*real life update/lots of dumb and scattered thoughts and reflecting*
*will be a long tweet and hopefully not too heavy*
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Some of you guys know, some don't, but at 20, I was diagnosed with cancer. A handful of surgeries, months of chemo and stem cell transplants later, I was given the all clear.
A few days ago, I had a follow up appt with my oncologist and that was given a still all clear, and despite the last few years having a few scares - I'll hit 10 years remission!, which is essentially a safer all clear and no more follow ups!!
My oncologist did ask me about what got me through the last ten years, getting back to *normal" and I answered Pokémon Go.
It's kinda silly that what's essentially a gacha game has made this big of an impact - but it's gotten me out of the house, despite having a completely decimated lung capacity. From someone who's barely been able to walk around the block, to now being able to walk silly distances for the grind or for 🤮raids🤮. Of course a lot of the motivation were the hundos, stats, medals - but fundamentally it was the local and online communities that gave me that further drive. To keep going.
So just a proper thank you to everyone who's been a part of the last decade, in the game - to whatever capacity; 93nino days, 93yummy days or even notso days. Without the comraderie, I'm not entirely sure where I would be in terms of ~rehabilitation~. But this poorly coded shitstorm of a game has made a massively positive impact in my life, but I'm glad you're all weathering this poorly coded shitstorm with me 🙏 and I can't be more thankful
I aim to keep bettering myself as aspects of the past still stick around, but the fact that there's more normality is just nice
Enough emotion. Krab Rave 🦀