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  1. What my mother's battle with cancer taught me -Hello ...

    The first time it truly hit me that my mother had cancer was during her first visit to the oncologist. At the time, we were in the waiting area along with the other patients. Every one of them ...

  2. Stronger through My Mom's Cancer Essay

    Stronger through My Mom's Cancer Essay. Everything is perfectly fine, everything is great, then one day it all comes crashing down and shattered pieces are left. My life would never be the same but I guess change is for the best and it forced me to become the person I am today. It's rough to be the oldest child, especially when your mom is ...

  3. My Cancer Story: What I Learned From My Mom's Cancer

    Not yet old enough to own makeup, I dove into my mom's drawer. Sharie's curly locks called for some serious glamour: red lipstick, a bit of blush, some funky colored eye shadow, and an obscure pair of diamond-studded fake eyelashes. Jillian got a more understated look to match her short, straight 'do.

  4. Personal Essay: My Mom Beat Breast Cancer, and It Changed My Life

    At one point, an oncologist saved my mom's life when she suffered a pulmonary embolism. At the time, she was estimated to only have about three weeks left to live, but she beat the odds and survived. It has been 13 years since my mom's diagnosis. She survived breast cancer, and she's the strongest person I know.

  5. My Mom

    It had been nearly seven years since my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. So many highs and lows happened over those seven years; I can't express in words the joy and overwhelming feeling of thanks to God that the news of a tumor eradication can bring. Nor can I speak of the sinking sorrow that follows the discovery that the cancer has ...

  6. When Your Parent Has Cancer: Advice From Those Who Have Been There

    3. Ask for Support. One of the most difficult parts of caring for a parent with cancer is the amount of tasks that can pile up. From daily chores to appointment shuttling, the to-do list can feel overwhelming. It's human nature to experience difficulty asking for help, but it's so important for both you and your parent that you get support.

  7. My Mother's Struggles

    My Mother's Struggles. October 20, 2012. Watching a person go through cancer treatment could easily be considered one of the hardest things for someone to do. Especially when that person is your mother. Cancer is a battle that is often times viewed upon as unbeatable, in my situation cancer was unbeatable. When I was 3 years old, my mother was ...

  8. PDF When Your National Cancer Institute Parent Has Cancer

    If your mom, dad, or an adult close to you has cancer, this booklet is for you. Here you can read about what has helped other teens get through this tough time. Doctors, nurses, social workers, friends, and family are working hard to help your mom or dad get better. You are a very important part of that team, too.

  9. When My Mom Had Cancer

    Health-fitness; News When My Mom Had Cancer - Cancer from Child's Perspective. Read 13-year-old Benjamin Otis's essay about when his mother had cancer.

  10. How My Mother's Battle With Breast Cancer Strengthened Our Relationship

    October 31, 2023. Siobhan Robinson. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 10 years old — and I still remember the day so clearly. Sitting down in the Palo Alto Breast Cancer Center's waiting room, I played on my DSI while waiting for her to return after entering the doctor's corridors. However, hours passed and my mother ...

  11. How Have Your Family Experiences With Cancer Impacted Your Decision to

    Above all, my aunt was full of life; her radiant smile could brighten the darkest of rooms. To leave behind four children was devastating, yet I can only imagine her heartbreak had the diagnosis been for one of her children. When I imagine a family discovering their child has cancer, I can empathize with those complex emotions.

  12. Personal Narrative: My Mom's Cancer

    300 Words. 2 Pages. Open Document. The topic of my mom's cancer causes a crack in my voice and tears to develop in my eyes. Naturally, I would want to avoid the subject at all costs, especially in front of a large group. When my friend approached me about a Grief Camp she needed help with, I was hesitant to agree.

  13. PDF 2007 Cancer Unwrapped Winning Essays

    Howard Cabiao. During the summer of 2003, I plunged into a two week nightmare. I felt robbed of my dreams and my hopes for sharing another year with my grandfather, or at least to utter the words of goodbye. On July 28th, 2003 my grandfather, Pantaleon Cabiao, passed away just a day after his birthday, from Prostate Cancer.

  14. Caring for a parent with cancer? Follow this advice

    Request an appointment at MD Anderson online or by calling 1-877-632-6789. Caring for a parent with cancer can raise many questions. Taking care of a parent with cancer can be a challenging shift in your relationship. Vinh Nguyen, M.D., shares four things to remember as you navigate your new role.

  15. There's No Easy Way To Say "My Mom Has Cancer"

    An article with that title contained one of the most beautiful personal essays I'd ever read. Because after my mom was diagnosed with cancer, reading it felt like a breath of fresh air — and I…

  16. Personal Narrative: Your Mom Has Cancer

    Personal Narrative: Your Mom Has Cancer. 465 Words2 Pages. My childhood and my innocence came crashing down when my dad told me the worst sentence that I've ever heard in my life, "Your mom has cancer". There is nothing, no amount of mental or physical pain you can inflict me with, that could compare to what I felt in that moment.

  17. PDF Mom or Dad Has Cancer… Now What?

    If your mom or dad has been diagnosed with cancer, you may be feeling confused, worried, upset, sad or angry. You probably have many questions. Learning more about cancer and how it may affect your life can help. Here are some answers to questions frequently asked by children and teens just like you. MOM OR DAD HAS CANCER… NOW WHAT?

  18. How My Mom's Breast Cancer Journey Inspired Me to Pursue a Career in

    Jessica and her mom in 2002, before her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. When I was 10 years old, I walked into my parents' bathroom to find my dad shaving my mother's head. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was starting to lose her hair from the chemotherapy. She wanted to shave it before all her hair had fallen out.

  19. An Essay About Mother

    Stronger through My Mom's Cancer Essay. Everything is perfectly fine, everything is great, then one day it all comes crashing down and shattered pieces are left. My life would never be the same but I guess change is for the best and it forced me to become the person I am today. It's rough to be the oldest child, especially when your ...

  20. Falling to My Knees: My Mom's Story with Metastatic Breast Cancer

    While the initial cancer was advanced, my mom's course of treatment followed a predictable path for many advanced breast cancer patients: chemotherapy, then surgery (a unilateral mastectomy), followed by more chemotherapy, and finally radiation. She was in active treatment for 13 months. Despite hair loss, nausea, weakness, and fatigue, my ...

  21. PDF 2013 Cancer Unwrapped Winning Essays

    It is now 12 months after the original diagnosis, and my father has outlived the 3 to 11 month life expectancy. My family has begun to settle into a new "normal". Dealing with cancer is now a regular, everyday thing. My dad has started going back to work part time after initially taking several months off to "get things in order."

  22. My Mom Had Cancer: A Short Story

    Decent Essays. 463 Words. 2 Pages. Open Document. The Time I Found Out My Mom Had Cancer It was early one summer afternoon, shortly after lunchtime, when I heard my mom scramble towards the door. There was little noise, besides her loud stomps and faint cries through the drywall. The wind whistled faintly through my slightly open windows.

  23. Suleika Jaouad's Art of Survival

    In living with cancer, Suleika Jaouad has learned to wrench meaning from our short time on Earth. ... Suleika has continued to write, both essays and ... "Her mom gifted her a sort of lap easel ...

  24. How to Talk to Kids When a Parent Has Cancer

    Try to be optimistic. Yes, people die of cancer, but many, many people live. If the cancer was caught early, tell them that. If the prognosis is good, tell them that. Your child may ask whether you will die. You can tell them that your doctors are giving you treatments to get rid of the cancer and get you healthy.

  25. Assisted Suicide Was My Healthy Mother's Last Wish

    By his intellect, she said. One Sunday in late fall, my mother, my sister, and I were on our way back to the city from East Hampton when Mom decided to stop to get a poinsettia for the professor. When my father asked why we were late, my sister told him, innocently, that we stopped to buy a plant for "Mommy's lover.".

  26. 20 Celebrities Who Privately Battled Health Issues

    The How I Met Your Mother star privately dealt with an ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2007 when she was 25. She kept her fight a secret for years. "For me at the time, I just wanted to deal with it on my own and with my family," she told People magazine in 2018. "I wasn't interested in sharing it with anybody."

  27. My brother's battle with cancer

    He sometimes struggles with social skills, focusing, and difficulty learning and grasping new and different concepts. It's hard watching him go through these struggles. Because he has beaten cancer you just want it all to be over, but he still deals with some of the effects from the treatments he received.

  28. What to Do With an Inheritance

    Spend 3 to 5 percent on something you really want. "This is free money, so do something that makes you happy and is fun," she said. If you were close to the person who died, consider buying ...