I’ve lost my hair before and I am proud to shave my hair again for cancer research.
Research saved my life, without it, not to be morbid, but I wouldn't be here. At 15, I changed from just a kid to a kid with cancer. Being diagnosed was hard, but before I had an even harder few months of not knowing what I had. For months I was the mystery of CHO, I had doctors from almost all departments. Though my doctors were wonderful it didn’t change how terrifying being left in the dark is. Months of on and off hospital visits, we were like a really irritating couple. No one gave up the search of my diagnosis, which I’m very grateful for. I’ve heard many horror stories of people being misdiagnosed or sent home being told it was harmless. But because of today’s research, we are putting together tiny chunks of such a large puzzle. Not all cancer is the same, not just in types but the age you have it. Childhood cancer is underfunded. I always knew cancer research was underfunded but I never knew that adults and children have different rules even with the same diagnosis. Diagnosis doesn’t equal the same treatment. I got lucky because of the research they were doing for my diagnosis, GATA2, and will do everything in my power to give back the way they gave me my life back.
I'm shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! Did you know that kids' cancers are different from adult cancers? It's true. And childhood cancer research is extremely underfunded. So I decided to do something about it by raising money for cures. Now I need your help! Will you make a donation? Every dollar makes a difference for the thousands of infants, children, teens, and young adults fighting childhood cancers.
As someone who has gone through the horrible c-word, cancer, I can concur that it sucks and is the absolute worst.