Tyresha's In The Heart Of A Champion

“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.

In 2009 my uncle was diagnosed with Cancer. Much like Sundiata, he did not display and fear in the face of danger. No matter how much his condition worsened, he stayed strong and shed no tears. For the sake of his family and friends, he did not want to show weakness. After his diagnosis, he underwent chemotherapy as well as many surgeries. He continued to work and support his family for as long as he could.

They had now found out that she has cancer again since one tiny cell didn’t get killed. This cancer cell has been growing through all the years and it has become worse, it was now a stage 4 cancer, the highest stage, and has now moved into her bones. She still stands strong today and she says that she made it through all the pain and feeling hopeless through God. A miracle have happened so far from 2013 to 2015 she has gotten better and is out of the hospital. She is back to her normal daily routine and enjoying life as much as she can. “I don’t plan on leaving soon, I just need to get ready for when god calls me home “. She will never give up this life and stop fighting even though every single thing, when it turns

“’So what’s your story?’” she then then replies “’I already told you my story. I was diagnosed when-‘” He interrupts and says “’No, not your cancer story. Your story. Interests, hobbies, passions, etcetera… Don’t tell me you’re one of those people who becomes their disease. I know so many people like that. It’s disheartening. Like cancer is in the growth business, right? The taking-people-over business. But surely you haven’t let it succeed prematurely’” (Green, 32).

In this article, Sarah Cotterill writes about how cancer has changed the way she sees and processes the world she lives in today. During this hard time of her life she has experienced both highs and lows throughout. Cotterill is only 29 years of age but feels she has the knowledge to speak in this topic since she has experienced it first hand.

Just last year, when I come across this heartbreaking story about a young mother Kaley Fitzsimmons. As an sport instructor and a mother of a young beautiful daughter, Ms. Fitzsimmons dreams is to be there to watch her daughter grow up. But after 9 months fighting Osteosarcoma, a common type of bone cancer that found in growing bones, she has peacefully passed away on July 15, 2015, according to Daily Mail, a news from UK. Additionally, On July 17, 2015, in Medical News Today, a health information site I learned that cancer is the second most common cause of death in America with 14 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths in 2012 according to their most recent data.

If you were to meet Kari Whitehead and ask about her daughter, Emma, she would tell you with bright eyes about her first look at her 10 pound baby with a hair full of head, she would tell you about her first steps, sweet kisses and tickle wars. Kari would tell you about how Emma loves to paint, her favorite color is purple and her voice might crack as she painfully recalls that just when she was getting good at writing her name, her childhood was tragically interrupted by cancer. Just a few weeks shy of her fifth birthday, Emma was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Kari and her husband found comfort in that with chemotherapy, their precious child had 80%-90% chances of surviving. With great hopes, Emma began her 26 months of chemotherapy; however, after 16

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“Most of our lives can go on with normal ups and downs, but the winds of change can blow in a tragic event that can uproot our world as we know it.” Dan B. Allender, the Healing Path. When my son was 6 years old he was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma. To be helpless watching your child experience surgeries, chemo treatments, nausea and bullying from fellow kindergarteners is difficult. You do everything within your power to minimize the suffering to your family. The treatment was successful and after 6 months he was in remission. Though this was a very hard time for me it did not compare to when we found out the cancer had returned 5 ½ years later.

In the past year, three of my family members, including my dad, have been diagnosed with cancer. In addition, after a four year battle, cancer took the life of one of my friends. As unfortunate as this news is, people all around the world will continue to be left with no other choice but to fight for their lives, until a cure for cancer is discovered. With

The world as we know it is full of giants: people, corporations, or diseases that stand looming and ominous over our lives. They may appear incredibly intimidating, but this is only at an immediate glance. Look past the rough and horrifying exterior of these giants, and you can see that they can be beaten with a combination of skill and cunning. For some people, this giant is cancer. This unforgiving disease ruins and takes millions of lives every single year, despite the countless dollars and hours that go into finding a cure. The thought of having cancer, or a loved one having cancer is absolutely devastating, as it is a very hard giant to defeat. However, with lots of effort and strive, it sometimes can be taken down. One person who learned this was my “aunt”, Lorraine Frankel.

Good morning. Imagine for a moment two men, one of which being a hardworking, optimistic and loving father of three children, and the other being an outcast, lonely and friendless man. These men are then both given the same hard hitting news that they have been diagnosed with the same disease, heart cancer. Who do you truly believe has a better chance at survival, the man who knows he has a family to feed and a fruitful life that motivates him and gives him hope, or the man that believes without a doubt that he is a waste of space and giving up would be better than pressing on? Is it not clear? Faith, hope and motivation is absolutely imperative to surviving any physical pain, illness or disease under the sun.

We know that many face limited access to healthcare specialists. We know that there is a lack of information about promising new treatments. We know that so many face inadequate or no insurance. We know there are struggles with finding employment. And we know all about the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social struggles cancer survivors face. That’s why we are here. Join us this month as NOU provides great features for and by cancer survivors as we always do. And get ready for our inaugural print edition in July, that includes specially selected features from women survivors who are ready to share their stories, thoughts, hopes and dreams as well as struggles, and most of all, their courage and

One summer morning in 2007, I woke up to the news that my father had lost his battle with lung cancer just after one year. Those words were heartbreaking and life-changing. My father was the light of my life and my true best friend. He was a family man, hard-worker, and the best role-model. He was a successful engineer who supported his family to the fullest, and his life had to stop because of a fatal disease. No one can ever replace the bond that my father and I had. It kills me, that the last words he said to me could barely be spoken because the severity of his cancer.