Personal Narrative: Lung Cancer

When I was 13 I lost a very close family friend, that day is one I will never forget. He was like a second father to me; he taught me how to ride my bike, how to do a backflip on the trampoline, how to bake, all things I still use constantly. He had two kids, a boy and a girl, both which were older than me. My

I glanced at my dad and saw pain in his eyes, he was devastated. I went over to hug him

     Lung cancer is the most common cancer-related cause of death among men and women. Lung cancer can be undetected for many years causing it to become more dangerous and possibly fatal. There is not cure for lung cancer or any cancer, but if detected in an early stage the lung cancer can be detected, treated, and hopefully terminated. There are many new and developing treatments being tested now that may save lives in the future. Through understanding what the lung cancer is, doctors can easily diagnose and assess cancer patients.

Brief Description: Lung cancer, as with all cancers, is an uncontrollable increase of cells. It happens within the lung tissue, but it could also go on to affect other nearby tissue and spread to further out than just the lungs.

The topic that was picked for this Pathophysiology paper is lung cancer. This topic was picked because a lot of people in the United States smoke but why? When this most likely will happen. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States including both men and women. The American cancer society estimates 186,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year and more than 165,000 deaths are because of it. The biggest cause of Lung Cancer relating it too 85% of cases is tobacco smoke, because of the repeated exposure to the inhaled substance. And don’t forget about second hand smoke! (Ignatavicius- workman Medical surgical nursing book 7th edition) First this paper is going to tell what to assess for in a patient

I have an intruder in my body. I got the news today that I have a rare heart cancer, which nobody has ever survived. As I walk out of the doctor's office, I’m dreading the moment when I have to tell my family. I took the long way home, so I could think.

There is nothing anyone could have done. My sister didn’t mean to get cancer, and she couldn’t have stopped it from growing. I just wish things had happened differently and that my entire family wouldn’t be turned away from me now.

The overwhelming beam of an eggshell light hits me like a crashing plane, as I roll down the hallway lying on a stale, rigid bed. The asphyxiation of disinfectant and sickness is compelling. I travel through two double doors with immense red letters on the door and come to a stop. They untuck the blankets from around me and manipulate my body onto a cold operating table. A long, tall figure behind me places a silicone mask onto my nose and mouth. I breathe in deep, with all of my might, the medicine begins to take over. I lose control. Unknowingly, I also loose brain cells as I fall into slumber. My body is officially prepared for surgery. I am officially altered. Not only by the scars, but by the repercussions. I became cancer free five years

One day, I was on facebook and had stumbled upon a shared video about a cancer patient, who is now in remission, talking about her story. But as the video progressed, I noticed that the point of the video wasn’t to share her cancer story; she was actually introducing the idea that there’s an existing cure for cancer.

“You have Cancer”. Something everyone hopes they never have to hear in their lifetime. Something I’m sure my parents never wanted to hear about their child. Or my brother about his sister. But that was my life. In April of 2007, three months after my ninth birthday I was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer. The next year consisted of countless rounds of chemo, surgeries’, and numerous doctor visits. Even with the determination to stay in remission my disease, unfortunately reoccurred. This led to another 6-months filled with chemo followed by aggressive radiation therapy which finally ended in August of 2009. Little did I know this wouldn’t even be the hardest part of my diagnoses.

On an unusually warm February day last year, my brother and I sat on the back porch enjoying our lunch. We laughed while prodding one another with jubilant harassments. As we conversed and consumed our meal, our parents returned from my dad’s doctor’s appointment. Because my dad was experiencing swelling in his neck we all suspected that he had an infecting in his glands, or some other minut illness. When my parents joined us, I jokingly asked, “So are you dying Dad?” The moment I uttered those words, I knew I said the wrong thing. Pain gripped my father’s face. He sighed. My parents told us that he has cancer in his throat,his glands and on the back of his tongue. I immediately left, overwhelmed by grief, worry,and anguish. Then the Lord imparted some knowledge upon me. Cancer is a terribly destructive disease, but since Jesus is a loving God, He brings people into our lives to help alleviate to pain.

The day before she died, I had an amazing situation happen to me. I went to school like any other normal day and soon realized that this was not a normal day. I had this constant feeling of needing to be home with my mom. I can only explain it as God giving me one last chance to be with her. I went home immediately and spent the entire day at home. I will forever cherish that day with

When I was 14 I was staying in a double room in Memorial with another girl. She was 16 and had lung cancer, which at this point was quickly spreading to the rest of her body with the doctors at a loss on how to stop it. Her name was Melissa and we very quickly became friends. She was checked in about 3 weeks before I arrived, and it certainly didn’t seem like she was leaving anytime soon, despite how badly she protested that how she was living wasn’t actually living. We didn’t really talk much the first couple of days I was there but on the fifth day she asked me the most asked question among patients in hospital, “So what are you in here for?”

My mother and I were with my aunt during her grim diagnosis of ovarian cancer; we sat apprehensively for hours in the waiting room. We were please at the sound of remission, but for long. Her last bittersweet moments were spent with us in her apartment. We braided her hair and cooked her dinner. We wiped the salty mixture of sweat and tears off our faces. When she passed my mother sobbed and told me she had died of a broken heart. Her husband was akin to my father, so her strength

Lung cancer, do you know what lung cancer really is? Well many people deal with lung cancer. It can be deadly and it cannot be deadly. It’s one of the most common and feared illness. It’s important to realize everything that comes with lung cancer, like treatments, what happens in their life. What ways it can be prevented, how to avoid getting it. All of the battles they face and what have to change in their life.