Personal Narrative: How Cancer Has Affected My Life

Cancer has affected my life on a personal level: it has taken a toll on my grandfather’s life as well as my great-grandfather’s life. Both of these great men were diagnosed with leukemia. My grandfather lost his battle when I was just four years old, yet it is still fresh in my mind even today the the age of 16. Don, my great-grandfather has been living with leukemia for several years now, partially due to the fact that it has been dormant. Every day it pains me to see my eighty-six year old great grandpa with this disease, I just with that I could take away his anguish. My great-grandpa pretends that his condition does not bother him, but only because he does not want the rest of the family to fret. Five years ago, when I was in sixth grade, one of my
Deoxyrionucleic acid, or DNA for short, is just one example of many technological breakthroughs that humans have made. Seventy years ago, no one knew what DNA was, didn’t even know that it existed. However, today that is different. It is now commonly known that DNA makes up all living things. This just proves that, while we may not have the cure for cancer today, we will find it tomorrow. It is apart of human nature to strive for greatness and inovation. This inovation will somday come in the form of a cure for cancer. Technology can and will enable the human race to find the cure for cancer. Once this remedy is found many lives will be touched and, in turn, many more after that. If I was a scientific researcher, I would want to study not only cancer, but all fatal diseases. I say this because it is hard for me to look at people and their families being ravaged by something they cannot even see with the naked eye. The lurn of the unknown has attracted me since a young age. My genuine curiosity is what drives me to want to learn more about nature and how internal forces affect