I am finally getting some regular teenage bits and pieces in my life--boys, prom, school, work, even growing some hair! I could almost style it into a pixie cut now, which makes me so beyond happy, I don't even know how to explain the feeling. It's wonderful. I even got my G2 drivers licence, I'm not quite ready to drive on my own yet, but with practice, I'll get there.
Last Friday was my two year mark of the day that I was diagnosed. Most people ask me why I think it was a day to celebrate, and they expect me to be sad. I see it as the complete opposite of that, March 27th, 2013 was the day that my life completely changed, the day I was diagnosed with leukemia, and last Friday, to me, was a huge reminder of how much I have have overcome, and how much I have improved since that day. It is another day that I am successfully fighting, and beating cancers ass! I think that's reason for a huge celebration. I am not 100% sure when my treatment will be completely finished, but I know that it's a big step closer to the end. A bunch of friends and family came over and we all went to the mandarin for dinner, and it was really nice, I had a lot of fun just being with some of the people have always been there for me.
Treatment-wise, things are going fairly well. Right now I get a bag of chemotherapy once every four weeks, a lumbar puncture every eight weeks, along with another bag of chemo, and I'm on two types of oral chemo everyday. I got a lumbar puncture yesterday. It's a big needle that goes into your spine and they take out spinal fluid so that they can test it for cancer cells. The next step is they inject chemo in my back, and I have to lay flat for an hour so the chemo can circulate around my brain. It hurt, but once you get something enough of times, you get used to it.
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