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Dear Diary,

I was told by a doctor that writing about my illness may help me cope with it. Despite the fact I have no reason to cope with something that doesn't trouble me, I decided to give it a shot so I could at least say I tried:

I have a NET, which is a neuroendocrine tumor in my lungs.

It causes fatigue, chest pain, dizziness, and all the other typical symptoms of illnesses that everyone's already heard hundreds of times.

An atypical lung NET in stage one has a survival rate of about 90% after ten years. Apparently I'm lucky for that.

"Hey, you might not be dead ten years after spending your high school life in chemoradiation! Yay!"

How could someone like me be lucky? The children who are not in these hospitals are the lucky ones. The children who can hang out with friends are lucky.

And, speaking of friends, I am constantly thinking of them. And my classmates at school, and my teachers, my classes, my disorganized notebooks, the cute brand-new pencil case I bought for this school year. I miss these things from when everything was normal. I miss these things from when I was one of the lucky ones.

Love, Nene

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