How Does Cancer Affect Our Life

Did you know cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world today? There are many different types of cancers that affect different parts of the body. Although some cancers can be cured as well as some are not. Those who may have had cancer affect their family may take it more seriously. Cancer is the most terrible thing. Three years ago in quiet Hartford, South Dakota sitting inside the warm living room, we got the news. The late afternoon sun may have been great, but the fear and tremendous sadness was not. That night turned into a rainy stormy night as we were feeling. The living room become cold where four of us sat. You could hear the deep breathes, crying, and sniffling. This is the worst news anyone of us could’ve imagined. Believing …show more content…
That’s where she was staying for chemo and radiation. Finding out we needed to take action now, meant it was serious. She also had to go through brain surgery to get a lime sized brain tumor out before it was too late. The surgery doctor said, “We got most of the tumor out but not all if it. We couldn’t get all of it because it is on her brain steam and has the chance of killing her in surgery.” The family was glad he didn’t take out all of it out. Seeing Janice come out of surgery with no hair, tubes coming out of her body, barley able to talk, and hearing the monitor beep was something I didn’t want to see. Grandma Janice stayed with her daughter, Tami, in her small house with three dogs, and four other people for about three months or so before she had to go back to the hospital. We knew something us up when the doctor came in and didn’t say anything for about three minutes. Then he said, “Your grandmother has fluid in her lungs.” They proceeded to tell us that they had to drain her lungs about two times because they kept filling up. At this point she was miserable. We knew as a family that she couldn’t do this