Single-person households are at risk of developing depression...

While undergoing cancer treatment and follow-up observation

It's been about four years since I started living alone.

Because I continued working at my job

I have to work, then come home and do house chores, and take care of the dog.

Because I would usually fall asleep after finishing.

It's incredibly tough, even if I go to work and come back like a machine.

I have always been grateful for being able to live an ordinary life.

But that joy didn't last long.

I'm currently undergoing treatment again due to a recurrence.

Because I am alone at home again, all by myself.

My legs hurt, so I can't go anywhere.

I can't exercise and my body hurts, so I don't even want to move.

After chemotherapy, I stay in bed for about a week.

I will continue to be lonely for the remaining two weeks.

As a result, I also dislike going outside and meeting people.

Maybe it's because I'm experiencing hair loss right now, and my self-esteem is at rock bottom.

I don't want to see my family anymore, I dislike everything now.

I hope you recover quickly so you can return to society.

I guess they would just go on living without even thinking about such things.

Now, I fear more than dying because of cancer.

I feel like I am becoming so exhausted and turning into a surplus human.

I feel so frustrated and pitiful that I think I might go crazy.

 

How do people living alone spend their treatment period?