HI_SavvySavy

Honestly, I think I was the one cracking jokes and pulling the C card whenever possible. At my brother's graduation party his band was playing and I wanted them to cover MIA's Paper Planes but the bass player didn't want to. So in front of like 50 people I said "I have cancer and I want you to play that song...so do it!" Everyone was like O_O and I just laughed. It was almost like they didn't know what to say to that..like I said a taboo word. Nonetheless, they played the song and I was stoked :) haha.

Basically the docs pump me full of high dose chemotherapy to kill off my bone marrow since it was cancerous. It is the high dose chemo (mine was called Bulsofan) that causes menopause because my ovaries absorbed it. Since chemo is poisonous my ovaries just shut down. My gynecologist gave my birth control that put me into pre-menopause, in the hopes that my ovaries wouldn't absorb the chemotherapy as much but it's been two years, no periods, a LOT of hot flashes and no hormones. I'm going back to MD Anderson this week to get my fertility tested (they had to wait 2 years) so ill know 100% soon if I'm infertile. I have a feeling I am.

Thank you! I always kept up my positive attitude throughout the entire process. I had a great support system and since I was never one to complain I always found the bright side to each situation. It was definitely tough dealing with mouth sores, no energy, no taste buds (which led to everything tasting horrible!) and the chemotherapy but I knew that I had to keep smiling to help my family and loved ones through it all!

OMG! I'm so glad I'm not alone in this! I love having cold packs around me to put on my head

Thank you! Yeah hair stopped being important part of my life and I focused on decorating my head instead with scarves and such :) I had fun with it and even now I am keeping it short.