🎈2️⃣8️⃣🎉 I had an INCREDIBLE 28th birthday!  It’s seriously going to be so difficult to top this birthday because there were so many things to celebrate. Not only did I get to celebrate it in the Bahamas on a shoot, but I got THE BEST special present this year…
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Just a few weeks ago, my PET scan came back clear, there’s no signs of cancer and I’m officially in complete remission 🙏🏻 I know some of you have been asking after my last chemo, what’s next? and so I wanted to update you all ♥️
This means that I’m 100% back to my regular life before the diagnosis🙌🏻 Wheeeee! It’s been honestly one heck of a year for me. So many different feelings and emotions that I’m still processing everything. I don’t regret a single day since the diagnosis because it didn’t only change my life, it saved me. The “horrible” days made the “okay” days, the best…days…ever. And the amazing days? You can only imagine!
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I learned the most important lesson of my life. Long post I know, but written with hope that it reaches the right person..

Last October, I was told I would be too sick to work, too weak of an immune system to be in large parties, airports, gyms. That I should forget about wanting to travel. I was told I would lose all my hair and have side effects from A-Z. Then have prescription medications for each one of those reactions.
When I heard all of this, it devastated me and it completely crushed me. I felt like I was about to lose my identity and ability to enjoy life, and I hated the thought of putting my career on pause. Especially when I felt things were finally starting to kick off for me. I’m not gonna lie, I cried my eyeballs out. It affected me for a few days until I said “Alright, that’s enough”… I cleared my mind, shaved my head, and had a game-plan 👊🏻

During my chemo treatments, I’ve worked harder than I ever have before and it’s been, by far, the most fruitful year of my career yet. I’ve been healthier, going to the gym and having a more active lifestyle even since before the diagnosis. I’ve been enjoying life to the fullest, going to way more events and parties, lots of airports and travel. By the 2nd treatment, my 10 drug prescriptions were put away and I had no more use for them. My hair didn’t fall out, in fact, it grew back in the middle of my treatment (for those of you that know about my fasting, I will be sharing a post on that sometime soon) Even my hair that started to thin out and fall out was like “we got this!” and my hair eventually started to full on sprout back in action. I liked to think the few hairs I had left as little Spartans holding on for their dear life! 🏇🏻🛡🗡I laughed at myself and found a way to bring humor into all the ways chemo affected my body. My favorite quote by Carlos Castaneda is: “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
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I didn’t let what was told was going to happen to me dictate my life. The paper that was handed to me that listed all my side effects was not a contract.
Cancer was in the background and out of focus
Life was in the foreground.
I ignored everything and lived only day to day, making sure every day was better than the previous one. I took that seriously, like it was my job, to push myself and only focus on improving each day instead of thinking of the overall picture.

I guess what im trying to say is, I didn’t let myself fall into a statistic. We’re not numbers, we are humans after all. Everything the oncologist had told me was based off of patient history numerical data. In a mathematical equation, you can also be an odd number and not the median.
When I truly believed that it was possible, I felt like nothing could stop me. For anyone going through a tough situation, you will get through it. I promise ♥️🙏🏻

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