Jean Vondrak Research Paper

“Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.” The words of the great Jimmy Valvano. Jimmy was a Men’s Basketball Coach at N.C. State University. He is one of the greatest coaches of all time. But he is also the man who delivered the “Never Give Up” speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993. This has inspired so many people. It’s the thought of Cancer that often brings Jimmy into mind. Stuart Scott is also very inspirational when it comes to cancer. A real inspiration is Mrs. Spatz. She has beat cancer 4 times. Over and over again, she has fought and beat cancer. She is now a teacher at Wyndcroft Private School in Pottstown. Although she is my mother, she creates inspiration for many

Cancer doesn’t win. Cancer isn’t the victor, it’s the loser. Cancer’s purpose it to test our strengths, to see how far it can take us before we quit, its all a battle, and how it turns out in the end is completely by our view. People don’t lose to cancer, it losses to us. It’s all about how we fought it off. It should be about how we won it. For only four years in my life I have been able to speak to my grandma Judy, she died when I was only a child, so meeting her is only a few memories of many years ago. My Grandma was short, red curly hair, and a woman of many victories. I know that she was a true hero, victor, and a winner of many things, but most importantly, she was influential in life. She realized it wasn’t about winning it all, but overcoming her problems and adversities to reach her goals.

I couldn't bear it. When my father pulled up to the curb, I quickly kissed them both good-bye and jumped out of the car. I was just about inside when I heard a funny sound that sounded like my name. I stopped in my tracks and turned around. There was Suzy, standing up outside the car on wobbly knees, wig slightly askew. With her arms outstretched, she said gently, "Good-bye, Nanny, I love you." I hugged her so hard I was afraid she might crumble. And then I ran to catch my plane. I never saw my sister alive again. After nine operations, three courses of chemotherapy and radiation, she had lost her three-year war. By the time I flew back to her side it was too late. She was gone.” Nancy founded the Susan G Komen foundation to save as many people from going through what her sister and her family went though. Susan G Komen foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer so that there are no more sad stories like the one you just heard me tell about Nancy and Susan. The Susan G Komen foundation has come long way and has had a huge impact on the fight against breast cancer, I support them and I know they will never give up until we find a cure for breast cancer, and neither will I.

Everyone goes through rough patches in their life. Some of these patches are easy to accomplish and easy to get over. Our medicine has gotten better over time, but years ago the survival rate wasn’t that good. My grandma whose name is Linda is a breast cancer survivor and also survived with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Not everyone in this world can say she has have survived cancer this many times, especially with such low survival rates. My Grandma still puts a smile on everyone faces even when she’s in pain. She makes all of her children and grandchildren beautiful quilts, so we can have something to remember her by, if something were to happen. She loves to bake. There isn’t one occasion that there won’t be some type of desert made by her. She has so many beautiful talents.

Her hard working nature All the struggles she has faced and handled is representative of bravery, through severe medical issues her strength has not wavered, no matter the diagnosis she continues and pushes forward. She suffers from chronic depression, withstanding long bouts of depression and anxiety, battling suicidal thoughts even through her older years. Despite this, day-by-day she

I have always know that I wanted to go to a Historically Black College or University. I have visited a few of them and fell in love with the atmosphere it. A HBCU is different from any other college. When I first looked into HBCU colleges to apply for, Fisk University was my first choice. I am interested in Fisk University because I feel it is the perfect fit for me.

Although she did not create this organization, she was able to show people that Cancer does not force anyone to give up his or her dreams. Lauren was able to play on Mount St. Joseph’s division three women’s basketball team, and she founded Club 22 which benefits The Cure Starts Now foundation (“Lay Up For Lauren”, 2015). Although she did not win her battle with cancer, she was able to raise awareness to this incredible

I agree it was smart to take action against her breast cancer quickly before it took her away just as her mother had. I'm glad she wrote about her fight against it and wants to encourage other women to seek help and make their own decision of what they want to do. After reading "Hopeful Glimmers in Long War on Cancer" there's still hope for people with cancer and by now there might be more information about it so there's more choices to make for

The Coalition sat down with young survivor Sue Cirencione to talk about life a year and a half after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer. Over coffee on a chilly autumn day in Geneva, NY, she shared her story.

Williams became her mother’s support, spending the last few years of her mother’s life in an understanding relationship of support and connection. The support Williams gave her mother was essential in helping her mother cope with cancer.

I would like to introduced Susan G Komen and Nancy Bricker. These two girls are sisters and they are also best friends. Susan got diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33 and lost her battle at the age of 36. Before Susan had passed Nancy had made a promise to Susan that she would end the terrible fight of breast cancer. Nancy her sister said this, “Her journey began with a simple promise to her dying sister, Susan G Komen that would do everything possible to end the shame, pain, fear, and hopelessness caused by this disease.” (Brinker, 2016) Nancy tried her hardest and during that trying period she created a foundation which is called the Susan G Komen Breast cancer foundation. Which was created in memory of her loving sister. Later

Although she still faces problems every once in awhile she has been able to fight harder. I am such a proud little sister. She inspires me to keep pushing when life gets hard and to never give up even when there's a thousand of reasons to give up. This whole experience has also given me a different perspective of other people and their struggles. No one knew about her problems unless they were told. Many people struggle daily. We never know what's going on in people's lives unless they tell us. The most important thing to do is to love everyone and just be kind. Just imagine what would happen if everyone had a little more love in their

One of the many of the world's problems is sickness, but some diseases have no cure which can result in death. Cancer is a code we just can’t seem to crack and it has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. Everyone knows of someone who has died of or had cancer in their life. It’s a hard sickness to beat but many strong people do beat it, some being children. I have personally seen my family members go through this and of course, some didn’t make it out alive. If you have seen anyone who has cancer, you’ll see how it can take over your body, how that person doesn’t even look like themselves anymore.

There is a story about a woman named Ann, who had breast cancer and went on to write inspirational poems for other cancer patients. This is a great example of how something that seems so personally devastating can be turned into a positive experience by simply changing our attitudes towards the event and giving it a different meaning. (25) We all want to have success and happiness in our lives. Roth describes success as “doing what you love and being happy about it” (15) He says that achievement can be defined as having a good life and getting the job of living done in a satisfying way that nurtures the life force within and with those we associate with” (26)

There is a story about a woman named Ann, who had breast cancer and went on to write inspirational poems for other cancer patients. This is a great example of how something that seems so personally devastating can be turned into a positive experience by simply changing our attitudes towards the event and giving it a different meaning. (25) We all want to have success and happiness in our lives. Roth describes success as “doing what you love and being happy about it” (15) He says that achievement can be defined as having a good life and getting the job of living done in a satisfying way that nurtures the life force within and with those we associate with” (26)