About Me

WELL I IM NOT THAT GREAT AT FILLING ALL THIS STUFF OUT BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE BASICS: I'M 29 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD A VERY UP AND DOWN LIFE AND PAST. I WAS BORN IN STAMFORD, CT WHERE I LIVED UNTIL I WAS ALMSOT 6 YEARS OLD. ALOT OF MY TIME THERE WAS SPENT IN NEW YORK AT MT. SINI HOSPITAL. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT AGE 3 AND THAT IS WHERE I HAD MY TREATMENT. I HAD A 3 PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL...... BUT I'M HERE NOW... THANK GOD. IT MADE ME A STRONGER PERSON AND I REFUSE TO BACK DOWN...IM VERY INVOLVED WITH CHILDRENS CANCER GROUPS. I WENT TO CHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMPS AS A CHILD AND NOW THAT I'M OLDER I'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS TRYING TO GIVE BACK. I SPEND A FEW WEEKS OUT OF EACH SUMMER AS A VOLUNTEER COUNSELOR AT A CHILDRENS CANCER CAMP...THOSE KIDS AND THOSE TIMES MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. I ENDED UP HAVING A DOLLA BILL SIZED BRAIN TUMOR MARCH 2010. THIS WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE RADIATION TREATMENT I WENT THROUGH AS A CHILD FOR MY CANCER TREATMENT. I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND HALF WITH ALMOST 3 DOZEN DIFFERENT SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES. ITS STILL A DAY TO DAY STRUGGLE BUT I HAVE DECIDED TO TURN THIS INTO A POSITIVE AND WILL FINISHING MY PREREQUISITE CLASSES THIS WINTER AND STARTING RADIATION THERAPY SCHOOL IN DEL-RAY BEACH FLORIDA AN AFTER COMPLETION PLAN TO WORK WITH THIS DEPARTMENT IN A PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SETTING. I ALSO AM IN THE FIRST STAGES OF CREATING A NON PROFIT GROUP THAT WOULD HELP FUND PEOPLE MEDICAL AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERIES TO INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF THAT ARE FACING THE AFTERMATH OF RADIATION TREATMENT, JUST NOW THERE SEEING THAT 20-25 YEARS OUT EVERYTHING I AM GOING THROUGH IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE. I AM VERY EASY GOING LAID BACK PERSON AND HAVE A VERY GOOD HEART AND LOVE TO LAUGH AND JOKE AROUND, I HAVENT EVEN TRIED DATING OF ANY KIND FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS AND HAVE STRICTLY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL BUT ITS TIME TO TRY AND START BACK. SO THAT IS A LITTLE ABOUT ME....FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IM AN OPEN BOOK....