Interview 24

Age at Interview: 18

Sex: Male

Age at Diagnosis: 15

Background: He lives with his parent and sibling and works part time as a checkout operator; white British. Says that the music of Bob Marley really helped him during his treatment.

Brief outline:Diagnosed in 2002 with a brain tumour; medulloblastoma. Treatment: surgery to remove the tumour; six weeks of radiotherapy and eight months of chemotherapy. In remission.

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What would you advise them, what would you say to them?

Stay positive find something that will keep you positive like I have music, may be it might be drawing for you, it might be I don't know watching movies, it might be writing a book, I don't know. I know, I know many people that have been through the same kind of thing who wrote journals which got them through it you know. So the main thing I would say would be positive, find something which would help, helps you through, takes your mind off things. Try to consider, I know at the time it's hard to do but try to consider how your parents feel and how your family feel, how other people around you feel and just not, not to give up, not, I know it's not going to be easy, it's not possible to beat it but just not letting it beat you is going to be the biggest thing. And to do that is to stay positive. You know obviously have your down days, you know you can't have a constant run of good days, you obviously from now and again everyone has a down way, whether they're going through chemotherapy or radiotherapy or just not, you know just at work doing normal things you know. So the main thing I'd say just keep positive, look forward, don't, don't look at the situation as it is now or behind what it was, just look forward and keep positive.