introductions 2

what i'm about to do I very much don't like...but i understand i can't just jump into my thoughts without some background information.. so if you will allow me i'd like to tell you as much I feel like about myself and how I have come to this point in my life..

My parents are persian, I was born in Canada, and I was raised in China.. my parents moved us there when I was 9 years old.. and I moved back to vancouver for university in 2002. I speak Farsi, English and Mandarin.. home is considered china.. where my parents live.. i have 2 siblings.. a younger brother and sister...I am religious and I believe in the Bahai Faith. After a year and a half of university I went and did 18 months of volunteer work in Israel where I met my wife. We decided to get married within 6 month of our relationship but due to circumstances we had a 2 year, long distance relationship before we could get married. My wife moved to vancouver in 2007 aug.. and a week into us living in the same city (finally) I was diagnosed with Leukemia....

I went into remission fast ..within the first round.. and had treatment until May of the next year.. we got married July 2008 and moved to toronto.. i then relapsed in my CNS in November of that same year.. and now I am going through treatment again.. but this one is longer.. and very .. VERY much harder...

to put in a nut-shell.. the things that effect and affect my life the most would be the following.. china, family, religion, israel, university, leukemia and my wife.

I am hoping this blog will help not only people my age with cancer but friends and family members who are involved one way or another with cancer... I'm not the type of person to go to a support group.. so i guess i'm hoping for this to be my 'support group'