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actualkaty1267 karma

Every kid is different, but the number one thing is to be honest with the kids. If something is gonna hurt, tell the truth. It's better to know what's coming than to be surprised and feel betrayed and lied to. I really like knowing exactly what the doctors/nurses are gonna do to me and how uncomfortable/painful it will be. I always have them walk me through what they're doing as they're doing it. Honestly really is the best policy, even if you think you're "protecting" the kids by keeping the truth from them. They know more than you think, and if you're keeping something from them, they're gonna know something's up.

actualkaty602 karma

Oh yeah, I definitely want to go to college! I bet there's some sweet scholarships for childhood cancer survivors. I want to major in astronomy or astrophysics.

actualkaty582 karma

Thank you!

I think the scariest part was when I was first diagnosed. Even though I had already gone through the lung disease and transplant, that was really the first time that it really hit me that I could die. That it was likely that I would die. I suddenly realized my own fragile mortality and it devastated me.

After the surgery, my life was so miserable that for awhile I didn't care if I lived or died. I just wanted everything to be over one way or another. So yes, I was definitely apathetic about the whole thing. My PTSD made it worse, too. It wasn't until I returned to my home state that I finally got my will to live back.

actualkaty524 karma

Not so much funny, but annoying - I got a lot of "God does everything for a reason" comments. Like, God must really have something against me! What on earth did I do to deserve all this shit? God's really out to get me! it's cause i'm a lesbian isnt it

actualkaty412 karma

Oh wow, I'm honored! I never thought my life story was THAT exciting! I want to get a PhD, so post college life seems like a long way off.....but ideally, I'd end up working for NASA or a similar agency. I'd really like if I could end up in research and not academia. I think research would give me a better opportunity to expand my knowledge and learn even more. Basically I just want to learn forever!