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Kevie25 
I was diagnosed with chronic myloid leukemia on 19/12/2008. As soon as they mentioned the word leukemia and I realised it's a form of cancer my world fell apart and I became very withdrawn. I started to ignore my friends and family and hide away in my flat so no one could see me. I took the news really hard and kept thinking why me?? I have two brothers and a sister and yet it's me, not that I wish it on them. I thought I had been given a death sentence and that life may go on for a few more months then that would be it. That was untill I started looking into the condition and understanding what it was I had, I then became more open again and mentally thought I won't let this beat me, I have and am being strong and am carrying on with life as normal cause I don't want to allow the condition from stopping me from living as I thought if I do that I might as well already have let it beat me. I go for my appointments at the hospital and have my blood taken, but my moto is don't worry unless they call me and tell me I need to go back. My consultant has been great I asked him if I was going to die quickly and he said that 85% of patients are still alive 7 years after diagnosis so I thought thats better than say %10 or %50. Being positive is whats keeping me going and I don't really have a lot of support casue even though my friends and family know about my condition I'm kindda in this one alone. I think all you guys on here are really brave, and I think I am too. Before I was diagnosed I always thought about money and having the best of everything but now I realise that your health is your number one priorty and if you have that you don't ave nothing. I wish all of you the best and hope your treatments work for your CML, if any of you wanna chat or message then thats great. I'm 27yrs old and am from the united kingdom.
