“Chemotherapy is something that people know. It is also very visible, so I received a lot of understanding, attention and support from those around me. But afterwards there are therapies that take longer and are less visible. Then people think it is over.” , or then your colleagues think that you are coming back to work. But that is not the case, because you have not recovered at all. That is not only frustrating, but also very difficult to explain.”
“During operations, chemotherapy and radiation you are sick and everything comes to a standstill. But now life goes on as normal. And I try to limp along, but that sometimes hurts and is difficult.”
Help in all forms
“What we also wanted to show in the documentary is how we have been supported in very different ways by our friends, family and environment,” says Eveline. “We really noticed that the people around us wanted to be there for us, but that it was sometimes very difficult to offer support. Friends told us that they wanted to do something, but that they did not know what or how they could do something for us mean.”
“There are friends who helped around the house, colleagues who brought food, friends who kept me company and came to sit with me on the couch. We also wanted to portray that diversity of support, to show what can be done. become.”
Different view of the future
“The biggest impact for me is the realization that life can be finite,” Eveline concludes. “From now on, that concern will always be there. I also look at the future differently, because I got a bit scared. That carefree feeling is gone.”
“You sometimes hear from friends: ‘We want to do that in 10 years’, or ‘We want to have children and make certain trips’. But that always gives me anxiety, because who knows… It seems that way to me too.” It’s painful to make plans if you might no longer be able to realize them. So I think I try to live much more in the now.”
