The journey that I have embarked on to get where I am today has been a long and strenuous one. Beginning at the age of six months old, doctors found an abnormal blood vessel rupture in my brain, a medical condition known as Cavernous Angioma, and had to perform a number of considerable operations. Post-op, however, I was able to develop as any child typically would, until about the age of thirteen. It was then that I had another brain hemorrhage, requiring even more surgery. Of course, being of an adolescent age at this time, it was significantly more difficult getting through this particular chapter in my life, but I chose to believe in myself. And with the strength and encouragement of my support system, I got through it.
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