When I saw this prompt a thought of someone I loose years back just popped up and immediately I said to myself that I would go for cancer, cancer is one deadly disease that no one has cure to especially in my country, it is a disease that is killing people prematurely and this always saddened me.
I have been hearing on the TV screen and Internet about how people died of cancer but all I could say was God will rest their soul, I never knew how painful it was until it happened to someone who was dearly to me, someone I called family, someone that took me as a child and I can rely on, that was when I actually saw it with my own eyes and felt the pain it brings.
We once had this tenant who saw my mother has her mother, we were very close and more than a family, one day she broke this news to us that she had breast cancer. At first, it felt like a lie. We kept asking, “How can this be true?” She was always strong, always lively and made jokes that made everyone laugh. But after that news, everything about her started changing.
She had to start treatment, and that was when we saw how cruel this disease can be. She undergo chemo and this made her so weak, I watched her losing her hair gradually and I couldn't help in that situation, she always cover her hair with scarf and gradually losing herself as well, whenever I'm with her she would always pretended to be strong but deep down I know a lot was going through her mind.
It was not just her that suffered. The whole family suffered with her. My mother cried almost every night because it was like a sister and a daughter to her and the pain was too much for everyone to bear. We had to visit hospitals again and again, there were days she could not eat, and there were nights when she could not sleep because of the pain. We all stayed awake too, hoping she would feel better.
Should I talk about the financial aspect, that nearly kill her family, my mother supported her but it was draining that was when I knew that the treatment is not cheap at all, and we spent so much money. Her Families sold land, borrow from friends, and still it never feels like enough. You do all that just to keep someone alive, and yet the disease still finds a way to win sometimes. That is what makes it so heartbreaking.
I was writing exam in school when I got a call from my mother that she finally died, I was so bitter and angry, I cried my eyes out, I always saw her image in my dream, she was everything to me, I couldn't concentrate for days because she fought for her life but this deadly disease won at last.
So to the prompt of this week,If I had the power to cure one disease then I would rather cure cancer because it destroys more than just the body, it takes away joy in the family , it destroys mind and the spirit as wellI, I think about the children who lose their parents to cancer. I think about young people whose lives and dreams are cut short before they even get a chance to fully live. It feels unfair, and if I could change just one thing in the world, this would be it.
This is my entry to this episode of #smp community prompt of #smp-w33e2
