Hi there everyone,

I’m 31 years old, female and I was diagnosed with T3 anal cancer in November last year, I finished 6 weeks of brutal chemoradiation on 12th April and just found out it unfortunately wasn’t successful. I’m booked to go for surgery on Monday to have my entire anus removed so my colostomy will now be permanent, but I’ll also be having part of my vagina removed and reconstructed.

I’m struggling to find motivation to get through it all and finding it impossible to picture a happy future (the treatment took away my chance of kids and I’m struggling to imagine someone wanting to date me and go travelling with me after all this) and I just need some hope from someone in a similar circumstance/age.

Thanks

Krystel