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What is the point of life if it\u2019s not at its fullest potential?\u00a0 Everything should only be done to its fullest because if it\u2019s not, then there is not a point in doing it.\u00a0 I learned this through my experience of when I fought through my cancer treatments.\u00a0 It was an experience in which I learned and in which I changed and one that I cannot forget.<\/p>\n
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During my sophomore year in high school it was discovered that I had cancer and would need three rounds of chemo therapy.\u00a0 At the time my family and I received this news, I was concerned with missing the upcoming soccer season, and little did I know what this diagnosis would bring.\u00a0 Soon after the problem was discovered, a surgery was performed to remove the tumor.\u00a0 The decision that I would need chemo therapy came soon after the surgery to ensure the cancer was surely gone.<\/p>\n
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Various testing began such as X-rays, CT scans, blood work, breathing tests, and even hearing tests.\u00a0 The chemo started soon and I progressively felt worse and worse as the three rounds wore on.\u00a0 My body physically was taking a toll, I had lost weight to an unhealthy point, I didn\u2019t want to eat and had no desire to move.\u00a0 Mentally I had every desire to move and be anywhere but a hospital, I would have especially liked a soccer field, but I could only dream and gaze to the outdoors for I was too weak and sick to even be able to walk.\u00a0 By the third round of chemo, I had to stay an entire extra week because of my poor condition.\u00a0 When the treatment was all over more tests and scans were carried out, but I was able to finally start recovering.\u00a0 Recovery was frustrating and very exciting at the same time.\u00a0 I felt like a wild animal finally released from its cage, but at the same time, I still felt chained because I was so weak I had to take my recovery very slowly in order to not injure myself.\u00a0 Finally, four surgeries later, twenty pounds lost, weeks upon weeks in a hospital, countless tests done, far behind in school and no physical activity in weeks and I was eager to return to my life as fast as possible.<\/p>\n
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As I finally returned, I had a different outlook on the world.\u00a0 After feeling trapped doing nothing but throwing up all my guts, I had returned with determination and in a mindset to not waist anything.\u00a0 I had felt what it was like to be restricted and I was not going to waste my life doing meaningless tasks and wasting time.\u00a0 I am going to live my life to the upmost fullest. \u00a0\u00a0I stopped watching TV; I stopped playing video games and stopped staying inside so much.\u00a0 I found no reason or anyway to improve or make myself better inside on a TV. \u00a0I was constantly outside getting in shape, getting stronger, and I did not want to feel trapped by any walls that lacked importance or interest. \u00a0\u00a0I wasted no time with anything of importance.\u00a0 My school grades went back up compared to when I was in the hospital; I worked my body to top physical condition again and returned for the next soccer season.\u00a0 I have kept this mindset to not waste time and to constantly make myself better as much as I can.\u00a0 This experience has taught me not to waste the precious time I have because I never know when it will be ripped away.\u00a0 With this precious time, I have used it to fill everything I do to its fullest potential.<\/p>\n
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-Elias Delvasto<\/p>\n
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