Hi, I have been lurking for a while and I thought I would chime in. Everybody has to find their own sense of self and peace with this stuff, however my answer is most definitely not. My medical condition does not, and will never define me in anyway, especially as an assumed identity. I am just a female. I do have a medical condition that needed some serious attention and focus

For all intents at this point it has been treated and dealt with.
My medical history will never ever become part of my labeled or assumed identity. It is a mind set. I have also survived cancer and I will never assume the identity of, or label myself a cancer survivor either. Neither condition owns me in any way or labels me in the identity department. I do not believe in the labels and the stuff that goes along with it. The only time I divulge my medical history is when it is medically necessary to do so.