Breast Cancer Sucks

Having a family member with breast cancer can be one of the hardest things to deal with. Every day that goes by you are wondering when it could be the last day with them. There are many stages of breast cancer. There are 5 stages of breast cancer: stage 0, stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, and stage 4. I had a grandmother with stage four and a cousin’s mom with stage two. My grandmother passed away when I was three due to the breast cancer. My cousins mom is a survivor of breast cancer ever since 2016. Even though I was young when my grandmother passed away, I still remember the day that my mom told me about it. My cousin found out that she had cancer a couple weeks before her sons (my cousin) 17th birthday. He used to play football and baseball, but everything had changed for him and his sister after that day. The days that she had to have surgery, he would skip school and always be there for her. Some of the days of the surgeries I would go to the hospital to just sit with my cousins and go get them food or with them. My cousin’s mom got diagnosed in November 2015 and had her last treatment in late 2016. During the year of many treatments, my parents and I would take them food to their house or I would take my cousin’s sister home from school or to any sports practices. After she won her battled cancer, my cousin went back to playing baseball for one year. My mom also had a breast lump removed when she was 19 and haven’t had anything since then. Even though my cousin beat her first battle of cancer and my mom had gotten the lump removed, you live every day wondering if it could show back up.