Dear family and friends , What I am about to say may seem alittle scary at first but please read this whole thing to get the whole story . I have a lot of people coming up to me in the past week with questions and concerns about things they have heard about me and I want to clear some things up and share something personal with you . For a year now I have not been feeling well . I have been extremely tired and had this weird symptom of extreme itching mainly on my hands and bottums of my feet. They itched so much I could search them on concrete . It was until middle of August when I reported a lump at the bottom of my neck sort of nestled in my clavicle bone that things started rolling . The doctor agreed this was not muscle and ordered tests which eventually led to a diagnosis . About three weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkins lymphoma cancer at the age of 28 . For those of you who dont know about Hodgkins it is a form of cancer of the lymphatic system and lymph nodes . There are several types of lymphoma the main types are Hodgkins and non Hodgkins. I am extremely blessed to have hodgkins as it is not as aggressive . Hodgkins lymphoma is highly curable and my doctors have high hopes for me and we are going for a cure even with stage 3 the percentage rates for cure are great . Hodgkins is considered a rare cancer yet it targets my age range 15-30 . My age is working in my favor in regards to being cured my doctor tells me . I am very blessed to have a team of amazing doctors who work quickly . As for my treatment I will be going through 6 months of chemo . Yesterday was my first treatment . I will go every other Monday for 6 months . This is considered a long cycle of chemo . They are doing a long cycle of chemo because I am stage 3 . To clarify there are 4 stages to Hodgkins which is 1,2,3,4. The best stages are 1 and 2 . Stage one is basically in one lymph node above the diaphragm while stage 2 is a couple lymph nodes above the diaphragm . Stage three and 4 are a little more progressed . Stage 3 is several lymph nodes above and below the diaphragm while stage 4 can be many and speeding to organs . I am lucky to have stage 3 which for me means there are several lymph nodes in my neck with cancer , one in my chest and I believe one in my spleen . So in conclusion please know I am going to be ok . I have a lot of factors in my favor from my age ,to my diagnosis , to my amazing doctors and most of all my amazing support system of family and friends like you ! People have been more than amazing in so many ways and words can not express how I feel about their kindness . From the cards and the gifts flooding in ,to the phone calls and texts of checking up on me , to all of the prayers being said for me as well as my family who is going through this with me and there are many other ways people are being amazing too ! I was not going to release this information to everyone because it is very personal but a lot of people have questions and concerns and I understand it .so I just want to say its going to all ok and I will be ok . I am fairly positive this is just a little hiccup and I will be cured . I am using this time of my body healing as some learning lessons in life . You know you look at life different when you are fighting a battle of your own and not many people know about it . So be kind you never know who is fighting a battle and most likely worse than yours . Smile because there is more to smile about than frown . Give hugs because it is better than any medicine . You know in the last 3 weeks I think I have hugged more strangers and people i just met than I have ever in my 28 years and its a great feeling . And say I love you . Even if you feel backward at first even if you think they already know even if you are in a hurry just say it because the lesson here is you never know what life is going to bring tomorrow and no body is promised tomorrow . So embrace life and what you have . We humans tend to focus on things like money and how we feel poor but the truth is if we just take moment to realize it we are rich .if you have your family your kids your health and god well thats all you need the rest will come but just realize you are rich in life you monetary status has little to do with much but I know it makes life easier but the things and people in life that mean the most is what we forget about first sometimes when we are focused on the stressors of everyday . So cherish today . Go hug someone even a stranger . Hold open a door for someone you dont know . Look a stranger in the eye and smile you would be surprised at the result . And say I love you to anyone you want ! And say it often ! Ok lastly I want to give A huge thank you for reading this . If you text me of call I will get back with you eventually just maybe not right away but know I appreciate your thoughts and I know you care :) and it makes all the difference in my healing process . And I want to say thank you to everyone who has been there for me the past month again ! You know who you are and what you did but it means the world ! I wish you all a great day and great health ! Love, Jocelyn
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:24:12 +0000
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