Hii I’m making a campaign to help me make through college!!

LadiRoyale Davis Start Date: Aug 4, 2024 - End Date: Aug 13, 2024
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
  • Study/Degree Abroad
  • Michigan, United States of America

My Travel Story

by: LadiRoyale Davis Start Date: Aug 4, 2024 - End Date: Aug 13, 2024
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
  • Study/Degree Abroad
Hiii my name is LadiRoyale I am a pancreatic cancer survivor student who is trying to finish college and be a traveling psychiatrist. I didn’t have much of high school experience during the past few years. Constant in and out the hospital to just being in, having to then do home instruction. I love to sing, dance, draw and act. I’ve never let any sickness/disease stop me from using my talents and having fun. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 15 years old. At the time we just came back from quarantine. I never had the high school experience I wanted to have. It all started back in 2019 when I had cramps for the first time. I went to the doctors for it. The doctor said I had an ovarian cyst that burst in my stomach, that I was going to be completely fine. I went another year or two getting used to that pain until I had enough. We were going to the emergency room for my mom and I was going through those cramps so I asked my mom if I can get checked up again after she gets checked. They checked me, did an ultrasound for the first time, then a CAT scan. They told me I was good AGAIN and that I could go home. We were about to leave, and a whole group of doctors came to stop us. “Wait you can’t leave, we found a big MASS in your stomach”. Me and my mom were so confused, but even in that confusion, I couldn’t help but to make TikTok dancing videos with my hospital gown on. After the biopsy I was told that my tumor was malignant. I was diagnosed with a rare pancreatic cancer called, “Solid Pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. The only cure for my Pancreatic Cancer was surgery. What was so weird about it is that SPT only occurs predominantly in young females, in their third decade of life. There is a FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE! Fast forward, March 14, 2022, 3 hours turned into 11 hours in surgery. I can only imagine what my parents, and my grandmother went through. Surgery was a success! It definitely came with much more responsibility than I ever had in my entire life. I have to manage my health so much that I missed, and am missing my whole entire high school years. I’m just ready to experience college life. It’s somewhat close to a high school experience, but much more freedom. I’m a very positive/happy person. I love to do things out of my comfort zone and make new connections with people I’ve never thought I would make connections with. I’ve been singing, dancing, drawing, and acting all my life. I've noticed that people including adults find it very easy to talk to me and express themselves that they always say, "oh my god, i keep forgetting how old you are". So I figured my plan A is to become a psychotherapist because I have a good ear and a talent to take on negative energy, turn it positive, and not let it affect my health and energy. I’m going to become a psychotherapist after college. God forbid something happens where I can’t become a psychotherapist. I still need to have a Plan B. Plan B is to use my talents. I still haven’t figured out which one I am stronger at. I sing and dance more than I draw and act, so maybe that’s what I will focus on while I’m also learning to be a psychotherapist. I need to be in an environment of positivity, and a lot of energy, full of people like me. I’m really looking forward to campus life in college as a student and not just as a Tourist. The intuition is over $30,000 a year to attend and I just wanna enjoy my college experience and be able to be what I wanna be as I get older

  • Michigan, United States of America