I agree, everyones problems are relevant to them. i was only 2yrs old when i was diagnosed with leukaemia and started 4yrs of chemo, than i relapsed at aged 4yrs and had high doses of chemo & irradiation before a bone marrow transplant that has caused heaps of side effects, the treatment 30yrs ago was very new and no one knew the long term side effects.
I developed cataracts just after i started school, had to have growth hormone injections and hormones because the brain irradition knocked out my endocrine system, than my thyroid develped a lump & was removed as was a kidney that developed cancer at 19yrs of age, then type 2 diabeties when i was 28. The last thing in 2005 was a heart attack and a stent in a blocked coronary artery.
The way i see it is that even though i wish i could know what it would be like to be unaffected by all the treatment & side effects I am happy to be alive! I can enjoy life and in some ways it may be easier for me because i have never known life without having to jump another hurdle.
... View more