Personal Narrative: How Cancer Has Changed My Life

Cancer, that word rang through my mind like a song that had been set on repeat. We found out the news a few days after Christmas that my grandfather had stage four pancreatic cancer and had a limited amount of time left. He seemed perfectly fine prior to the news when he went in for a checkup with his doctor. My grandfather had previous health issues most involving his heart, but cancer was the one thing my family never expected. The night I found out my grandfather had stage four cancer is a night I will never forget, and it changed my life but not for the better. The news had hit me like a ton of bricks and was so unexpected that all of this was happening. I remember feeling hateful at the world wondering why did bad things like this happen to good people. At the same time I felt completely and utterly broken inside and was scared of what would happen next. Most of all I never thought that something like this would have happened to me. Recalling that night I cried myself to sleep worried that he may not be there when I woke up the next morning. The bond that me and my grandfather had everyone could see that and they knew there was no taking us apart. We were like those two kids that meet on their first day of Kindergarten and you knew that they would be friends from …show more content…
Don’t take the time you have with your loved ones for granted, because before you know it they may not be with you anymore. It took me also a long time to realize this and also find out how to be happy again. I felt lost for the longest time but I eventually came to the realization that my grandfather wouldn’t have wanted me to always be sad he wanted me to move on with my life. I channeled the sadness that I had into helping others which eventually made me happy again, and who I am today. The lesson I want to leave throughout my story is that even in the darkest of times there is a light at the