Esophagus Cancer: A Case Study

2009 was the worst year of my life life. Six years ago today, my uncle Richard died from Esophagus Cancer. I was 11 in 2009. I’m 17 now and I still vividly remember the sickness. I have a lot of aunts and uncles but this one, I was the closest with. I think the hardest thing was watching him tower over me as a child, he was six feet three inches, and then go from that, to a sickly guy sitting in a hospital bed, unable to stand. His skin was pale grey and he looked like he was already dead. I have a sharp regret not seeing him often. All my other family lived in other states, he lived not even an hour away. He was my dad’s brother and also the youngest of the 5 siblings. The American Cancer Society says that there’s 16,980 people diagnosed …show more content…
When in advanced stages, the symptoms of this cancer is trouble swallowing, chest pain, weight loss, hoarseness, chronic cough, vomiting, hiccups, Pneumonia, bone pain, and bleeding in the esophagus.(ACS, 2015). When you go through seeing someone you love with most of these symptoms, it’s hard. He was a heavy smoker and The National Cancer Institution say heavy drinking causes it also. He was the unlucky one that passed away. Only 12% survive this cancer. (Cancer Reasearch UK, 2015). All my family had heavy pain on our hearts when he promised to walk his baby girl down the aisle at her wedding. He said “Even if I have to be in a wheelchair, i’ll wheel you down the aisle. No matter what it takes i'll be there at your wedding.” Sadly, he died about three days later. His funeral was silent and everyone will always remember the memory of him. Like when he lived with us back in the day and every single time he went to sit down for dinner at his favorite spot in the table, he’d bump his head on the light because he was a giant. How all my siblings and cousins would sit down around my dad and him when they would play guitar together. Those sweet sounds of music flowing through the house all day. I can still hear him singing in my