Joseph Patrick Landin

HI! MY NAME IS JOSEPH LANDIN. IN 1975 WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA. I BEGAN MY TREATMENTS AT CHILDREN HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES; I RECEIVED CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION, BUT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. I WAS ON AND OFF OF TREATMENT FOR EIGHT YEARS AND DURING THE TIME I HAD RELAPSED 3 OR 4 TIMES. IN 1983 I HAD A BONE MARROW TRAN/PLANT AND RECEIVED MORE CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION, AND IN STRONGER DOSES. I WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD, AND STILL TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF THIS PROCEDURE.

I HAVE NOW BEEN IN REMISSION FOR FIFTEENS YEARS. WITHOUT THESE TREATMENTS MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. I AM A STRONGER PERSON BOTH HEALTH WISE AND ABLE TO DO THINGS, I COULD NOT DO BEFORE, FIRST, I WAS ABLE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE NOW COMPLETED COLLEGE. I HAVE PLANS TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AS I CANCER ST VOR, I SHARED BY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS WHO ARE GOIN

UGH THE CANCER TREATMENTS.

FOR THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH TEEN IMPACT, A PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER. AT FIRST I WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND NOW I AM A PEER COUNSELOR HELPING OTHERS DEAL WITH THEIR DIAGNOSIS.

AS I SURVIVOR, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN A FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES. THE HOSPITAL WAS MY FIRST HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND THE MEMORIES WILL REMAIN STRONG IN BOTH MY HEART AND MIND.

FOR ME IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK FOR ALL THAT WAS GIVEN WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. I AM A STRONGER PERSON BOTH HEALTH WISE AND ABLE TO DO THINGS, I COULD NOT DO BEFORE, FIRST, I WAS ABLE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE NOW COMPLETED COLLEGE. I HAVE PLANS TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AS I CANCER ST VOR, I SHARED BY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS WHO ARE GOIN

UGH THE CANCER TREATMENTS.

FOR THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH TEEN IMPACT, A PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER. AT FIRST I WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND NOW I AM A PEER COUNSELOR HELPING OTHERS DEAL WITH THEIR DIAGNOSIS.

AS I SURVIVOR, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN A FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES. THE HOSPITAL WAS MY FIRST HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND THE MEMORIES WILL REMAIN STRONG IN BOTH MY HEART AND MIND.

FOR ME IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK FOR ALL THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME.

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