The Nitty Gritty - MY reminders to appreciate the little things.

[TheLeanne32]

you are amazing my 8 year old is now fighting apml xx

[kymlouise]

so proud of u x

[MichCoccaBene]

Hey Risa! Did you ever get any spinal taps where they put chemo in your spine? So far that is my worst experience in dealing with my leukemia (diagnosed Dec 22 09) although the bone marrow biopsy I had was just so awful and painful too :(

[LadyBubblePop]

thank you for this video

I had a cousin that was in was fighting with Cancer, she never talked about it but her mood swings were scaring me and hurting me.

Now I finally understand thank you for a very positive and strong video

<3

[Ladyhawkwright]

I have had Chronic Neutropenia for over a year now and nobody even told me until a couple of weeks ago! No wonder I was so sick and always weak. hugs hugs hugs

[StellarPrelude]

Thank you. <3

[Butterflybdj]

I completely understand what you mean with this video. Esp. the end. My dad died of cancer and he was really sick like you were. (not the same cancer of course but went through the same things) So, when you were talking about all the things the medicines did I totally knew what you were talking about. You are awesome for sharing these things, people in general take life for granted and you are so right!

[QueenLeilani]

i'm glad ur here too & back & healthy. i got emotional watchin this cuz i definetly feel 4 u. i didnt hav chemo but i was very sick for 6 mths & hospitalized w/ meningitis & not able to move. i loss feelin in my lower 1/2 of my body & was carried 2 the hospital. doctors had me bend forward & injected long thick needles between my spine 2 get fluid. It's SO painful cuz i hav scoliosis so they did it 3x. i had much pressure in my head all the time, like it would explode. i'm glad it's over now.

[linda55pr]

wow yu have such a positive attitude. love it. my daughter has had neutropenia for a year now

[flowerpower213456]

You are so strong that I feel kind of inspired

[felicce666]

thanks for sharing that, you are wonderfully opened

[danixk]

thank you for this!

[MyVanityTable]

This was very beautiful, thank you so much for sharing

[lizzay127]

My dad's boss/best friend is battling brain cancer for the THIRD time right now. It's horrible to hear about all the things patients have to go through...very humbling though, I guess..

[meiastar]

Wow, you just totally blew me away. I cried a little too. I don't know what else to say. I feel like giving you a hug. Thank god/goddess/universe you're alive!

[chavezwifey]

you are an amazing person ♥

[MssRodriguez247]

Were thankful your here too Risa. :)

[recapitulation]

Thanks for sharing all of that Risa, we're glad you're here too.

[MetteLine80]

Thank you Risa <3

[PMGmakeup]

HI Risa, my dad is waiting for a lung transplant. Recently he had bronchitis and had to be under a coma to let a machine breath for him. It was all pretty scary and we thought we was not going to make it. We he finally woke up, he was delirious and thought that all the nurses wanted to take his lungs. And we got called into the hospital many night because of the affect of the medication. It must be hard being the one on the hospital bed. I'm glad you're better. :)

[cecelurve]

I've been reading My Sister's Keeper, and everything you're saying I have read about in the book. It's crazy that you've actually gone through something that I'm reading about. You're so brave and so lucky, girl.

[davidluv4]

Risa, wow, you brought tears to my eyes. Just hearing you be so incredibly thankful for that wind...amazing. YOU'RE amazing! :)

[12434325]

Hey Risa!I can honestly say that you're an amazing person.I admire that you have the courage to talk about all you've been through, and beside that, you actually say all those things to people you don't know and that's big.Anyways, you are a beautifull person.On the inside and the outside.Youre such a model for me, and Im sure that Im not the only one that thinks like so.Thank you for being you!Im sorry if my English is not very perfect, my principal language is not English.

[sohaira]

dammmnnn go ahead i wuld be proud of myself to if i went thro all that madddd props!!!!!!!!

[STARDORKS]

damn girl, mad props.=)

[SarbuttX3]

wow, that sounds awful. Im sad you had to go through that, but glad that you can appreciate the expierence.

[SugarCoatedKitten]

call me a baby but i seriously almost cried at the end, we take things like that for granted and i can't even imagine how u felt. i'm so glad ur here and i'm sure what u went through made u a stronger person ( as cliche as that sounds lol)

[Medusa1985]

You make realize how superficial I am. Thanks for this little videos that make me re-evaluate my priorities. I´m glad you are here in this world even though I probably never meet you in person .

[rockerchick2719]

wow thank you for sharing this that was an amazing story

[takethesewingsandfly]

Amazing, thanks for sharing.

[emilylengriffin]

wow. amazing story. :)

[stlxprincess]

Very powerful. Im sort of stuck in the house right now because of my limited mobility. And Ive been having injections into my back, and even with the local, it hurts like Hell. I cant imagine how much worse a bone marrow procedure must be.

Get a tattoo of a woman (you) standing in the wind- hair and gauzy dress blowing behind you. That would be beautiful!

[JessKoeh88]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, Risa.

[JennyChoo82]

Thanks again for sharing your story.

[Sassafras72]

Thank you for sharing this. I love your story about the wind because I so totally know where you are coming from with this. I have had to be hospitalized for months at a time with nothing but the hospital room and the 4 walls and when you get that freedom its like nothing you can really explain to people. I am one those people who appreciates even the tiniest of things because my life could have been over about 10 years ago now and I survived a major infection in my foot from a pressure sore.

[Sassafras72]

But it never really hit me that I could have died from the infection until Christopher Reeves died from an infection from a bed sore thats when I realized how seriously my life was on the line and that was really scary.

[gra3lauren]

thank you so much for this.

[crazythinker1]

i think youre great!

[beautyzone1]

my sister has a type of brain cancer.. she's neutropenic all the time. Thank you for these videos. It shows what cancer is really about.