My story.........

I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma at 36yrs old. It began with itching that "doctors" would diagnose as leprosy and candida! I spent many symptom riddled years with this before being diagnosed because of a prominent lump in my neck. Turns out I had a massive tumor the size of an eggplant in my chest along with tumors in my spleen, abdomen, underarm, neck and chest.

I was THRILLED to finally have a label for my ailement. I stayed very positive just wanting to get rid of this cancer and get on with life! I had 7 months of chemo. My husband and I had started to try having children just before I was diagnosed.

I returned to work part time, when 9 months later, I was hit by a truck. I was a pedestrian walking across the street, across from my work, when a truck struck me. I thought - I survived cancer to get hit by a truck??!! And now the baby plan is put on hold again.

I continue to struggle with soft tissue damage. Work is less than understanding and they can't figure out why its taking so long for me to recover. Big mystery I guess. The stress of it all gave me shingles and then we all thought I was having a reocurrence of Hodgkins. Went for an MRI, CT and PET scan. It looks like it is not, but I have another appt in Oct for more testing.

I am 4 years in remission.

I have a wonderful husband who has stood by me through every "event" and I still long for some semblance of peace, health and perhaps finally a baby in our lives.

Thanks for listening.