Day 30 - About Gillian Alton

Oct 30th, 2024 - 

 one month after my 32nd birthday. I celebrated another huge milestone - maybe the largest milestone in my entire life. I finished cancer treatment. It was the toughest 6 months of my life. It took every ounce of fight I had in me to finish. However, little did I know, finishing treatment wasn’t really the finish line for me.

As gruelling as my cancer treatment was physically, the emotional roller coaster of living life after cancer was also gruelling in other ways. It took many years for me to come to terms with the aftermath. While I was ecstatic to be in remission, shaking the nagging feeling that the cancer may one day return still lingered. If I am being honest, it still lingers today.

Since I was diagnosed with cancer I have struggled with the WHY. Why did I get cancer? as well as why did I survive it? I will never get the answers, but I hope that I can use my second chapter in life to help others in their journey. For all those currently battling or currently struggling with the aftermath, I stand with you and hope you see better days ahead!