Personal Narrative: Cancer Sucks
Cancer Sucks At a young age you never know how cancer can affect you. When being 3 & 5, it really doesn’t process that it’s horrible. At age 13 I realized everything I can do besides mourn and feel bad. In a small, friendly neighborhood located in the gorgeous and huge city of Dallas, Texas. I was first affected by the horrible disease at a young age. I was living with my mom and my only set of grandparents. Life was good for my two year old self; I was about to turn three in a couple months. I never knew the disasters about to strike the Romo family.
My grandfather would mow the lawn, do repairs to the house and go to his job. My grandmother stayed at home with me during the sunny days. She would do chores, make me amazing food and make sure I …show more content…
My grandparents were healthy and doing amazing. My grandad went to the doctor and he came back with some news. He told us he was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was only 2, I really don’t remember anything or knew how it would affect my family. We stayed positive, but sadly he passed on my 3rd birthday. 1 year later my grandmother was soon diagnosed with lung cancer around the beginning of May. She passed at 12:03 on May 27th, my birthday. I remember them letting me go back into the brightly lit hallway and my mom was holding me. She asked the nurse if I could go back to the dimly lit room and say goodbye. I didn’t know what that meant, I was only 4. I thought I was saying, “Goodbye, see you tomorrow on my birthday,” but of course that wasn’t the case. In 2016 my close uncle, Gabriel had horrible headaches, so he went to the doctor. They told him he had a mass in his brain. I remember in my Science class breaking down in tears because I was thinking about how the mass can be cancer. Later that night we learned it was cancerous. I cried so much, but my friends helped me through it. Thankfully they removed 95% and now it is completely gone and he is doing
My grandfather would mow the lawn, do repairs to the house and go to his job. My grandmother stayed at home with me during the sunny days. She would do chores, make me amazing food and make sure I …show more content…
My grandparents were healthy and doing amazing. My grandad went to the doctor and he came back with some news. He told us he was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was only 2, I really don’t remember anything or knew how it would affect my family. We stayed positive, but sadly he passed on my 3rd birthday. 1 year later my grandmother was soon diagnosed with lung cancer around the beginning of May. She passed at 12:03 on May 27th, my birthday. I remember them letting me go back into the brightly lit hallway and my mom was holding me. She asked the nurse if I could go back to the dimly lit room and say goodbye. I didn’t know what that meant, I was only 4. I thought I was saying, “Goodbye, see you tomorrow on my birthday,” but of course that wasn’t the case. In 2016 my close uncle, Gabriel had horrible headaches, so he went to the doctor. They told him he had a mass in his brain. I remember in my Science class breaking down in tears because I was thinking about how the mass can be cancer. Later that night we learned it was cancerous. I cried so much, but my friends helped me through it. Thankfully they removed 95% and now it is completely gone and he is doing