Teens With Cancer Support Group

Hi,
I had the exact same problem as you when I was diagnosed I was 16, i'm almost 18 and have just finished all treatment. I've missed out on college and everything else. I feel like I have missed out on alot too.
If you wanna chat send me a message.
Holly x

hey...well i didnt miss out on my teen yrs but i did feel like i missed out on my child yrs..i got dignosed with cancer when i was 11 almost 12 and didnt fully recover till i was almost 14 and now here i am 18 almost 19 and for the most part im still not fully recovered...in highschool i couldnt play contact sports cuz of the risks they casused. so ya...i deff get where you are comming from!! i think its just something we all get we just grow and adjust to it.

if ya wanna chat message me!!

xoxo
Krysta

i was diagnosed with cancer injanuary this year and even though its only been about 8 months i am 21 and i feel like i missed out on alot of things to. and even after cancer i think its going to be hard to get past the fact that lik we went through somthing that no one should go through let alone a young adult. i try to just think about the present and not the future.you cant think about what you missed out on or else you will forget about the present.

yeah..me too..and i'm really really gettin' tired watching other teens enjoying their life..

i agree...

it wouldn't be so bad if people were more understanding... but its getting to the point where people just expect you to get on with it and pretend nothing ever happened.

its obvious most people don't really understand what its like, but you would think that they would at least try and imagine what it must be like.

i guess people just dont care about each other any more...

no one knows how good their life is until its turned into a nightmare.

its nasty to say that people will only understand when it happens to them...but maybe a day in our shoes wouldn't be so bad ?

sorry

I know how you feel.

I was diagnosed just this summer, but I have been really sick for a year or so. I just turned 17.
I've missed out on a lot, prom, driving... that sort of stuff. I missed seeing my family this summer and I miss a lot of school.
I still feel like I'm 15. It doesnt's seem right.
I totally get it.

my teen yrs all messed up. cancer treatments first time round left my immune system bad. so i was always outa skool. but now it back. and i cant eben go to skool nemore

Hey,
I understand how you feel. I was halfway through my freshman year of college, enjoying my independence and freedom in the Big Apple, the city of dreams, when I was diagnosed with cancer. All I kept thinking to myself was that I was NOT just going to fork over all of my hopes and ambitions and dreams just because I have the "c" word. I fought tooth and nail to go to New York and I was sure as hell going to fight tooth and nail to stay there. In a weird way, although I've always been a passionate person, I feel like having cancer has only helped intensify my desires...

I just finished my freshman year at FIT (I'm an illustration major) and on July 3rd I will undergo my final round of chemotherapy. I think it was the proudest accomplishment of my life to finish this semester... it brings tears to my eyes every time I think about it. It was hard as hell and there are SO many times I just wanted to curl up into a ball and quit. There were days I just couldn't go to class because I needed to sleep. But I did it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, cancer hasn't stolen anything from you. The fact of the matter is, you may not be 17 anymore, but you're 19 and alive. And that's the greatest gift anyone could ask for. Don't EVER let cancer destroy your dreams. It is never too late for college. And as far as missing out on other things, I always remind myself that everything happens for a reason. Maybe you had to sacrifice that because you were meant for a different kind of greatness, a different life journey than the same boring typical 18-year-old's journey. You are perfect the way you are. And it SUCKS to have missed out on 18, I can understand how much it must bother you. But don't let it beat you, don't ever let it beat you. You're worth more than that.

I know exactly how you feel. I was diagnosed after three days in my Freshman year of high school. I spent the whole year in the hospital because my cancer was so aggressive I couldn't be outpatient. My body hasn't been right since because of the chemo, so I've been out of school all three years since then. I'm still sick now and I'm going to graduate a year late. I will graduate though, but I've missed out on all of high school. I envy my healthy friends. But, it's true, everything does happen for a reason. If i weren't sick all the time, I wouldn't have helped other people I'd met online who were stuck at home for varying reasons. :D

I understand exactly how you feel. I was 16 when diagnosed with cancer, and am now 21. I sometimes feel that i skipped from 16 to being 20 years old. It def sucks but later on I kind of learned that it was a blessing in disguise. Just keep your head up and things will straighten out.