Archive | November, 2013

My Battle With Leukemia

25 Nov

To the reader; this is my first hand account and cathartic release of everything I felt before during and after my battle with leukemia with an update 2021 at the end.

I decided to write something about my battle with cancer. As most of you know I have been very open with my battle on my twitter account (@erincandy) since I was first diagnosed. I  made the decision to be open about it on social media so that I could spread awareness and maybe even help others who are diagnosed with cancer at a young age. I’ve met some people through twitter who are battling the same kind of leukemia as me and I’d like to think we help each other through it. Social media can be great for that kind of thing. so even though I’ve always openly talked about what I’ve been going through with my cancer battle, I kind of just wanted to put my whole story in one place, so here it is. I’m going to include pictures that I’ve documented throughout the last year. Some might be disturbing, but I hope in the end this is inspiring for  anyone out there who might have to go through the same thing.

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