It was 23 years ago today that my life completely changed. It was the day I was told that I had Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. And although that is technically not a good thing to celebrate, I choose to look at it positively in the way that no matter what I’m going through now, I’m still here and healthy. Getting sick and having my transplant changed me. I’m more outgoing and try to live my life to the fullest and I’ll tell anyone that will listen about what I went through. I’ve been a Bone Marrow Transplant Mentor for other transplant patients for a few years now and I’ve walked in the Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society the last 19 years to raise money for awareness and help for other Leukemia patients. And I will continue to use my story to help others who are going through what I went through. So technically, it’s an anniversary of something bad that happened in my life, I choose to celebrate the fact that I went through all of that and I'm still here, alive and kicking! 🧡💚 #cmlsurvivor #cml #chronicmyelogenousleukemia #bmtsurvivor #bmt #bonemarrowtransplantrecipient #registry #unrelateddonor #dkms #bethematch #giftoflife #nbmt #thebmcf #rushuniversitymedicalcenter #chicago #leukemiandlymphomasociety #lls #lightthenightwalk #ltn #michellessunrisecrew #23years https://pages.lls.org/ltn/chi/Metrochicago23/MMeents (Link in Bio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpW1YvAscG5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
