"I lost 90 % of my friends to my diagnosis": the reality of the "cancer ghost"

DescriptionAfter noticing that the lymph nodes were swollen, Eing, which had cancer at the age of 24, was what Cengi Sen had prepared for. But he was not ready for his “ghost of cancer” from his friends who was not ready.

“I had some very kind friends who came there, who were in repeated calls, but I lost 90 % of my friends because of my cancer,” he said. IndependentHuman

“The pain of losing my friends to get treatment was equal to the problem.”

This treatment in itself was difficult, not only the physical effect of chemotherapy but also emotional emotional to rely on others to help.

“This is the dependency that you have to have to others, which is sometimes difficult to the stomach and the lack of choice you have at times,” he said.

Cancer cases are increasing among people 25 to 49 years old (Getty)

Out of every 10 cancer diagnoses in the UK affects people under the age of 50, and cancer is still rare in people 15 to 24 years old, and according to British cancer research, it makes up less than 1 % of annual diagnoses. But the level of diagnosis among young people is on the rise, and experts still don’t know exactly why.

While initial diagnoses are less common in older people than cancer, the experience of those diagnosed and treated can be difficult.

The government has called on cancer specialists and survivors to share their experiences because it creates a new national cancer program, and the Minister of Health Western said he wants to “make Britain a global leader in saving the life of the deadly disease.”

Youth “cut off”

Sophie Epison, the founder and chief executive of Trektock, is a youth cancer charity that has helped Mr. Sen process his cancer’s ghost experience. “Many young patients with cancer often lose their friends after diagnosis,” he said.

“Cancer ghost or the experience of disappearance of friends and networks when detecting cancer is unfortunately not unusual in our society,” he said.

“Cancer Ghost has not been a rare event (Walk)

Ms. Epstone said people who had cancer in the twenties or thirties may be the first in their friend to experience the disease and maintaining friendship after diagnosis can be difficult.

“Cancer can be a frightening and vibrant issue for anyone, especially for young people who may have no life experience or emotional tools to address such a serious situation,” he said.

But young people fight even before cancer diagnosis. Ms. Epison said people between 20 and 40 years old often report that their symptoms are rejected by health care professionals.

“Over and again, people come to us and say,” I was told that this might be, I was told that I was very young, I was told that this would not happen to you, “he said.

Since most cancer patients are older – on average, according to cancer in the UK, one -third of new cases in people over 75 – Ms Epstone said cancer survivors could ignore and tell her stories to go to the hospital with their mother only for health care workers.

According to British cancer research, the rate of cancer in people 25 to 49 years old between 1995 and 2019 has increased by 24 percent.

Karis Betts said more research is needed to find out why more young people get cancer (British Cancer Research)

Karis Bets, inequality, leads to cancer research in the UK, while the general part of the youth was small, insignificant and was growing. He said the organization is undergoing a research budget to find out why this is the case.

“It is likely to be related to preventive risk factors, so changing risk factors such as obesity, change in genetics, but the important point is that we have better diagnosis and diagnosis than in the past, so we are choosing cancers that we may not have done before,” he said.

“We don’t have a clear answer why it’s not right now.”

More medical awareness is required

Naman Julka-Anderson, a professional and clinical health adviser to support MacMillan cancer, said young people generally tend to pay more attention to unusual changes that they may need to travel to a doctor, but very crowded general practitioners may be less aware that young people can find cancer.

“GPS see hundreds of different types of problems daily, so I don’t say it is their fault – there is a lot of things. But sometimes everything is wrong,” he said.

Professor Peter Johnson, director of the National Cancer Clinic in the NHS, British, said that although it was rare for people under 50 who had cancer, this increase was especially worrying in colon cancer.

NHS reduced the age of colon cancer screening from 60 to 50 in an effort to maximize the benefits of the program, but said it was difficult to build a national screening program for something relatively unusual.

“In younger age groups, this is often the subject of awareness of symptoms and cooperation with colleagues in primary care, but they interact with people who do not have cancer and very few with people who do it, ensuring that people under 50 are sometimes developing cancer,” Professor Johnson said.