Recently I’ve been thinking about what it is like to have cancer when you are a young person.   By young I mean in your teens, twenties, and thirties.   While there are  common threads of fear and uncertainty, concerns and sorrows; the impact of a cancer diagnosis, treatments and post treament phases, is different for those who face these challenges early in life.    This group is beginning to be acknowledged and resources are  cropping up to serve them.  The young online community is especially helpful. 

If you are a young survivor, please be encouraged to seek out support and contact with others who can understand and empathize with what you are going through.

www.stupidcancer.org

www.planetcancer.org

www.lbbc.org     Living Beyond Breast Cancer