Hi, I was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer in 2015 , this came as a shock to everyone because I was so young , I was only 14 years old. I am now 16 and its effects are still with me and I am not sure they will ever go. I will keep fighting in the hope that I will hear the words we all hope to hear that we have won the fight and is free of cancer. Since my diagnosis I am yet to find someone who has had a similar experience to me, hopefully this will help. I was told that chemo wasn't an option as it rarely works with cancers like mine. So I was left with surgery. As a teenager who had cancer in her face this was my worst nightmare, but two surgery a later and I am relived with how well they went. I now have a daily struggle with nerve pain, it takes so much out of me each day and is a constant reminder of my cancer and what it has done to me. However despite this I still try to live as normal of a life I can.
