Well today's the one year anniversary of my diagnosis with Hodgkin's. I'm not really sure how to feel about it. Israel asked me today if I think I'm a different person than before I was diagnosed. It's something I actually think about a lot. Something I concluded a while ago was that cancer was the best things to ever happen to me , and I still believe that. I think about all the things I've gone through in the past 12 months, and how different things are now. All of the people that have become more important to me while others have slipped away. I had a very different perspective on things before being diagnosed. My determination and ability to persevere have greatly increased. Not everything has changed for the better unfortunately. In some ways I have become closed off; more specifically in terms of relationships. Going through cancer was an emotionally hardening experience that I'm discovering has had a big effect on what I'm capable of sharing with some people, save for those close friends who have been through everything with me.

All things considered, I would definitely say that I am a different person than before I was diagnosed.