highyway to radiotherapy

I used to think all I wanted to do was create beautiful things for the world to admire. That’s why I was so fixated on becoming a Costume Designer. I slogged it out and I was good at it and well on my way to making it happen, but then one day I went out and played a game of Netball and I sustained an injury that changed my life forever.

It’s been three years and it took a year and a half at home in rehab for me to realise I actually hated sewing. This was an extraordinarily monumental moment, for it led me to where I am today…26 and in my second year of uni studying Radiation Therapy.

My life took a flip side. I moved out of home, to a new city, no friends, no family, started a completely new degree. It’s been bloody hard and I’ve had some pretty intense emotional meltdowns, but now I finally feel like I’m doing what I’m meant to; even if sometimes I freak out and ask myself, ‘WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE!?’ And then I remember I may not want to be an RT for the rest of my life, but changing the patient experience and where I want to take it, starts here.

All these changes have also allowed me to start tuning into my conscious needs and discovering who I am, delving into the realm of spirituality. Something I have denied myself for many years.