i am a 19 year old girl and i have been struggling with pancreatic cancer for the last year. i was initially given 8 months to live by the doctor but i am still alive. it is a terrible feeling when you know what your destiny is and the uncertainty of how much time i have left. the funny thing is, just before i was diagnosed with cancer was the time when i was really happy. as a child i had always been bullied and troubled by other children because i was extremely shy and awkward. my parents had a divorce when i was just 8 and it left an emotional scar in me. i had no friends and i truly wished to die......the irony is that just a few months before i turned 17, i met the love of my life. i was so happy and for the first time in my life , i felt secure and in love.......i planned on marriage and having children of my own.... i didn't know i would be diagnosed with cancer just a few months later.....i feel life has played a real cruel trick on me and my first chance of happiness is taken away from me forever ..... i cant help but fall into depression.... i cant stop crying,....i know i should face the situation and accept my fate but its so hard!!.....i'm sorry this is so long...but i really needed to vent my feelings....i want to be happy and spend this time that i have with the man i love, but whenever i see him, i get reminded of the family i never had as a child and the dream i had to have one of my own someday