Amanda
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  • Tallahassee, FL
  • United States
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About Me:
I am a 23 year old recent college graduate. I am in the transition stage between college and "adulthood."
About my Loss:
I lost my dad about a week after graduating college. Juggling a very ill father while working full time during my final semester was a horrible experience for me.

My dad passed on August 19, 2012. He had cancer for about 6 weeks. Although Hodgkin Lymphoma is a very easily treated disease, his heart failure and muscular diseases made the chemo therapy lethal, and he succumbed to the cancer within two weeks.

He left a very big hole in my heart :(

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The day that changed my life forever

Warning: This summary of what happened to my dad may be a trigger to others.. Please read at your own discretion as this is pretty detailed.

Just a bit of a background before I proceed: My dad was diagnosed with Myesthenia Gravis, a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease about 10 years ago. This disease requires the use of immuno-suppressants, which if taken for an extended amount of time, may cause cancer (in this case,…

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Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:00pm

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