I was first diagnosed at 28. Low risk, no genetic links, no obvious reason to have such an early diagnosis. I went through the whole journey being told the likelihood of the cancer coming back was extremely low. Two years after finishing treatment I’m back sat in the doctors office being told that my cancers back and it’s now back for good.
I’ve had this diagnosis for 2 years and am just about to change from my first line of treatment due to disease progression. The whole situation is painful and terrifying beyond words, but what makes it so much worse is I feel completely alone. There doesn’t seem to be anyone my age going through this who I can talk to (not that I would ever wish to be joined in this position). I sit in the hospital waiting room and I’m the youngest in there by at least 20 years. Makes you feel even more abnormal than you already are.
I obviously know that I’m not the youngest person to have ever had cancer and that there are so many people that are affected by this. But no one in my family really understands what it’s like going through all of this, despite their best efforts, and I never seem to be able to find anyone that I can really relate to.
Am I really alone?
