Post by KaceyCat on Nov 27, 2014 0:00:44 GMT -5
Well hello there, peoples. I am KaceyCat. Or you may know me on other sites as Tigrrrlily2000 or a few variations of either of those two usernames.
As tomorrow (or today, by the time I finish typing this) is Thanksgiving, I figure I should say what I'm thankful for. So here goes: I'm thankful for not being dead. I mean, there's a lot more I'm thankful for, but it wouldn't really matter if I was no longer in the realm of the living, so...I'm thankful the doctors figured out what was wrong with me a year ago, before the estimated 2-months-undiagnosed time period ended. I'm thankful I lived to see my 18th birthday and finish high school and get accepted to the college of my dreams. I'm thankful that I'm taking a 1-year medical deferral from said college not because I don't want to be there but because I'm not strong enough and that such a thing is even possible. I'm thankful my hair is growing back quickly, because as shallow as it is to think of such a thing, I missed my hair more than I can even say. I'm thankful that treatment is done, and I'm now a few days past the 1-year post-chemotherapy mark. I'm thankful that I didn't need a bone marrow transplant, because that would have made things infinitely worse.
It's pretty bad that one of the few thoughts that keeps me going is 'Well, it beats being dead...'
Anyway, you're not going to know that that all means unless you've talked to me about it on other sites before, but that's fine. I don't mind talking about it at all, so feel free to ask if you're curious. I'll probably explain more than you ask for, and overload you with medical jargon, but I'm fine talking about it. ^^
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to reply here or pm me or what-have-you. About anything, not just this stuff.
As tomorrow (or today, by the time I finish typing this) is Thanksgiving, I figure I should say what I'm thankful for. So here goes: I'm thankful for not being dead. I mean, there's a lot more I'm thankful for, but it wouldn't really matter if I was no longer in the realm of the living, so...I'm thankful the doctors figured out what was wrong with me a year ago, before the estimated 2-months-undiagnosed time period ended. I'm thankful I lived to see my 18th birthday and finish high school and get accepted to the college of my dreams. I'm thankful that I'm taking a 1-year medical deferral from said college not because I don't want to be there but because I'm not strong enough and that such a thing is even possible. I'm thankful my hair is growing back quickly, because as shallow as it is to think of such a thing, I missed my hair more than I can even say. I'm thankful that treatment is done, and I'm now a few days past the 1-year post-chemotherapy mark. I'm thankful that I didn't need a bone marrow transplant, because that would have made things infinitely worse.
It's pretty bad that one of the few thoughts that keeps me going is 'Well, it beats being dead...'
Anyway, you're not going to know that that all means unless you've talked to me about it on other sites before, but that's fine. I don't mind talking about it at all, so feel free to ask if you're curious. I'll probably explain more than you ask for, and overload you with medical jargon, but I'm fine talking about it. ^^
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to reply here or pm me or what-have-you. About anything, not just this stuff.