I am presenting an autoethnography on my experiences of illness and my return to education, in an adult education context. I first became ill with acute kidney failure in January 2011, a few months after giving birth to my son. It happened so suddenly and unexpectedly. I was thrown into a completely different world, questioning and reflecting on my life up to that point. In this thesis, I will show how my experiences of illness led me to return to education and how adult education enabled me to reclaim myself through agency. I have used the work of Foucault to help me interpret my experiences. I chose to do this topic for other to gain insight into the experiences of those with illness and how adult education can be used as a catalyst for change.