Support Enrique’s Journey Through Hodgkin's Lymphoma

I was encouraged by a couple of people to create this because they and I believe it would really be a stress reliever throughout my journey ahead.

I’ve been through a lot of challenges, a lot of obstacles, and many different battles throughout my life. Like most people, we just all have different stories. At an early age of 11 months old, I burned myself with a pot of coffee, which sent me to the hospital. I had a skin graft surgery done. The doctor took skin from an area on me and placed it on the burned area. That was my first surgery that brought challenges emotionally. When I was in high school, as most of y’all know, I had surgery on my heart to have a blood clot removed. That had its own obstacles, definitely with trying to finish high school while going in and out of doctor visits. Then trying to figure out what to do after high school. A month before graduation, I had another big turn of events in my life. I had my left leg amputated due to blood clots as well. It was the biggest life-changing moment of my life. I missed out on graduation and walking across the stage with the rest of my class, and to have the opportunity to prove a lot of people wrong. That moment of me losing my leg took me down a very dark path on drugs and doing things way out of my character. But now I’m 10 years clean and going strong. This new battle that I’m going through is my scariest one. In the beginning of November, I noticed some swelling that I had never seen before. I thought maybe I’d gained weight because it’s the cold season and I’m hibernating for the winter. lol. Well, eventually I got concerned and finally went to the doctors after being told multiple times by a great person in my life that I should have gone sooner. Well, after 3 doctor visits, a lot of blood work done, and a painful spinal tap, I found out I have Hodgkin’s lymphoma stage 1. As you can imagine, I was in big shock and definitely worried and scared. The team of doctors I have around me are keeping me very positive about things. I’m still trying to understand everything they have told me and all the information they have given me so far. I share this with you guys not because I want y’all to feel bad for me. This is my battle that I’m given to take on, and I’m not gonna run from this new battle. I share this because I do ask for your support, even if it’s a hello or a keep your chin up. If you took the time to read this, I do appreciate you to the fullest. I really don’t talk to a lot of people anymore, so I really don’t have much of a support system anymore. So it really would mean the world if you just let me know that you are rooting for me and imma get through this.

Thank you everyone! ❤️