AaronOutward

This past year has been quite the adventure with many ups and downs. On February 8th, 2010 I was officially diagnosed with B-Cell Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Since then I have completed a year of chemotherapy and undergone a Bone Marrow Transplant from an unrelated donor.

I created my blog very early on in my treatment. In the beginning my blogging topics were predominantly focused on my journey to recovery. It provided the perfect way to provide updates in one central location to everyone.

As my journey continued and my treatments progressed, I realized I was changing. I had begun looking at myself much more introspectively. This self reflection gave me the realization that that my journey with Acute Leukemia was providing me with so many invaluable lessons about both, myself and life.

This is when I realized the time had come to begin the shift in the direction of the blog to becoming more outwardly focused. Going through Cancer teaches us so many things, and most of us don’t get the opportunity to learn these lessons until we are personally faced with a life altering event. But why should that be the case? Why should only cancer survivors be privy to these lessons?

Which brings us to today. I have shifted the main focus of the blog to speak about the wonderful things cancer teaches us about personal growth and self development.