Survivorship as a Young Person
I'm 23 and from Australia. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in May last year after coming back from an Exchange. It had been the best time of my life and I felt so amazing. Finding out I had cancer flipped my world upside down.
I had six rounds of chemo, a couple surgeries, some more chemo and then an ileostomy reversal back in March. While it's been almost two months since then it's been really difficult engaging with life.
Most of the time I just want to sleep and stay in my room. I feel like I'm always tired. I feel a lot of grief for everything I've lost. I miss how things use to be and my old life, relationships and energy. I just feel lost and unsure what to do anymore. Everything feels really hard and the outside world kind of expects you to just move on. I feel isolated and scared.
If anyone has any advice or would like to share their story it would mean a lot.