often run in families.

Deige shares how her approach to her RA diagnosis has changed over the years and how she is using her experience to effect change

Erica L. Taylor, a Dallas filmmaker, shares the story of the harrowing incidents that led to her eventual diagnosis with uterine fibroids.

Based at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner, Louisiana, Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MS, cares for many patients with uterine fibroids.

Shantana tells her rheumatoid arthritis story, offers advice and encouragement for others with the disease

In the search for solutions to her uterine fibroids symptoms, New Jerseyan Lorraine Abudeye has learned to question what care providers say.

Deen wants other people with RA, especially people of color, to know about getting involved with research and patient advocacy.

After being rushed to the hospital with severe blood loss, I learned I had uterine fibroids. The problem ran in my family. I got treatment.