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A Way of LIfe

Hi everyone.

Really sorry I haven't written a blog entry for a while. So much has happened, and it's so hard to really capture the last months into words. Because words are just letters and meanings. So much has happened I dont know where to start, but I can say I finally moved out with Jessica and we are happily living in an apartment. A massive and wonderful change of lifestyle and culture shock too.

This enables me to be closer to Australia's finest Medical oncology team which is the Olivia Newton John, I am now only 20mins away from it, praise God. This will help with any emergencies and day to day treatment.

What does a 21 year old with terminal cancer do when we is not at treatment? There are only so many movies you can watch. It's a emotional roller coaster, one minute your full of combustion energy and next you get so down, especially when you see the world ticking around you. There have been days that Ive had no energy, nor the will to get out of bed. The other day I spoke to my Doctor and she said it is a way of life now for you, day to day treatments and continuing the clinical trial and chemotherapy, I said yes it is a Way of Life now, it is my full time job to beat cancer. Until I've beaten this, I will be fully free and untangled from this disease, in way I can breathe again.

But.......    I've always still and can do and will do enjoy every single moment of my life, live it to the max, and still use my brain anywhere I can. So I am going to do some short courses in Film, taking some flight lessons and do some really fun adventure stuff and also best part too I am working one day a week for my father as a Junior Multimedia Film Developer, getting my skills back in tact.

So much to tell you, and I'm going to make a few more chapters, stay tuned!

Thank-you!

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