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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / January 2005Survival stories
Hello, My name is Mike. I am a freshmen in highschool and am currently studying cancer. One of my assignments is to take a personal story from a surviver and write a narrative about it. My family has been blessed and cancer amoung my family is rare. I had a grandmother who died of breast cancer when i was very young, and fortunatly no one in my family has gotten it since then. I would very much appreciate any help you can give, no matter how small or how big. The main focus of the paper is to be on the process of treatment, specifically chemotherapy. In the past week i have learned how horrible of an experience it is, but nothing compares to the descriptions of someone who has been through it. Thank you for your time and help, Mike > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Mike Mike, take a hike is this the general feeling of the group? i fail to understand what is wrong. Mike, You are treading on tragedy, and that has to be done with the care. Those who are dealing with this devastation may not want to be put under the magnifying glass of a school project. If you want to lurk and learn, I might find that acceptable, but some might not. My spouse had Alzheimer disease and the course of that is especially devastating to the caregiver and the patient. I was on a University accessed caregiver group for a while where I found out we were being observed by students. They had access to all our shared grief. When some posted and seemed so unaware of our feelings, I became very angry and hesitant to post my problems and special journey. I felt the newsgroup and the university was using us and our Alzheimer journey without our permission. I would guess some here might feel the same about their special journey with cancer treatments. Just my 2 cents worth. eveline > is this the general feeling of the group? > i fail to understand what is wrong. thank you for the respone i totally understand where your coming from. i guess i failed realise not everyone in this group is a survior and many have lost loved ones to the disease. if it means anything, ill reveal a little more. my grandmother is not the only one in the family to have died from cancer. my uncle died of a brain tumor when he was 16. i can still see the scars its left in my dad and grandparents. just last year i lost another family member to ciggarete smoking. he was 66 years old. i remember the experience... trips to the hospital, seeing him... attached to machines, living off them, no longer able to support himself. we chose to let him go. i saw him die in front of my eyes. i know what its like to go through a loss, and im sorry for not making clear the deep serenity and upmost respect for everyone here who has been through a loss, or has had a fatal disease themselves Mike ick - i didnt realise how much time has gone by. he died in late 2002, if it makes any difference |
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