Amanda Hedges, a 31-year-old woman who was diagnosed with cancer, opens up about how she would have lived her life differently.
Thinking about life, we believe we have plenty of time ahead of us, but the truth is that things happen that prevent us from living it to the fullest and achieve everything we hoped for.
For Amanda, the thing that turned her life upside down has been her cancer diagnosis.
It all started last year when she started experiencing mild headaches she believed were triggered by her anxiety medications.
“I asked my psychiatrist about it. They weren’t bad headaches and went away with Panadol,” she explained.
Unfortunately, after undergoing an MRI, she learned that the headaches were caused by an aggressive brain tumor that left her with only months to live, and now, she won’t forgive herself for “forgetting to live.”
The tumor is inoperable and according to her, the endless rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy will not make the tumor disappear, they can only prolong her life.
Amanda would have changed a lot of things about her life had she had the chance.
“None of my old bosses or colleagues are sitting with me while I do chemo.
“It’s my mum and dad and friends that are here supporting me through this,” she told FEMAIL.
“I wish I could live again so I could stop worrying about the little things and enjoy myself.
“‘I would spend more time with the people who actually mattered, make more of an effort to meet someone and have kids, to travel.
“If I had my time again I would do everything different.”
She continued: “I really want to stay at a hotel on the beach and just listen to the waves and forget that I am dying. Forget that I am me. Be someone else for a few days and just relax and have fun.
“I have also always wanted to head back to Australia Zoo and see Robert Irwin do a show. I saw his dad do one when I was a kid but I have always just put off going.
“And I really want to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet. I guess hotels would have that covered.”
Amanda said it is her parents, especially her mom, who helps her stay positive despite the grim diagnosis.
“They don’t know how long the cancer has been there or when it will start to happen, but it will happen,” she said.
“I haven’t processed it all yet.
“I wasted 30 years of my life doing nothing and I still have cancer.”
She’s hoping she would use the time she’s left to make the most out of her days.
In order to achieve this, Amanda started a GoFundMe page.
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