Meg
    Location: Cotton Valley, LA
    Name: Megan
    Did You Have Cancer?: Yes
    Diagnosis Acute Promyleocytic Leukemia
    Protocol and Treatment Chemotherapy, Total Body Irradiation, and a Bone Marrow Transplant from my sister (100% match)
    Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Gender: Female
    Location: Memphis, Tennessee
    Relationship: Single
    Children Status: Maybe Someday
    Here For: Friends, Networking, Support, Mentor, Laugh
    High School Cotton Valley High School
    College: Louisiana Tech University
    Religion: Christian
    Favorite Music: ALL kinds...
    Favorite Movies: There are so many.
    Favorite Books: The Bible...The Five Peolple You Meet in Heaven...The Harry Potter Series...Word Love by Hillary Faith...and...Who Moved My Cheese...
    Favorite TV Show's: I have a few...
    Camps: Camp Mak-A-Dream
    Activities: Hunting, Fishing, Shopping, Hanging out with my friends and family, Traveling, Cooking, Drawing, ALL sports, and many other things...
    Interests: The list goes on and on..
    About Me: Ok, About me...I'm 24 years old and I'm juat starting to find out who I really am. I'm strong-willed and will not let the fact that I had cancer define who I am. I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve and I show my true emotions in my eyes. I love to sing and put on mini-concerts in my car. I dance like there is no one else in the room. My family and my faith in God are very important to me. Sometimes I pray all night long. I've been in love a whopping total of once in my life, and I finally realized that he wasn't worth the tears. I always have the best intentions but the worst follow through. I'm a huge procrastinator. I love meeting new people, and I make friends easily. I tend to talk quite a bit and sometimes I say more than I should. I am very outspoken, and have a bad habit of speaking my mind. I have a thick Southern accent and get picked on for it constantly. There's no place I'd rather be than home. Whether it's down in the woods on my deer stand or just hanging out with my family. I am definitely not perfect, but God made me the way I am for a reason, and who am I to argue with God?
    Ok, a little bit about my past. When I was 15 I was diagnosed with Acute Promyleocytic Leukemia (APL), and I spent nearly 3 years at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It is an AMAZING place! The doctors there saved my life. I also underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant. My sister, Jennifer, was my donor. It is very rare for siblings to match, but she was a 100% match. My other sister, Heather, spoils me, but I don't see anything wrong with that. LOL! Without God, my family, and my friends(that actually stuck by me) I wouldn't be here today.The head transplant doctor, whom I respect very much once told me that God saved me for a reason, and once I got well, I needed to go out and find that reason, my true purpose. That meant a lot to me, and that's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to find my purpose in life, and for once, trying to make my life make sense.

    It's Been a While

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:09 AM [General]

    Ok...So it's been a while since I was last on here, and I thought I would give everyone an update.  Things are going good, just a bit stressful.  I'm in my last semester of college.  I'm due to graduate in December.  YAY!  Well, that's if I can make it through Philosophy.  I can't stand that class.  It's like reading in circles, and the Professor is dry as a bone.  I'm not sure as of now what I'm going to do when I graduate.  I was pretty dead-set on going to graduate school and getting my Master's in Clinical Psychology, but at this moment I'm pretty burnt out.  I may take a semester off.  I think I need to do some "soul searching."  If I had the money I would travel, but that is out of the question.  I was thinking about going to Winter YAC, so y'all let me know if any of y'all are planning on going this year.  I've always wanted to go to a winter YAC, so this year would be a good opportunity.  Other than that, my life has been pretty bland.  Just the usual aches and pains, and trying to keep up with the hectic lifestyle I try to lead.  I'm so stressed at the moment.  I just can't wait until December.  I could use a nice vacay!  Love y'all!

    <3 Meg

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    A's and B's

    Saturday, May 17, 2008, 12:41 PM [General]

         So, I just finished up the semester, and needless to say, this was a very stressful semester.  Between migraines that kept me in bed, thinking I had the stomach flu for weeks, and finally finding out that I needed my gallbladder taken out, it was really hard to keep up with my classes.  I'm a Senior Psychology major and I'm due to graduate in December.  My classes are gettting harder by the minute, and this semester I had two of hardest classes I've ever had;  Physio and Cognitive Psychology.  They were definitely kicking my butt.  I thought for sure that I was going to end up with ALL C's and my Advisor was going to be so pissed at me because we'd just had a meeting where he'd patted me on the back and told me how good I was doing and that I could get into any Doctorate program I wanted, IF I WANTED. Today, I was very reluctant to pull up my grades, I just knew I was going to be disappointed in myself.  When I pulled them up, I nearly had a massive coronary in my living room.  I couldn't believe it.  I had an A in Sociobiology and B's in my other 4 classes.  I was so proud of myself.  I guess hardwork and being stubborn really does pay off.  So, I guess I'm saying.  Don't get yourself down.  Even when you think all is lost, there's still hope.
          Oh, and for all my Camp Mak-A-Dream friends, I'm not going to be able to make it this summer.  I'm having to take some summer classes this June.  I'm hoping to attend my first Winter YAC this year, so maybe I'll see y'all there.  I miss y'all and love y'all!

    <3 Meg

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