Monday, June 14, 2004
I met this wonderful person a few months ago and last time we met , i learnt something shocking about her.
i knew she had to go for an operation a month of so ago and i've been concerned with her health and last time i met up with her, she confessed that she has cancer. and she's only 24. she's young, extremely smart, pretty and simply an amazing person. i already admire her and when i learnt of that, i was simply overwhelmed. how she manages to look so happy and work so hard at everything is beyond me. she works full time and studies full time and tutors her sister and scores top marks and is always so positive. i felt ashamed of myself for whinging about the smallest things and of not appreciating my life more. she's gotten over the cancer now after a few chemo treatments but there are some complications that she doesn't even know what they are. the doctors and her family refuse to tell her until the exams are over, and that sounds so ominous to me. and she's been told the cancer can come back anytime. she was telling me of the pain and trauma she went through and the possibility that she will never have kids etc..... my heart just broke. i wish her all the best.
you hear of people our age getting cancer but often we think of them as news stories or research statistics. we don't expect these things to happen to us or people we know. such cases seem to be getting more and more common and i truly wish no one has to go through all that. another friend of mine's father is striken with cancer as well and he's always lived the healthiest lifestyle. at this moment, he is on his deathbed. sometimes i wonder why do people bother living or having kids when the world we are living in seem to be so barren and diseased? with all the advancement in science, instead of making life simpler, it seems to be making life more and more insufferable. at the same time, my friends' experiences will be a contant reminder to treasure what i have while i have it. and it's an affirmation to me that i shall continue living everyday, expecting to die someday of a painful, cancerous death.
i knew she had to go for an operation a month of so ago and i've been concerned with her health and last time i met up with her, she confessed that she has cancer. and she's only 24. she's young, extremely smart, pretty and simply an amazing person. i already admire her and when i learnt of that, i was simply overwhelmed. how she manages to look so happy and work so hard at everything is beyond me. she works full time and studies full time and tutors her sister and scores top marks and is always so positive. i felt ashamed of myself for whinging about the smallest things and of not appreciating my life more. she's gotten over the cancer now after a few chemo treatments but there are some complications that she doesn't even know what they are. the doctors and her family refuse to tell her until the exams are over, and that sounds so ominous to me. and she's been told the cancer can come back anytime. she was telling me of the pain and trauma she went through and the possibility that she will never have kids etc..... my heart just broke. i wish her all the best.
you hear of people our age getting cancer but often we think of them as news stories or research statistics. we don't expect these things to happen to us or people we know. such cases seem to be getting more and more common and i truly wish no one has to go through all that. another friend of mine's father is striken with cancer as well and he's always lived the healthiest lifestyle. at this moment, he is on his deathbed. sometimes i wonder why do people bother living or having kids when the world we are living in seem to be so barren and diseased? with all the advancement in science, instead of making life simpler, it seems to be making life more and more insufferable. at the same time, my friends' experiences will be a contant reminder to treasure what i have while i have it. and it's an affirmation to me that i shall continue living everyday, expecting to die someday of a painful, cancerous death.
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