welcome to bonked 'n back

intimate look into the mind of olivia jenkins

hi, i’m olivia. I guess generally, the internet knows me best as an athlete and a cancer survivor.

as an athlete, I always went for the niche stuff — kitesurfing, wingfoiling, prone foiling, parawinging, etc etc. hoping the people here kinda know what i’m talking about, but if not, that’s fine too haha. most, I want to share the journey - the sports that make me feel alive and the new ones that I am learning along the way.

I am also a bit obsessed with endurance sports athletes. their mindset is fascinating to me and I kinda want to enter that world, so I might end up on a tangent or two in this space.

I spent the better part of last year getting knocked on my ass by the hard shit - a heavy dose of chemotherapy every two week (Adriamycin, Adcetris, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine) which was bad enough, compounded with Neupogen, which made me feel like every bone in my body was lit on fire.

I was extremely healthy before all this, so this diagnosis came down on me like a wrecking ball. but I put my head down and fought back, and came out on top. remission came in nov 2024.

chemo gave me all the classic side effects that you hear of and more — super fun stuff. but also, there were these incredible moments in between. so here, i’m gonna share the good, the bad, and what’s next. you wont find me lying about how rough it was, but I also want to show the highs and the positive mindset I found, because they were there too.

tikTok and instagram were the first places I turned for help when I got diagnosed. social media helped me immensely, so through my journey, I felt like I wanted to give back and share my journey! In the sense that maybe it could help someone who was newly diagnosed.

I now want to keep doing that here in a smaller, more real space. I plan to use this as a “journal” style. im in this post remission phase now and there’s a lot going on in my head.

last year I bonked hard, but i’m back at it now. i’m figuring out how to be an athlete again and regain trust in my own body and mind, and I want you to come along for the ride.

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thanks for being here,

<3 Olivia