Member Stories

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My name is Mimmi and I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 22 weeks pregnant. In July 2024, I started to notice changes in my right nipple. I thought this had to do with the pregnancy, so I wasn't worried at all and waited until my next appointment with the midwife to talk to her. She referred me to the GP who in turn wrote a referral for an ultrasound. Had it not been for the fact that I was pregnant we would have also done a mammogram, but it turned out that an ultrasound was sufficient.

I am a 28-year-old woman who has always had a lot going on. I have always been driven, both among friends and at work, and I was often the one who organized fun activities and made sure things got done. For the first time in a long time, I had also settled down a bit in life. I loved my life, my job, my relationships, and everything I had built around me. What's more, the best years of my life lay ahead. Everything was planned, booked, and paid for. Then I noticed a distinct change in one of my breasts.

In 2022, I lived in Kenya and worked as a teacher at the Swedish School in Nairobi. I was living the life I had always dreamed of. I loved my job, played rugby, enjoyed life in Nairobi, and took every opportunity to explore the country. But amid it all, my body began to protest. 

I went to school as a fourteen-year-old on an ordinary Monday at the end of May 2024. An ordinary Monday is perhaps an understatement, I mean, summer holidays were just around the corner. “Just this week, then a long, wonderful summer break awaits,” was the motivation to push through the last week of school. Just two weeks into the summer holidays, a three-week car trip through Europe was planned, a trip that the rest of my family and I were looking forward to immensely. What I didn’t suspect (for how could anyone possibly foresee something so terribly life-altering as what was about to happen) was that the entire trip would have to be canceled just a few hours later.

Hello, Young Cancer’s followers! My name is Ellen, and I lost my mom in 2018 when I was 20 years old. I’m now 28 and wanted to share my story. 

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In February 2021, I felt a lump in my left breast. It would be seven weeks before I received my cancer diagnosis. I was 26 years old and had recently graduated. The bad feeling came immediately. The small lump I had discovered by chance quickly made me think the absolute worst. I made the mistake that many advise against: I started googling. And the information I found only made me more worried.

I was 32 years old and thought I had had my fill of grief and trauma. A childhood separated from my biological parents, chaotic teenage years, and a destructive relationship as a young adult had set me on completely wrong paths and caused an enormous amount of pain and suffering, both emotionally and physically.

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My name is Filip Bele. I am 28 years old and live in Stockholm, but my roots are in the charming small town of Lidköping.

I have always loved living life to the fullest. Music has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. I write songs for my artist project, and have also competed in disco dancing, both nationally and internationally. I have always liked to keep busy, have a lot planned, and feel that life is moving forward!

My name is Josefin and I am 35 years old. I was born in 1990 into a family with my mother, father and three older siblings. For as long as I can remember, I have known that my grandmother died of colon cancer 5 years before I was born, at just 52 years old. Mom kept her alive by talking about her and visiting her grave

During my years in healthcare, I have seen many people and families' lives fall apart. But I could never have imagined that our lives would also do that. That our family would be affected and crushed. That my little brother, 26 years old and in the prime of his life, would get sick. Brain tumor.

14 years ago, at 38 years old, Dad felt a lump in his stomach.. it turned out to be a tumor i...

Going back to autumn/winter 2023, I had just undergone two different surgeries on my knee. Before that, I played football, ran, went to the gym, and worked as a carpenter.

My name is Niyaz and I live in Gothenburg with my parents and my little sister. I am 19 years old and I just graduated from high school.