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When
I first felt that I had a swollen lymph node in my right armpit, I thought it needed medical attention. The first doctor
examination showed negative and never suggested that I go for mammogram. A year went by, my intuition told me to see
a doctor again and so I did. This time the doctor asked me to go for mammogram and the result was positive with a very
small lump within the ductal region. I was devastated that I wondered how long I had that lump. I did not know
what to do except to see my sister and told her about it. She was stunned and asked me to see a doctor right away.
Of course, I did not waste any time, I went for biopsy for confirmation. My treatment started with surgery (radical
modified mastectomy), next was chemotherapy (intravenuous injection of combination of cancer drugs) for six months and the
last treatment was radiation (regulated cobalt ray beam) for
one and a half months. After those stressful treatment processes
I underwent, the prayers, and the loved support of my family and friends, I finally won the battle with cancer.
Thanked to My Lord, Almighty God, through his miracle He had healed me and I was able to go on with my life.
Another six year later, I was devastated again
after knowing the result of that year routine annual mammagram that I had a cancer again. This time it was
on the other left breast. I remembered well what my first doctor said to me: "no guarantee to be cancer
free after this first successful cancer treatment." I realized that everyone's physical body is not immuned to any
kind of diseases. Even the Earth planet I have lived all my life is depleting from its mineral resources as people
exhumed and overused them. My own physical body seems a perfect creation by Lord, Almighty from His first
made couple Adam and Eve who dwelled on earth and commited the greatest sin that compromised the lasting physical
existence of man and other living matters that man coexist with. These should not be the reasons why I should
not fight and struggle and whatever comes beween my life time. Without hope and faith that Almightly
God will do the healing again, I can not go on and enjoy life again.
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