re: Name something amazing you have done, if you have done anything amazing.

Was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma in dec.2011. Underwent 5 months of chemo and scanned clear at the end of the cycle.It relapsed 5 months later in fall 2012...and very quickly and aggressively. By the time I started treatment again, the tumor was 14 centimeter x 9 cm and completely wrapped around my lower spine between L1-L4. It destroyed almost all the nerves in my right leg and I was in a wheelchair. Underwent aggressive chemo/radiation treatment for 5 months at Emory. Inpatient for almost 70 days during that time. Day after day of being apart from my 4 children, ages 3,8,12 and 14. Treatment ended with a stem cell transplant in March 13. So far, I am a year in the clear. But I will say that it took more mental preparation and discipline to make myself remain at peace with the possible outcome of that sickness than anything I have ever done. I am a person of faith, and that helped me a lot. But I also had a "bring it on" attitude and was determined that even though I know I will one day die, my mindset was "not now and not by this."