How Has Cancer Affected My Family

‘“Cancer is like a home invasion, once it has invaded your life you will never feel safe again”’ (Adal yn's... 6). Cancer wipes out what a family knew before cancer; it wipes out their version of normal and replaces it with something that can not be controlled. When childhood cancer takes a hold of the family and never lets go. While going through cancer, it is important that a family sticks together and builds each other up through this difficult time. Childhood cancer affects everyone it comes in contact with, but it mainly affects the family, including the child suffering from cancer, as well as the parents or caregiver and siblings.

Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in women in the United States, and is the leading cause of death in women between 45 and 64 years of age. About one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. There are many different types of breast cancer, different stages and different variations of the disease but I am going to focus on Malignant Breast Cancer. In the United States alone, more than 230,480 new cases of invasive cancer are diagnosed annually.

According to breastcancer.org, Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the second most common cancer overall. In 2016, an estimated 247,000 cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. alone. So no matter who you are or where you live, understanding breast cancer is very important. But the most important thing to know is that a diagnosis is NOT a death sentence, it can be treated.

Imagine being told one day a loved one has been savagely murdered. I could not imagine being told something like that, but I have had to go through the deaths of two grandmothers at the hands of cancer. I can personally say watching someone you love day in and day out suffer is one of the hardest things a person can go through. My dad’s mom passed away before I was even born, so I am left with knowing my grandmother loved me so much but I never got to meet her. My mom’s mother passed away when I was eight years old and she was always my babysitter and loved me more than anything, but they were both taken away from me due to breast cancer.

My great-grandmother was the matriarch of my family. When I was in seventh grade, around thirteen years old, she passed away due to breast cancer. This misfortune created an extremely difficult time for me because, not only was I adjusting to the environment of junior high, but many other issues were occurring in my life; this was the third death that I was having to deal with. Unfortunately, one of the previous deaths (that I was still trying to hurdle through and come to terms with), had occurred almost exactly a year before the passing of my great-grandmother. The second death that I had gone through occurred only one or two months before my great-grandma has passed. All of this turmoil created numerous internal conflicts for me, but also taught me a key lesson to keep note of, for the rest of my life.

Everyone knows the disastrous effects cancer has on a person and their loved ones. Knowing that my mom was misdiagnosed, there could've been a moment when she may have still been here on Earth. During 2005, my mom noticed that something was wrong with her. This realization lead her to go seek a doctor at Lincoln hospital. During her examination, the doctors didn't noticed anything was wrong. After three years she went back again, and Dr. Max Ann examined my mother a second time,but this time he discovered that she had cancer. This

There are many different diseases that terrorize the human race every day. Of all of these sicknesses, one of the most devastating is breast cancer. Breast cancer touches all types of people all over the world each day. It is actually the second most common cancer amongst women in the United States. One in every eight women in the United States has some form of breast cancer and currently, the death rates are higher than any other cancer with the exception of lung cancer. Cancer is defined by the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary as “a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis.” Therefore, breast cancer is a disease of

Each year, approximately 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately that number is not decreasing. My sister, Caitlin, was a part of that statistic 12 years ago, and to say her Ewing’s Sarcoma changed not only her life, but also my family’s would be an understatement. As a child, witnessing the deterioration of my sister’s health and the my family’s normalcy ultimately shaped me into the person I am today; a person that welcomes change with a resilient nature built on a foundation to never quit. I am blessed to say that my sister is flourishing and her cancer has been in remission and upon meeting her today, one would have no idea she ever endured such a relentless disease. Nevertheless in the past two years, my mother

I realized that and I knew there wasn’t something right about it. My family and I began to take her to doctor’s visits, check-ups and many appointments of Chemotherapy. I remember how anxious I was while we waited in the waiting room for her until her treatment was done, but this one time a nurse had called me during one of her treatments and told me my grandma was asking for me. I was unsure of the reason she was asking for me, but I knew it had to be something important. When I entered the Chemotherapy room it made me realize what cancer is and what it does. There was all these chairs, a person sitting on every one of them, with needles in their veins, and the little bag with the medicine that was connected to a tube slowly entering the patients. More than half of the people were hairless, or had bald spots. Being shocked by everything around you your instinct was to want to stare at everything, but then you realize this isn’t something to stare at. I saw and felt their pain that was in their eyes, I saw the emotions of longing to be healthy again and not having to sit in a chair waiting for the treatment to be over with. It really is the hardest thing to see, and to see your own family member going through that, is even

The causes of cancer are nothing compared to the effects it has on the person’s body and the person’s family. The effects of cancer are very different for everyone, they change the person socially, physically and emotionally. Cancer has many effects on the human body, they include: physical body changes, nausea and vomiting and the most serious effect is death. Cancer can also effect the people around them in many ways, most families have to change their lifestyles to perform the needs of the cancer patient, when a death happens to occur that really affects the family, and lastly a family’s emotional state changes as well. Cancer has many effects on the patient and their families.

Breast cancer is something that has personally touched my family and more than once. I have more than one immediate family member that is currently diagnosed with breast cancer. This alone,

Breast Cancer is number one cancer for women. Breast cancer is a very deadly cancer. It’s going to take you through death slowly. It’s gonna mess up your appetite and take all your hair out, by the help of Chemo. Breast cancer will also shortening your breath and have liquid come out places it shouldn’t be. A lot of people say that cancer can not be cured .

“In 2015, there are more than twenty-eight million women with a history of breast cancer in the United States of America. This Includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment. – BreastCancer.Org“ Breast cancer has taking over many people bodies, also lives. Anybody can get breast cancer from man to women. Cancer doesn’t have to be in your family history for you to get it.

Nowadays cancer has affected every other woman and some men. Breast cancer is number two the most common cancer in women’s life, but it's sad to say that most of us do not even recognize that we are sick until it is too late. It's a nightmare dreaded disease for every woman in this world. Nearly 40,000 people are expected to die from breast cancer in 2020, according to the NCI. The best way to prevent of getting a breast cancer is an early detection by getting a checkup every three months.

Even though I haven’t had cancer or Alzheimer, I have seen loved ones suffer from these conditions. My grandmother and two of my aunts suffered from Alzheimer. It is heart breaking to see how the people you love slowly forget about the world around them and, eventually don’t remember who you are anymore and, in some cases, who they are. As for cancer, my grandfather, my nana and several friends suffered from this horrible condition. One of my cousins was diagnosed at the age of fourteen with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which she battled and defeated. At the age of 88, my nana also managed to defeat cancer and lived ten more years full of life and energy. While shadowing a Doctor at MD Anderson, it was especially shocking to see children as young as two years old battling life threatening cancers at an age where this disease and mortality are still a foreign concept. I find that the suffering that accompanies cancer is extremely difficult, and admire greatly the grace and strength these people posses at such a dark time in their