JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.

You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Click here for instructions on enabling javascript in your browser.

For every item purchased, a cancer patient gets a free Tough S.O.B. toque!



 

In November 2013 I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and was given six weeks to live.

 

At the time my boys were one and three and I was thinking what is going to happen to us now?

 

Thankfully there is Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. I was transferred to PMH and started chemo the next day.

 

I shaved my head before my hair fell out, I kept my head up high to welcome this seemingly impossible fight, and kept focused on the task at hand - getting healthy and back to my boys!

 

After 3 rounds of chemo, I was in remission! However, another tougher fight was ahead of me. I had a Bone Marrow Transplant in August 2014. The toughest thing I’ve ever had to do. I was told the survival for the first 100 days was only 50%. I had to fight so hard to stay alive.

 

I am proud to announce that I am healthy and happy today!

 

I am a Tough S.O.B because I fought so incredibly hard, with a positive attitude and some smiles along the way. There were times when I looked into the mirror, feeling sad. Who is this person in front of me, so beat up and sick. My sweet brother in law gave me a Tough S.O.B. toque, which reminds me how awesome I really am! “Hey Jess, you are one tough S.O.B!!! I love you and I am so proud of you!” All we need is just a little reminder.

 

Big love,

Jessica the Fighter


 


Return