Perchance to Dream(Girl)
Emily Dickinson has a quote that reads, “Dwell in possibility” and truly that has been my motto in life. But the farthest thing from reality I ever dreamed of was to be selected as DreamGirl 2006!
Yes, that’s me – DreamGirl 2006. Just saying it makes my eyes light up and my face shine bright. I, yes I, have been selected to share my story in front of hundreds of guests at the annual Look Good…Feel Better/American Cancer Society DreamBall Gala. (A lot more on this to come in my next post- very exciting!)
And behind my shining face is the reality that not so long ago my life, its very existence, was at a fundamental crossroad.
Here is the beginning of my story...
In the summer of 2002, I was in love – in love with a gorgeous, caring young man, in love with excitement for a new job opportunity and in love with anticipation – I was just about to set up a new home, in a new town. Life was brimming with expectancy.
And then, twenty-seven days after my twenty-seventh birthday, I just wasn’t feeling well. My fever just didn’t want to go away. My bones were achy, my throat hurt and I had spent too many days lying on the sofa.
A trip to the emergency room for some more antibiotics, and maybe some fluids, turned into a long, long evening of waiting, blood tests and more waiting. How could I be so sick? I had always been so healthy… I rarely missed a day of work.
The diagnosis… acute myelogenous leukemia.
Yes, that’s me – DreamGirl 2006. Just saying it makes my eyes light up and my face shine bright. I, yes I, have been selected to share my story in front of hundreds of guests at the annual Look Good…Feel Better/American Cancer Society DreamBall Gala. (A lot more on this to come in my next post- very exciting!)
And behind my shining face is the reality that not so long ago my life, its very existence, was at a fundamental crossroad.
Here is the beginning of my story...
In the summer of 2002, I was in love – in love with a gorgeous, caring young man, in love with excitement for a new job opportunity and in love with anticipation – I was just about to set up a new home, in a new town. Life was brimming with expectancy.
And then, twenty-seven days after my twenty-seventh birthday, I just wasn’t feeling well. My fever just didn’t want to go away. My bones were achy, my throat hurt and I had spent too many days lying on the sofa.
A trip to the emergency room for some more antibiotics, and maybe some fluids, turned into a long, long evening of waiting, blood tests and more waiting. How could I be so sick? I had always been so healthy… I rarely missed a day of work.
The diagnosis… acute myelogenous leukemia.
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