Following six months of chemotherapy and three months of remission from cancer, 22-year-old Esther felt she was in a rut. "During chemo, people tell you what you shouldn't be doing - don't push yourself, don't do anything to make yourself more ill," she says. "It got to the point where I didn't think my body physically could do more."
Although she was not sure she would enjoy it, Esther took up an opportunity to spend a week taking part in outdoor activities with charity Climbing Out, alongside other young people who had gone through similar experiences.
"I feel I can now work on accepting what happened to me and finally start to move on and push myself," she says. "Nothing has ever helped me as much as this week has." In addition to boosting Esther's self-belief, the week also plugged her into a vital support network: "Being around others who have all faced hell has helped so much. Other people might get uncomfortable, but I know it would be difficult to say anything about treatment that would make the others here uncomfortable."
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