Personal Narrative: Being A Daughter Of A Mother With Colon Cancer

I sat there in my room with tears flowing down my blush pink cheeks. Wondering what was wrong with me, as a salty tear ran along my dried out chapped lips. I thought to myself,” Why am I so miserable? What did I do to deserve this? How am I going to escape this life?” I started to ponder that this was the end of my life, this is how I was going to be, sorrowful. At the lowest point of my life, mother came barging through the door with the look of cavernous concern on her face. She knew that it was time for something to be done, whether I agreed or not.

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

For example, relationships between family members may strengthen and also relationships between one and the patient. During this time, many stories of better times with the patient will be said and thoughts of how the patient impacted their lives for the good. This will result in shared memories that will brighten up not only the day but also the mood. When the time comes that cancer has won its battle, many things will seem to run in one's mind. Not only thoughts of grief and sadness, but also the thoughts of how much of an impact one has made in the life of the patient who had passed. And at the end of the day, knowing that the life of the patient has been change due to the deeds that were done for them is a prize in its

The word cancer by itself in verbal conversation can strike terror in the hearts of those talking. Unless you have actually been diagnosed with cancer, however, you can't truly understand how devastating that diagnosis can be. When you're diagnosed with cancer, your life is going to change instantly and dramatically, whether the cancer is operable, treatable, or some other alternative. The following article contains a number of ideas you can use to lessen the blow that a diagnosis of cancer has on your life.

A woolen blanket. A thick one, so thick that if you climbed under it, it would be hard to breathe. Now it is wet, a lingering dampness that won't go away no matter how much you want it to. The dampness leads to a chill, and the chill works into your bones. You would be so much warmer without the blanket, but it's too heavy to throw off. That is depression. When I was six years old, my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. I lived every day with tears in my eyes as my mother lived in pain and could not bring herself to eat or drink. I longed for her suffering to subside and for her to rebuild her strength and act like her joyful self again. However, that never happened. On March 9th, 2009, she lost her battle with cancer. After she died, I

However, over telephone conversations, I could feel my mom’s presence, giving me advice and letting me know soon we will be reunited. As long as I felt her encouragement, I didn’t feel any anxiety or sadness. The day she took her life, by inhaling gas, everything changed. Knowing that I would not have another chance to see her face or hear her voice wounded me. For weeks, I felt numb. I was deaf to my surroundings. I couldn't eat and didn’t have the will to open my eyes. Nothing made me happy. The thought of bringing her here had driven me forward and motivated me, and now she would never witness my success.

Cancer is one of the most destructive and scariest diseases that anyone could develop. According to statistics, there is approximately a 38.5% chance of getting cancer in one’s lifetime. Even if you personally do not get cancer you will live through the destructiveness of cancer from someone close to you because cancer does not discriminate; cancer kills young, old, weak and strong. I myself have lived through this horrible experience and have seen how it completely destroys and tears a family apart. I have lived through all the pain it makes the patient go through. I have seen, however how medical staff bring family together, creates hope for the impossible, and strengthen a patient's will to fight, and that is what I want to undertake.

The purpose of this interview is to open a dialogue between family members where the adult can pass on their experience and coping skills to their children, while the child can teach the biological basis of cancer to their parents. Most Americans have been touched by cancer in one way or another, but may not know exactly what is happening to the patient’s body.

Family and friends can have a huge impact on cancer patients self confidence and coping with the cancer. Cancer network says that, “Families matter. They matter because they provide the context of adjustment in which the person with cancer responds to his or her disease.” The patient cannot cope with cancer by themselves, it would be very difficult and their self confidence would decrease more than what it should. Families help in lots of ways. Sometimes the patient needs someone to talk to or just to be

Almost everyone knows someone who has been effected by Cancer. Cancer comes in many forms and does not care who it hurts. There is no doubt that cancer takes a big toll on the person with it. Renee C. Byer shows the struggles a mother goes through while caring for her son battling cancer in her photographs titled A Mother's Journey; cancer takes a toll on its victims as well as the caregivers, such as being stressed, worrying about prognosis, and trying to make the patient feel better while battling cancer. The caregiver has many burdens they face while caring for the patient. The caregiver not only has to take care of the patient, but also the patient’s family, if they are not family themselves. The caregiver must adjust to the role of being

Being diagnosed with cancer may be one of the most difficult tasks someone could go through. How are they supposed to react? Are they supposed to cry, sit in awe, or be angry? Coping with news like this can be difficult. Not only that, but it could cause so many problems throughout their life. It could cause much more than health issues, but there is also the emotional state of someone’s well being.

Cancer does not only affect patients it affects those who are around you as well,families are affected by this the same way it affects the patient.

Through out my life I have experienced two close relatives battle with cancer, which became one of my motivating factors to become a physician. At a young age I lost my grandmother to a battle with Multiple Myeloma and while I was in eighth grade my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Through medical

As a great period of time passed by, I kept silent around everyone about my thoughts and my pain, I would get up to go to school, soccer, then go home and immediately enter my room. Sleep turned into hopeless. My brain would not stop running. I was sad, I was unable to find the right way and the right words to describe how I have been feeling. I was battling an ambush of extreme sadness and stress, I was doing this by myself. When I understood that I needed to get some advice from someone. In winter break, I realized that I can't do this only by myself. My feelings were my attackers and I was very scared. I assembled all my courage and ran to my mom's room and told her how I was feeling.

After me constantly asking the same question over and over I finally got an answer. Once I found out the answer I was trying to keep my cool, but I couldn’t. So many different emotions were running through my body. All I wanted to do that day was go to the hospital and be with my mom and dad.