Cancer. I remember the first time I heard that word from my doctor. I had just been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma‚ a fancy name for bone cancer. My doctor was in the process of telling me how they were going to treat me and how everything was going to be okay. However‚ I could only focus on that one word‚ cancer. It’s a hard word for an ambitious 15 year old to swallow. Especially one who was just about to begin their sophomore year of high school.There are a lot of challenges that come with cancer
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things in our life to prepare us for the future ahead.” I never apprehend what she meant by the concept of “things” until 2012‚ when she told me she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. When I found out my grandmother had Breast Cancer I was filled with solicitude and anxiety. My grandmother became despondent and ashamed of her cancer‚ and as her hair started to fall out‚ I noticed the nervousness in her eyes which caused me to be more concerned. A week later she had to go into surgery. Knowing my grandmother
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someone who has cancer‚ we all ask ourselves “Why them? Why did this happen to them?” I asked myself the same question when I found out the truth that changed the rest of my life. I will never forget the day I found out my Grandpa has Cancer. I remember the day thoroughly‚ my dad and I were in the car driving home. Hours before‚ my mom and I had gotten in a fight and my dad said to me‚ “Please try and be nice to your mom. She is going through a rough time‚ your grandpa has Cancer.” These words would
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When I was 7 years old‚ a family friend died of cancer. It was devastating at a young age to understand what so many families‚ worldwide‚ go through due to cancer. After I heard the news I set my heart and mind on the goal of finding a cure for cancer. I no longer dream of finding a cure for cancer‚ but this event proved to myself‚ and others‚ the motivation I possess that will push me through my whole life. Henry Thoreau once said‚ “One is not born in the world to do everything‚ but to do something
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Falsca trembled‚ “Do you think I have cancer?” They went to the doctor‚ and he examined Falsca’s body. The doctor spoke softly‚ “You have been diagnosed with cancer.” He put his head down. Maya was speechless. Could her sister die? Will this be one of the last times she would see her sister? It seemed as if Maya knew her sister were going to die. Was she right? Will it happen? Nothing was normal anymore now that she knew her sister had been diagnosed with cancer. When she went home‚ Maya checked what
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Quote from Wei Zheng "Tobacco smoking has now reached epidemic proportions in Asia and it is likely with the maturation of this epidemic and the lack of effective tobacco control efforts smokers will continue to face and increased risk of death from cancer and other smoking disease. Right now in this world tobacco causes more than 5 million deaths per year‚ and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths by‚ 2030(Center for Disease Control and Prevention).The effects
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me to write. In chapter three‚ I wrote of my friend Neil‚ who battled brain cancer and remained cancer free for over a year. Neil’s testimony declares volumes of God’s provision and protection. As I write to you‚ I’m battling to declare trust. Today is May 18‚ 2015‚ and in less than two months‚ Neil will be meeting with doctors to receive experimental drug treatment. It breaks my heart to say this‚ but Neil’s brain cancer returned. This time around‚ God prepared Neil’s heart and mind to fight the
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see her triumph over cancer‚ never get to celebrate five cancer-free years and finally start to hope that she is finally better. The word ‘remission’ isn’t in my family’s vocabulary. Instead‚ there is only the knowledge that one day my mother will cease to be with us‚ and that the reason is because of the insidious‚ vile‚ reprehensible cancer that quietly crept from her breasts to her bones. In August of 2013‚ my mother was diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer‚ and it marked the moment
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It was in the middle of July when we got the email that my Uncle had been diagnosed with cancer. When we got to his house he looked ok but he said he was in pain. Once we went to the hospital he had to go in to chemotherapy and radiation. One day when we went to the hospital we learned that he did not have enough white blood cells at the moment due to the treatments. He had to wait for a few days and during those days he was in pain. Steven was having troubles with eating so that started to become
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and neck cancer is a broad term that describes many different cancers that start in the head and neck. Most oral‚ head and neck cancers begin in the cells that make up the moist tissues (mucosal surfaces) of the mouth‚ nose and throat. Like other cancers‚ these cancers occur when abnormal cells begin to grow and divide uncontrollably and form a mass‚ called a malignant tumor. Doctors identify oral‚ head and neck cancers by the area in which the cancer begins: Lip and oral cavity cancer occurs
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