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- I was diagnosed at 11.

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Yeah.

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I was 11-years-old when I was diagnosed.

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So I was misdiagnosed four times.

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So they kept telling me it was the flu,

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it was the flu, go home.

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And then finally a doctor caught on.

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I had Leukemia.

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I had cancer.

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And I went through four and
a half years of treatment.

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And I've pretty much had
every side effect deny me.

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I've been trying to get
into any branch of service

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since I was 16.

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As soon as it got to my medical history,

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it was an immediate no.

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I didn't get a chance to test.

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I didn't get a chance to PT.

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It was pretty much "No,
we don't need you".

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But working and working, working
with these recruiters here,

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pretty much have gotten
me where I need to be.

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I finally got a ship date.

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I feel as though what I can
get at the Marine Corps,

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I can't get from any other branch

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and their dedication has shown me that.

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My recruiters alone had showed
me the dedication that they

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have towards themselves,
the Corps, and myself.

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And it's just, I want
to prove it to myself

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that I can do it.

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And I'm not just saying it,

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but my recruiter and
Gunny himself are probably

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the most dedicated Marines that I've met

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and gentlemen that I've worked with.

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Besides my parents,

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I've never met anybody
so dedicated to just

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helping me get to my life goals.