Hello everyone my name is Debbie and I was diagnosed with AML November 23 of 2023 when I went in for was shortness of breath, thinking it had to do with my Parkinson’s disease and they tested me and informed me I had leukemia. Which was a big shock because I just battled breast cancer November 17 of 2017 and thought I was cancer free and I never have to deal with that ever again, but I was wrong. I was told I had six months to live. If I did not do a stem cell transplant and I wasn’t ready to let go. I have a wife. I’m very happy to be with so I said let’s do it even though I said I would never do chemo again, but my biggest accomplishment that I feel like I had control was when it came time that my hair was falling out, and I asked the people at city of Hope in Duarte, where I was staying to have the barber to come up and shave my my head. Because I was in control I was not gonna let cancer control every part of my life. This I had control of and it was very empowering to be able to make that decision and do myself as you can see I’m talking to you today so you know chemo works stem cell transplant workjust do what your oncologist says and the most important thing is to keep a smile on your face and keep positive and keep positive people around you so just so you know I’m here if you need to talk. Sincerely, Debbie best known as TNWARRIOR