people with cancer in their family, now did it affect your life?

Answer 1

ஐ ஐ ஐ My mom had cancer (She was about 46), (It started when I was about 11). I was home schooled, so I didn't miss school, I did it while she was in the hospital. I stayed with her the ENTIRE time she was in the hospital. (She was in for 9 months). It was hard oon the whole family, sence we had animals and all. But she has now been cured for 1 and 1/2 years. (I am now 14, and she is 48)

If anyone in your family has cancer... Best of Luck!

Hayley

Answer 2

Cancer has affected my life greatly.
My boyfriend of 3 years, who is my best friend, nearly lost his mom to breast cancer.
My great grandmother and grandmother both died of lung cancer.
And I just found out 2 weeks ago that my uncles lung cancer has advanced to stage 4 and they said he has no more than 6 months.
Cancer has obviously had its negative afects on my life, I have been doing bad in school the last two weeks and my home isn't exactly pleasant, but it has also had good affects on me believe it or not.
In 2001, when I was only 10, I started working with the American Cancer Society through a youth against cancer (YAC) group. It helped me cope with my losses as well as raise money in hopes that one day no one will have to go through what my family has. I am so extremely involved in the Cancer Society directly and help set up and run three Relay for Life events each year.

I am assuming you are asking because someone in your family has cancer. I really suggest you go to a Relay for Life in your area. Go to cancer.org and find one near you. It is truly an AMAZING event. I am really sorry if someone in your family does have cancer and I will keep them and your whole famly in my prayers. I wish you luck and please feel free to email me if you ever need to.

Answer 3

My grandmother got colon cancer about 3 years ago and a while after that she got lung cancer too. I was 13-ish and my sister was 4. They were supposed to be taking care of us, but we ended up taking care of them. A lot of the responsibilities of the house became mine, etc (not that I minded much). We had to adjust our schedules to make time for her doctors appointments and my mother had to move/cancel a LOT of her patients' appointments (she's a doctor). It was a big change, but nothing much in the long run because she's in remission now.

It made me appreciate Life and my family more, and it made me more independent as my parents spent a lot of time in the hospitals and didn't have time to cook/etc for my sister and me.

Answer 4

hello, I am a Cancer survivor X 2 ... I lost my first breast in 1998, just after my 5th Wedding anniversary ...and my second bout in Jan 2002 .. It has taught me alot .. It has made me a more spiritual person,and a deeper thinker ..

It has taught me to really Enjoy what I want in life,and to go forward and find it .. I've traveled alot ..and seen many things that before cancer i just ..didn't care...

It brought me and my husband even closer,Mr.Angel always says I look better now then before ..and that Flat is Beautiful ..

Hope this helps ...

You can also go to www.raceforthecure.com

Answer 5

I remember my father's dying better than I remember his living. When I was three he died from skin cancer. I know the story. I know he wouldn't go to the doctor at first for this "bee sting" he thought he had on his back or let my mom see it for months. When he went they thought they removed all of it. Six months later he had a lot of back pain and no one would listen to him or treat him because they though he just wanted workman's comp (he was a clumsy cattleman) until a chiro he saw finally connected the back pain to the cancer and then his boss found out and he got fired and we moved. We lived on a farm in rural New England and moved to the midwest.
Thats what I know.
What I remember is that Daddy got sick. I remember bits of the move-- we drove and it took a while. We moved in with my grandparents and an uncle. Our dog's didn't like their dog so our dogs had to be kept in the back. Things were different. Then he was sicker. Then he went to the hospital. My mom stayed by him so my brother and I went to stay with an aunt and uncle for a while. She would visit. Then we moved again into a house when he came back to use just as sick. Our other grandparents came and stayed a while. He was in a coma for a while. Then he woke up and he took pictures of me (he looked to take pictures) and of everyone. Then he went back into the coma. Then he died and I didn't like the christmas lights and my mother was crying and a couple of family members came over. I was sitting by him, sitting on the floor. I touched his foot. One person tried to stop me and my mother said it was my way of saying goodbye and I thought she was silly cause obviously he wasn't going anywhere. Then they took the body away. I wasn't sure where he was going- maybe back to the hospital. I didn't understand dead. I remember the funeral because there were a lot of flowers and a man who talked and talked and talked. I remember that because I had to wear a stiff and itchy dress and be very still and quiet and afterwards when I wanted to go sit under the table instead I had to talk to people and someone told me I was being brave and I had no idea what I was being brave about except maybe the dress. Then not many months after that we moved again to another house and no more moving. But things were very strange and different. And I didn't grieve the way I was "supposed to" and I got put in this grief class thing when I was older and I think the whole thing-- his dying sent some members of my family around the bend.

Its been 20 years. I sometimes cry in the bathtub still. I cried about it when I planned my wedding. And I get angry sometimes too. I get angry that he died, that he died so soon especially. I get angry that he-- a red-headed cattleman-- wouldn't get his back checked out sooner. I get angry at the people who missed it the second time. I get jealous of the girls who grew up with daddy's they were close too. From what people tell me I take after him a lot in certain ways and sometimes I think it would have helped me understand me to know him. Angry about the bad changes his death brought. Most of all I get angry that I didn't get to know him better. Angry that I have more memories of his dying and being sick and life during that period than I do of life with him before. Then I get over all of it-- at least until the next time the thoughts come. I don't think of him every day. Not even every week. When I do, I don't dwell on the bad thoughts (well at least no the majority of the time), but they are there.

I also have an aunt who is a breast cancer survivor. It was a while ago- over ten years ago. It was really bad, we were all scared, didn't know if she would live it or not. It had spread to her ovaries. It was a long hard fight but she beat it. After she beat the cancer they became a foster family. They are all this super close family. The grown kids now have kids and are married and they are all close and live nearby and are alll close to their parents and there are still a bunch of kids at home too-- I think maybe they all became a little too close sometimes. Its a reaction a can understand, but sometimes I wonder if the parents are going to go a little bonkers with the stress of constant kids and babies (grandkids) always there. But they all do truly love each other and that is great. My father's siblings have all had things removed at one point or another due those things being precancerous or cancerous even I think. Sometimes radiation is given on spots as a precaution. I have dermatologist skin checks every couple of years and I love my sun screen. I also have a SPF hat I wear if I plan on being out in the sun for any good period of time (like more than an hour). And of course I check myself over for moles and stuff and have my doctor look at new ones. I had one removed about a year ago that I have always had because it was very large, but it was in an area where it sometimes got irritated by seams on clothing and I was going to get it removed at some point so I figured there was no time like the present. I'm also always after people to wear sunscreen and be careful about UV rays.

Answer 6

Brings it home that life is short, our time is short...to make the time we have matter if we can. Also, that a lot of life is luck, and out of your control.

Answer 7

Not at all please dont say in front of them it wont happen any thing by live with them the only thing is you should not eat their sampled food...

Answer 8

i dunno. my aunt died of cancer in 2004... sad moment