Maria Schiavo:  

Life As you all may or may not remember in our Sophomore year at St Maria Goretti I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I returned to school in our Junior year and was in remission. After graduation I attended St Joseph's for Radiologic Technology for 6 months when I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Unfortunately, I discontinued my schooling for chemotherapy and radiation. I worked as a salesperson and finally became a Travel Agent. The hours were long and hard but I did some great travelling and saw parts of the world I never dreamed I'd see. My first trip out of the country even had me recalling things I learned in Freshman Social Studies. Things I thought at the time were stupid really came to life and made sense. I was doing just fine when in 1987 I found a lump in my breast and though it was not Breast Cancer it was the same as the 2nd time, A.L.L. I was given 3 choices of treatment and I chose the Bone Marrow Transplant. I was told for t...Expand for more