An Introduction
Who Am I? What is my story? My name is Millie and I'm a teenage cancer survivor. In May 2016 I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (a semi - rare form of blood cancer). I felt like I lost quite a huge part of myself when I started to look different. My long, thick hair had completely fallen out, I lost and gained weight all the time, I also lost a lot of body muscle; my toned calves and flat stomach. Everything I had that I had begun to love about myself, was gone within weeks. As you can imagine, it's hard to stay positive and feel beautiful when you no longer recognise yourself, and it's true. There were so many days (and there still are) where I'd take a good long look at myself and think, well I wouldn't have this wrong with me or I wouldn't look like this if I hadn't gotten sick, and so on. And its okay to think that. It's totally natural, which is why I want to start this blog. Why do I want to make this blog? I can't say