
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a 31-year-old woman has opened up about how she would have approached life differently if she’d known how little time she had.
Amanda Hedges, like so many of us, believed there was plenty of time to tick off her bucket list. She kept pushing fun experiences further down her priorities. But everything changed last year when what started as mild headaches revealed a devastating truth.
“I asked my psychiatrist about it. They weren’t bad headaches and went away with Panadol,” she shared.
Initially, the headaches didn’t seem alarming, but a scan uncovered the worst possible news—a cancerous tumor in her brain.
Amanda, who lives in Brisbane, told FEMAIL that she has Glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and terminal form of brain cancer.
Typically, this type of cancer is found in older adults between the ages of 60 and 80, and most people with it have a life expectancy of just three to 24 months after diagnosis.
Amanda said she would live her life differently if she had a second chance (GoFundMe)[/caption]
Amanda’s first six weeks of treatment, which included both radiotherapy and chemotherapy, left her struggling with nausea and shortness of breath.
This limited amount of time has made her reflect deeply on how she wants to spend the rest of her life and the things she regrets about how she lived before.
She shared, “None of my old bosses or colleagues are sitting with me while I do chemo.