In 2012, at the age of 23, I got into the hospital experiencing severe abdominal pain and ended up in surgery, where a part of my big intestine (45cm) was removed together with a tumour (lefthemicolectomy).

After a month of recovering in the hospital, biopsies and examinations, I was told that the tumour was a stage-2 adenocarcinoma of 4,2cm (size of a walnut together with its shell), that all my lymph nodes in the area looked clear and that the team of doctors suggested a round of 6-month-long preventive chemotherapy.

They gave me 3 days to decide if I would go for the chemo or not, so without having enough time to investigate my options, I said yes to chemo, which I started in February 2013 until July 2013.

From the day I learned about my diagnosis, something inside me was telling me to ask myself “What made my body develop cancer at such a young age? Which are the reasons and what can I do so that it never happens again?”.

So, I started looking for answers.

Read more about the way I navigated this experience on my blog : My cancer story.