On November 23, 2012, my grandmother was admitted to the hospital due to breathing issues. Although she had been exceedingly ill in previous months, she never seemed weaker, and her condition only worsened as days passed. When the doctors shared the x-rays with us, it was clear what had caused her downfall. The nefarious masses plagued her body, sucking the life from her without mercy, and although she latter lost her battle, eternal rest came swiftly and painlessly. The largest of the tumors was found in her left breast, which had caused her inability to breath, and it was confirmed soon after her death, that breast cancer had spread through her lymph nodes and to the rest of her body.…