My Journey

Okay so here is the low down on me when i was 17 almost 18 i woke up one day with these weird red Marks on the back of my legs and i asked my mom to drive me in and get them checked out she said yeah so we did and the walk in Doctor said he had never seen anything like it i also had red marks on my feet and chest so he gave me a NSAID and told me to take it for a couple weeks then Follow up with my Normal Dr. so i did and i went and saw my Dr. and  i told the walk in Dr. one thing and he wrote Down something completely Different to what i said so my Dr. was concerned and he said well Tim i want you to get a urinalasis and some blood work done so i did and i went home and i get home and about an Hour Later my Dr. calls me and asked me "Tim are you sitting down "  i said " no why " he said "well i think you should " so i did and said ok  and he sai well Tim i Am pretty Sure you Have Leukemia ............  okay what is that i said  And he was like well it's cancer Tim and i was like so what do i do and he said well i want you to see a Hematologist so i did and He could not get an Accurate read on my blood cause my Plateletes were lopsides sooooo he told me to take Iron and Vtiamin C for a couple months then come back and see him But he said i am going with your Dr on this one and sayin we are 90% sure you have Leukemia sooo i went home took the Meds for a couple months went back and by this time i was 18  so he comes back in the room after reading my Blood and says well Tim i got some good news & i got some bad news  i was like okay  he said good news you dont have cancer okay cool Cancer out of the way .... he said Bad news is i have no idea what you have so i want you to go see a Gastro Interologist so i did and i got a  EKG & Colonoscopy done and that is where they found My UC and now i have been Battling with that for the past almost 2 years been in remission once or twice it is hard  specially at Family Gatherings or partys .... But with Family & friends support i live to Fight  ..........