I also have just um gone through a lot of things that most people my age haven't , and I've been able to get past those things . I think for me personally , the biggest thing was , um , my faith , uh , and my Christianity , I think that for me was really a rock , and as well as my family , um , they were just really a solid point in my life that , uh , I didn't have to worry about that changing . Um , and with that , I think you can really focus on the things and go through these hard moments , um , through your life and kind of just Like , make it through these hard moments because things are not gonna be easy in your life , but if you have things you can rely on , things you can trust in , you can .
I think for me personally , the biggest thing was , um , my faith , uh , and my Christianity , I think that for me was really a rock , and as well as my family , um , they were just really a solid point in my life that , uh , I didn't have to worry about that changing . Um , and with that , I think you can really focus on the things and go through these hard moments , um , through your life and kind of just Like , make it through these hard moments because things are not gonna be easy in your life , but if you have things you can rely on , things you can trust in , you can . Um , just take it minute by minute at the hardest times because When it gets to those really dark times , you don't have the ability to look too far forward , and you just have to really focus and um just fight minute by minute and those trials , although they seem long , um , you get through them because , you know , things move , things continue to change and the world doesn't stop .
Um , you go from 17 being a pretty elite athlete at the high school level in both football and track to really just being incapacitated by , um , cancer , and I think . That is just a huge um Huge event in your life . Uh , but I was , um , diagnosed when I was 17 , uh , pretty much my old senior , second semester of my senior year , as well as that summer , um , was going through treatments and um just getting through that , and that was really a battle .
I'm hoping to go to med school and um Hoping from there to become an orthopedic surgeon , although that is . Years away and many decisions from now can change that plan , but that is kind of the blueprint that I'm heading towards . I think , um , just having that academic , uh , and just kind of plan .
Um , and with that , I think you can really focus on the things and go through these hard moments , um , through your life and kind of just Like , make it through these hard moments because things are not gonna be easy in your life , but if you have things you can rely on , things you can trust in , you can . Um , just take it minute by minute at the hardest times because When it gets to those really dark times , you don't have the ability to look too far forward , and you just have to really focus and um just fight minute by minute and those trials , although they seem long , um , you get through them because , you know , things move , things continue to change and the world doesn't stop . When I was 17 , I was diagnosed with um stage 4 lymphoma .
