Re-introduction

Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind supports the body too.
                                   ~John Armstrong

I’ve started a blog. A Web-log. But I’m not at all good with diaries and schedules and stuff. I have wanted to keep a diary when I was young but just about lacked the perseverance to keep at it. This is not going to be a diary. This is going to be about laughing, about having fun. About meeting somebody named CML, tentatively getting to know him better and creating a life long companionship with him. About accepting and giving back.

This is not all going to be about me (I hope). Yes, I have Leukaemia, I will talk about it. I will tell you how I got it, what Leukaemia is and what it means to have something like that in Sri Lanka. But, if ever this blog goes onto become a “Boo hoo, I have leukaemia! Come wrap your arms around me” type of thing; warn me, I promise I’ll stop. And in due course if I can convince at least one or two of you, to have hope in the face of cancer or any other disease, I’ve done my bit.

Before you ask I have a good prognosis and am going to outlive you, or give you a good run at it.

I hope you’ll enjoy the race… I know I’m going to.

To Start...

Introductions are in order, I guess.

Well this Blog is going to be about myself, me having CML, and all else that springs up.

Definitions...
Me- An easy going happy go lucky 24 year old just starting out, (wild eyed) on a journey of wonders through the blogosphere.

CML- Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, simply a cancer in the bone marrow, which I've been having for 3 years now. For more info.

But no, this blog is not going to be a rave about myself and a cry over my condition. Rather, I will probably tell you how glad I am to have CML. And that is not a constructed attitude, I am really happy.
This blog maybe an emotional chanelling of sorts. But I promise it won't be sordid.
I will tell you more, as we progress along.
Thats all for now.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
~Eleanor Roosevelt