The Story of James Rhio O'Connor

Everyone hears the word “Cancer” and automatically thinks death? Imagine being told you have cancer a month before Christmas and having to start chemotherapy right away. That was me at age 16 barely a junior in High School, they say high school is supposed to be a great experience. And it was at the beginning which was my freshman and sophomore year. I was that girl athlete with lots of friends who went day by day not caring about my health I would eat lots of junk food and stay up late at night. I come from a Hispanic family single parent my mom and 4 siblings 3 girls and one boy. Two had already gotten married and there was only 3 left at home including me. My mom would work out in the fields so sometimes she 'd come home late, therefore

Overall, my mother took on cancer like a champ. Treatments made her exhausted, but she never gave up. When this all began, I told my mom to just keep swimming, and it has been our life motto ever since. We were each other’s motivation. Whenever we are struggling with something, even today, we just think, “just keep swimming,” for our motivation. My mom and I are great supporters of one another, and without her, I would not be where I am

I had been diagnosed with cancer but I quickly tried to tell myself that this was not real. I thought that refusing to accept that I had cancer would help me to prepare myself for the mob of medical students, doctors, and nurses that would

Cancer has one of the biggest effects on the patients mental health but also the patients loved ones and friends. It is one of the hardest things to get a grip on when the doctor tells someone that they have cancer and a fifty-fifty chance of making it. "The disease can bring many changes-in what people do and how they look, in how they feel and what they value" (Dakota 4). It makes people look at the world and their lives in a different way, valuing now what they took for granted and seeing the bigger picture in every scenario. It is something that no one can actually brace, even after the doctor tells them. Through it all though, the person must remain strong and optimistic because the cancer can affect the person's moods and in return affect the outcome of the person and the chances of their making it

Throughout life, obstacles are thrown on the path that one is walking on, and its up to them how they overcome these obstacles. In Lance Armstrong’s book, “It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life”, Armstrong tells of his years prior to his diagnosis and battle of cancer and how he overcame his struggles. He states, “Good, strong people get cancer, and they do all the right things to beat it, and they still die.” (Armstrong 12). Life is short, and the strongest people who put up the biggest fight still seem to loose.

Born on March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, to Harry and Ida Mae Day, O’Connor was raised on her family’s cattle ranch in Arizona, the Lazy B (biography.com). While she was young, her family did not have access to electricity, so O’Connor grew up branding cattle, and fixing anything broken by hand. By the age of four, O’Connor had already learned how to read, and her parents were desperate for her to one day move out of the remote location in which they lived, so that she could get the best education possible. Harry and Ida Mae sent her back to El Paso to live with her grandmother, where she would spend her school years, then summers back on the Lazy B. While in El Paso, she attended Radford School for Girls, and Austin High until she graduated

My condition brought me into a situation, were i had no other option than getting marihuana for medical purposes, “- some people actually need to ask for the doctor to cure the symptom…when unfortunately the cancer doesn't go away-”. I was spending money on a variety of medicines, until my kidney failed. The moment when you realized medicines you take to save your life are also killing you at the same time, you are screwed…Cancer does not only kill you physically it kills you mentally too. After a chemo, you suffer a phycological downturn that doesn't allow you to spend time with your family. Cancer did not kill me yet, but it made me stop enjoying life.

Heroes are people who help others when they are not doing well or when they are in need. Heroes help people who achieve tasks an average person does not achieve. The hero Rob O'Neill is someone many people don't know about, but Rob O’Neill is the person who shot and killed Osama bin Laden.

Known for her short stories and well known novels, author Flannery O’Connor has been a vision of American literature for the last eighty years. Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia during the Great Depression, O’Connor grew up during an era of hardship and trouble trying to focus on her studies while her family was battling financial difficulties. During this time of O’Connor’s life is where her short stories begin to form and her desire to share her experiences of love, friendship, and life blossomed into these short stories. O’Connor’s writing centers around her upbringing in the old south, the strong religious nature of the Bible Belt, all while characterizing her youthfulness are highlighted in two of her greatest short stories titled;

Captain O’Hara was struggling with the situation at NAS Oceana, he was a military commander and all of his training dealt with the military complex which was order. Now he was charged with policing the civilian community that had been popping up around the base. It wasn’t only this base but the others bases close-by were dealing with the same issues. They estimated the civilian numbers around the base to be close to three thousand people. They lived mostly in squalor and there were food riots about every other day. There was very little law and order in the camps and Captain O’Hara was at a loss at what to do. Civilian law enforcement had all but disappeared weeks after the event. They were now in the third month and things had

However, it was not just his story that inspired me. It was the smile that he carried on his face that amazed me. I asked myself, “How could someone who had endured through so many hardships throughout his life still

Knowing that you have a cancer is probably the worst thing to ever want to know in your whole life. For example, the doctors of Roger Ebert kept cutting parts of his body because cancer cells would get into them and destroy them. He couldn’t talk or even say a word for the rest of his life, yet when he want to speak they would give him a computer and a speaker next to him that say whatever he writes on his computer. He struggled his life before

And the final stage is acceptance. In this stage it where people are ready to move on and preparing themselves to be without that person (C, n.d.-b). Or have calmness about them. Sometimes terminally ill people show acceptance by putting up a strong front through adversity. For example, Craig Sage who is a sideline reporter for the television network TNT has been diagnosed with leukemia cancer and has been given 3-6 months to live. He is determined to work despite his prognosis and fight to stay alive.

I am a firm believer that life is too short to not be happy. April 28, 2015, Austin “Flash” Schroeder, a good friend of mine, lost his battle with T-cell lymphoma. Austin’s first symptom was a limp, he had just got back from Mexico so the doctors thought he might have stepped on a nail in the ocean and dismissed it, but the limp only got worse so they decided to take x-rays, that's when they discovered cancer. It was scary but we were told that the type of cancer he has is easily treated and had a high survival rate. The months to come were filled with ups and downs but the overall consensus was that he is getting better, until the drug they were giving him stopped working. The doctors held out hope and kept trying new treatments but Austin

McGuire returned with an assurance Dr O'Brien would attend after lunch. Also making a return appearance, Percy Le Vaux targeted the nearest convenient drunk. Already notorious as a lush, James O'Shea found real renown after the oft-told Alligator Creek incident. On that famous night, two pubs refused him service because of intoxication. Of itself, that was a somewhat remarkable occurrence in a town much enamoured of drink. Affronted by the unexpected refusal, O'Shea drove his cab home along the tram line. Crossing the Alligator Creek bridge, his horses lost their footing. They, the cab and James plunged into the water where he clung to a bridge pole until rescued by the police. In a stroke of good fortune, the crocodiles of Gator Creek deplored