Welcome to my life...





Hello, kind reader, and thanks for coming! You are probably reading this because you fall into one of the following categories:

1. My family
2. My near and dear friends
3. You accidentally typed in the wrong URL

But if, by chance you are not a part of one of those categories I hope you will still take a minute to read some of my posts. What I'm all about is cancer, particularly adolescent cancer. I had it, I owned it, I beat it, and here I am today. I am now getting my doctorate doing research with adolescent cancer patients and survivors. I came out okay on the other end of something awful, and now I want to make a difference by helping others. The way I see it, it's all about support--helping each other, seeing that someone has been there and made it. When I was 16 I felt completely alone, and I don't want others to feel that way. My idea is that maybe we can help each other by talking and sharing our stories. So here are some of mine...


Casey



Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Let's change things up just a bit

I wanted to take this opportunity to briefly transition from all the past that I've been talking about into the present. First I want to thank all of you amazing and wonderful people for reading my posts and for the really empowering feedback you've offered me (self-esteem up like 5 points today!). It is very encouraging that so many people share an interest in what I'm trying to do. So thank you!

As I sit in my room watching Spongebob Squarepants I can't help but ponder how I got to this point and what a strange and convoluted trip it's been. And before you judge my television choices let me just say that some people like to go home and have a glass of wine to relax. I prefer to curl up with my laptop, Wellington, and some Spongebob. Spending all day discussing cancer, infectious disease, and the multitude of troubles in the world is very taxing, so I try to balance it out by unwinding with something friendly, uncomplicated, and silly. Plus, Spongebob is hilarious if you sit and watch it from an adult perspective. I can recommend some good episodes if you'd like them... Yeah, I know you don't. It's okay, I stand by my bold viewing choices!

Okay, this post was actually not meant to be an homage to my cartoon guilty pleasures. However it appears to be the course that it's taken. Until my next, more insightful and meaningful post (I'm shooting for tomorrow), I want to thank everyone again for their amazing comments. And check out nickelodeon sometime, maybe it will do everyone a bit of good. Also if you've never played Webkinz, I really recommend that as well. Some of those games are crazy fun and practically addictive (shout out to Delia here). I'll see you all tomorrow!

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