Things have to occure for a reason

When I was a junior in college, doctors discovered a tumor growing out of my brain – stem. Ok, by discovered, I mean that one day it grew so big, that it put pressure on my right optical nerve. I don’t recall having many signs that something was out of the ordinary? I grew-up an avid athlete and was even nominated to the US Air Force Academy, but on the 25th of February 2000, the evil in my head finally had enough and destroyed my life, as I knew it.

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