I never really knew about the disease or how someone can develop it. All I knew was that it starts when cells in the breasts begin to grow out of control and starts to form a tumor. I was so naive and skeptical about the disease, I thought it would never get to my family and I since we were so healthy and no one ever had it in my family before. And I believed that anyone who had it would be completely devastated and impossible to overcome. But I was totally wrong. In 2015, the doctor told us the most distressing news I’ve ever heard in my life. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. My mother is the most caring and cheerful person ever. She is so full of energy and enjoys to be active. Till this day, I never really knew how she developed this disease. Taking it back to late 2014, I realized that my mother was acting and looking different lately. I saw changes in her …show more content…
He walked us into a dark, empty room holding papers in his hands and said the most terrifying word ever: cancer. My mother was diagnosed with cancer in her left breast. He held up the papers and showed us where it was located and how big it was. My heart dropped and I started to shake and feel very frail. Tears dropped down my cheeks as he told us the devastating news. Yet at that moment, no amount of heartbreak or physical pain I experienced in my life before could ever compare to what I felt upon learning that my mother was battling breast cancer. My mother was lost for words, as was I. I saw fear and sorrow in her eyes, and I held her hand tight. “We will get through this together mom. Everything will be okay,” I told her. In my family, I took the news the hardest. I shut myself out from the world and refused to talk about the disease, but I had to face it. It was so hard to believe. “How could someone who takes care of themselves so much, tries to be healthy and active develop this disease?” I asked