Who’s Gon Stop Me!!

Posted on by Timstrong

I just can’t contain myself. I know it’s not a full year yet. But the change I see. All over. Even in my face. The left looks like a face of a defeated man. The right is a thriving man. I flipped the script and decided it was time to fight like hell to live. This terminal brain tumor was not and is not going to get the best of me!! I chose to fight cancer with the addition of fitness. I have cut out alcohol and am over a year sober. I am bringing cancer along for the ride. Cancer is living with me!! I chose to fight!! I’m not done yet. I have so much more to do and achieve. Lives to change. One year into this battle battle and I’m just getting stronger!!

Published by Timstrong

Back in June 2006, the summer before my senior year of high school I started this rollercoaster ride and was diagnosed with Leukemia. Then fast forward two years of treatment with chemo and a few hip surgeries including having both my hips replaced. I still managed to graduate high school in 2007 while fighting cancer and treating. I took 2 years college tuition as my make a wish and determined right there that I was going to beat cancer and be a college graduate. But little did I know that I was going to have another fight with cancer in the form of brain tumor come May 2013. A Grade II astrocytoma to be precise. I ended up having to put college on the back burner to fight this battle and I came out on top again. Now what brings me to why I'm starting this blog. I recently managed to fulfill my dream and graduated college on May 9th 2018. Unfortunately only to find out the very next day that my tumor had come back and appeared to be a higher grade.