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I was diagnosed with stage 3b Hodgkins Lymphona on November 22, 2002. I was 19 years old. I would not wish this sickness on my worst enemy. The treatments are worse than the actual cancer. I went through months of intense chemotherapy treatments. I lost my hair and was nauseous every day and tired every moment. And on top of all that, I was going to school and working full time. I know that that helped keep my mind off of things. I wasn’t living and breathing “CANCER” every moment of the day. I tried to live as normal a life as possible, but with a few more visits to the doctor.

On September 11, 2003 I beat cancer, and have been in remission eversince. I am extremely blessed to be healthy today, although I have had some negative side affects like weight gain. When I was diagnosed I weighed 88 lbs. I’m only 4’10” so I looked fine, but the doctors decided that I needed to put on some weight in order to handle the treatments better, so they popped me with steroids every week. I ended up gaining 75 lbs. but I guess I had no choice. But the biggest side effect was going through early menopause. I am currently 24 years old and may never be able to have a child. I went through menopause at 21 and have not have my menstruation for almost 3 years. I will try everything that I can in order to make that dream come true, but I know that everything happens for a reason, and that God will never hinder me with more than I can handle!

I spent the last hour figuring out exactly what I would have to do to lose a pound a day. This is assuming that I am on a 1200 calorie diet.

Walk 3.5 mph for 3 hours= 900 calories
Jump Rope 2 hours= 1500 calories
Weights- general 2 hours= 900 calories
Gymnastics 2 hours= 600 calories
Housecleaning 2 hours= 526 calories
Office work 2hours= 226 calories
Sex 30 minutes= 49 calories.

I know this seems kind of extreme but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Please let me know what you think. And if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them!

I just recently quit my job and I started working right away on getting rid of a bunch of crap that I didn’t need. It took me over a week, but when I finished I knew it was the best thing that I could do for myself at the time.

I am at a crossroads in my life and I want to make a big change for the better, and I think getting rid of useless things that I don’t even use was the best way to start. I feel lighter and smile every time I walk in to my garage and see the bins piled up neatly. I could tell you exactly what is in every single one.

This is definitely worth doing!