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Fight for your lifeMore times than not people take their life for granted and never think twice or so it. liveness changes right before you, often times you dont position a warning sign or a twinkle caution lights, screaming delay out. Sometimes there is nothing you can do to prevent life from hitting you like a five ton semi truck. You find your neat strength only when being strong is the only choice you exact. Waking up to half of your hair, now laying on your pillow, no longer disposed to you. Struggling to pull your weak, fragile self out of bed, you must run to the bathroom because you are nauseated, yet you pick up no strength to actually get yourself there. Excruciating pain , uncomfortable , no energy and very weak. Not every day is like this , but majority of them seem to be . It feels as if there is a demon trapped inside you an enemy, something I cannot explain, sucking the life right out of me. Looking in the mirror a unknown stares back at me, Pale skin, bald head, fragile, girl who looks diseased, sickly and almost inhuman. I did not always look like this I was once a very beautiful, fair skinned girl with long blonde hair. It not only changes your appearance but it changes your entire life. Undergoing countless scans , tests that seem never ending, lights flashing , machines beeping ., needles jabbing your already bruised arms. Sitting through four sometimes five hours of chemotherapy , while hooked up to countless bags of medicine being shot through your veins. surgical process after surgery, praying you will wake up after this one and praying this will be the last. It is a long dark scary road to recovery and some(prenominal) do not make that journey.My entire world changed with the b... ...ught if I could touch just one cancer patients life it would mean the world to me. I have now worked with cancer patients for many years, shared my experience and helped others through their journey down the long dark scary road to recovery. I have touched(p) many lives ,some who remain in this world and have survived and many who have lost their battle while traveling the long dark road. I have helped spread awareness and have given many hope. Truth is many of us take life for granted, only until we face death head on. Life changes as fast as you can blink. Stop, slow down and enjoy your life . Dont let the small disasters stress you out . Cherish every chip you are given because waking up tomorrow is never guaranteed. Count your blessings daily , instead of focusing on what you dont have. In a split punt your life could come to a screeching halt.