Cancer, You Picked The Wrong Girl

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Then along came cancer.

She was diagnosed with a type of cancer ‘Hodgkin’s lymphoma’

It started with a lump in her neck

And a few weeks later the ‘C’ word occurred

The word that people are frightened of

She had that word.

A tear rolled down her cheek, but hope remained firm as ever

“No we’re not going to cry, we’re going to be normal” She said to me

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Then along came chemo therapy.

A treatment everyone is frightened of

She felt weak and dull, yet she stood up tall

With a machine latched to her arm, she played pool

Walking around the hospital with an angelic smile

    Laughing and making friends

Why? Because she knew she deserved to.

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Then along came hair fall

Something that every girl is frightened of

Your self esteem feels shattered and confidence low as ever.

But not this girl

She rocked it, went out bald and took pictures

And she still looked beautiful

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Then along came isolation.

When she’s alone, with nothing but four walls surrounding her

Her thoughts get louder and louder

‘I have cancer, I am a cancer patient’

It hits her, tears flood through

Her eyes, as her heart aches

It had just sunk in.

As much as she wanted to feel ‘normal’

She couldn’t, she was ill.

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Then along came reality.

Not being able to eat certain foods she craved

Not being able to go out the same way

Not being able to look like she used to

It was hard, beyond one could fathom.

A few months later her treatment has finished, she’s in remission

Now begins a new story of a girl

Nineteen years old, bold and courageous, beautiful and wise, positivity flowing through her veins.

Cancer, you picked the wrong girl.

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Khadija Ahmed

Founder and Editor of AnotherLenz Magazine, Khadija Ahmed is a journalist by day, poet by night, she likes to write about gender, culture and identity issues.

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