Three emerging themes
cancer, ill
CANCER
Several themes emerged from the interviews. All participants addressed three major themes, which are the basis for this study. The first theme deals with the situation of being neither ill, nor well because of the struggle with the side effects of cancer therapy. The second describes the complicated life phase in which AYA cancer survivors find themselves as they transition from childhood to early adulthood while battling these side effects. The third theme comprises the sense of abandonment and continuous chaos the participants experience when they have no one to turn to for help with their troubled bodies and troubled selves.