What is a survivor? A survivor is not a person who wins, but a person who does not gives up. Every year, thousands of teenagers commit suicide and give up on life. Yet those brave teen cancer patients whose life are ten times worse than a bully victim, never give up on life. Cancer patients never decide that their life is too hard and say "Just pull the plug" instead they fight the battle till the end. They believe that that they can overcome the deadly disease and that kind of faith is admirable. Even if a cancer patient dies, he or she is still a survivor because he or she had put up a great fight against the world's most dangerous killer, cancer. I am a cancer survivor, and cancer has significantly impacted my personality and career goals.
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Because I was receiving a lot of chemotherapy, my learning skills were affected. In the hospital, I struggled to relearn simple concepts such as the alphabet and pronunciation. I had a problem in reading, speech and English which were originally the subjects that I excelled in. A neurologist told me that chemotherapy had damaged my brain so much that I should be homeschooled; however, I went back to school despite the neurologist approval. I studied two hours per subject every day, I made better grades than ever. Years later in high school, I made all A's and Top Ten. My determination to triumph over my learning disabilities resulted in my academic …show more content…
I am an humble, caring, and religious person because of cancer. I am not like the average teenager girl; I do not desire to have designer clothes, fancy shoes, expensive hairstyles, or designed nails. Since I been in many near death situations, I know being pretty and fashionable is not what's important in life, but life itself and health is what's important. I enjoy the simple things in life, like being able to walk, spending time with my family, and going to church. I love to visit the cancer patients in my community. I chat and play cards or bingo with them to take their mind off their health. Because so many people help me when I was sick, I love to help others. Cancer had helped shaped the type of person I am
Because I was receiving a lot of chemotherapy, my learning skills were affected. In the hospital, I struggled to relearn simple concepts such as the alphabet and pronunciation. I had a problem in reading, speech and English which were originally the subjects that I excelled in. A neurologist told me that chemotherapy had damaged my brain so much that I should be homeschooled; however, I went back to school despite the neurologist approval. I studied two hours per subject every day, I made better grades than ever. Years later in high school, I made all A's and Top Ten. My determination to triumph over my learning disabilities resulted in my academic …show more content…
I am an humble, caring, and religious person because of cancer. I am not like the average teenager girl; I do not desire to have designer clothes, fancy shoes, expensive hairstyles, or designed nails. Since I been in many near death situations, I know being pretty and fashionable is not what's important in life, but life itself and health is what's important. I enjoy the simple things in life, like being able to walk, spending time with my family, and going to church. I love to visit the cancer patients in my community. I chat and play cards or bingo with them to take their mind off their health. Because so many people help me when I was sick, I love to help others. Cancer had helped shaped the type of person I am