Relay for Life

In 2006 I was diagnosed with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. As a 19 year old girl, after her first year in college, it seemed impossible. I never thought in a million years I could have  gotten cancer, but I did. And it changed my forever, for good.

It was an intense tough and trying time. I went through many downs and managed some ups as well. Many midnight trips to the hospital with fevers, a pulmonary embolism, and countless other health woes, including loosing my hair, and the ability to walk without being super klutzy. But, 5 years later, I am a better person for my experience. Maybe one day, I’ll go into detail and hash out all of my memories of the experience.

But this post is to bring an awareness to a fundraiser I am participating in. The American Cancer Societies “Relay for Life” at my local High School, Plainedge. I have never done a fundraiser before, but now that my eyes are open to the cause and I am well enough to participate, I am going for it. I am almost at my goal, but I still need donations from kind people, and I am using this blog to ask my readers for a moment more of their time to possibly donate on my behalf. It would mean so much to me, and any amount you can afford would mean the world to the cause.

Here is the link

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/LindaLuckmann 

 

I thank you in advance for your time and donation, like I said ANY little bit will help.

 

Day Twenty-One: How I Hope My Future Will Be

I Hope A Great Many Things For My Future:

I hope that I get my shit together and figure out a job that will challenge me, make me happy, feel fulfilled, and pay me enough so that I can have a comfortable living, which somehow includes some type of health benefits.

I hope to very soon move out of my parents house into a place of my own, or possible get a place with a special someone.

I hope that I get my pain and health under control so I can live in the manner that I want to.

In my farrrrr off future, I hope to be married, settled down at a great job, happy, maybe a few children. Many trips to see the world and experience new things.

Mostly I hope for happiness. I have struggled enough in life, I just want to be proud of myself, and my accomplishments, comfortable, loved and taken care of.

Day Eight: What I ate today

Well, I have been writing down what I eat, everyday since I was like 12. I have always gained and lost weight my whole life, and I found it most helpful to write down what I ate. I have journals and journals of food logs. Not so much any more because there is an APP for that haha. I use Myfitnesspal to log everything that I eat, so I can take note of it, see where I can improve and look back to see what I did well, or what I didn’t do well. That being said, here is the list I am sure you are dyinggg to read, about what I ate today:

For Breakfast: I had last nights left over steak cut up small and cooked in a pan with leftover potatoes onions and peppers, an egg and a little bit of egg whites, it was delicious!

For a snack I had a few spoons of Chobani greek yogurt with some strawberries and raspberries and a few dark chocolate chips

For a pre-Tennis snack I had a “Pure Protein Bar” which was blehh

For Dinner Me and my Dad went to “On The Border” and we shared a Border Sampler with delicious chicken quesadillas, and these nacho things, jalapeno poppers that were too spicy for us, and mini tacos which were AMAZING, and we shared a Kahlua Pie which was incredible.

At work I had a taste of the new shakes that we make, and a rainbow cookie. And a taste of our new strawberry yogurt.

And now I am going to stop eating for today haha I hope! I am 1,000 calories over my allowed limit today haha woops.

 

Tomorrows Topic, how important I think education is, judging by my grammar and spelling you can draw your own conclusions….

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