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I was more mentally focused than

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physical if that makes sense . Um I had

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already , you know , envisioned and

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talked myself into , you know , seeing ,

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visualizing myself , passing , you know ,

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each event , but one event at a time .

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So it was extremely difficult . Yes ,

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it was in November of 2021 . Uh my

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significant other uh carter , she had

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pushed for me to get my uh age 40

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mammogram , Uh something that I knew

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that I needed to get done . However , I

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was just kind of just dragging my feet

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to be honest , but um her encouraging

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of me going to get uh checked out and ,

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you know , early detection , we know is

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the key after the surgery . I was

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unable to even lift my arms up shoulder

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length . I couldn't lift anything more

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than £2. Um I needed

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assistance , doing basic things , basic

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daily living . Uh As far as , you know ,

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eating and bathing and things of that

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nature , I needed assistance with that .

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So getting to this point of being able

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to lift more than £2 being able to

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raise my arms , uh It's just , it's

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just been a , a wonderful and , and AAA

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beautiful journey and experience . It's

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been challenging to say the least , but

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it's been great getting to this point .

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I definitely wanna thank um my family ,

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definitely my significant other Keisha

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Carter , but also my family that's here

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with me , uh here at Fort Bragg , the

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whole G 33 team . So yes , I'm

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definitely gonna absolutely miss them .