Extreme Tag

Michelle Dokes Photography When Chicago native Nicole Bullock first noticed that she wasn’t feeling like her normal self in the summertime of 2016, she wasn’t initially apprehensive. She simply attributed it to the traditional wear and tear of being a wife and mother of three who was energetic in her community. However the symptoms weren’t just normal fatigue. It was extreme tiredness, along with weight reduction, night sweats and “a sensation that something was continually stuck in my throat,” she tells ESSENCE. When she attempted to take a step back from some commitments and handle herself, things only got worse. “The fatigue intensified and I started quickly losing a big amount of weight although I could now not work out,” she...