lumpy&#39;s blog https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/lumpy/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2009-01-13T14:11:46Zhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/lumpy/posts/too-young-for-cancer2009-01-13T13:11:46Z2009-01-13T13:11:46ZThat&#39;s what I thought. Far too young to get cancer. It isn&#39;t even something I had ever thought about before, that is until I found the lump. I&#39;m 30. Not the youngest ever patient I know but the youngest person that I have ever known to have cancer and so I was knocked off my feet when I was diagnosed. That was over two months ago now and in that time I have had two surgeries and started chemo and in between that I have learned so much about this disease that I would probably pass the GCSE if there was one!! People try their best to say something that will make you feel better but generally it&#39;s a story about someone else they know who has recently undergone similar treatment. The problem at my age is that whenever somene tells a story it&#39;s always about someone&#39;s mum, gran, auntie, elderly next door neighbour etc etc etc. this doesn&#39;t really help in making you feel better it just reminds you how young you are to be dealing with this disease. My mother-in-law says its because I&#39;m special rather than unlucky which is what most people say. Maybe so but I might appreciate that more when I&#39;m on the road to recovery. This is the first time I have written on a blog, I feel like it will be quite therapeutic. All the thoughts you have can be written down and you can&#39;t be judged as no one really knows who you are. Not sure whether that&#39;s the idea? In fact, I aren&#39;t sure whether anything I have to say will ever be interesting enough for someone else to read but perhaps offloading and writing down my thoughts will be therapy enough for me to get through this illness without me ending up divorced and estranged from my family by the end of treatment. To be fair to them all they are being fantastic. My hubby is very supportive and is not at all worried about my impending baldness. My family are rallying around taking turns to have my son for us so that I can have some time to attend appointments at the hospital - it feels like a second home there now. I&#39;ll tell you a bit more about my cancer story tomorrow. lumpy x <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=223755&AppID=18664&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember