You Don't Scare Me Cancer!

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display the traits of uncontrolled growth. Cancer causes about 13% of all deaths.According to the American Cancer Society, 7.6 million people died from cancer in the world during 2007. One of the most popular cancer is breast cancer.It is one of the top ten diseases that takes the lives of woman. My great aunt was one of the victims of breast cancer, who lost her battle with breast cancer. Along with my great aunt, my grandmother,grandfather, and oldest aunt have all been diagnosed with cancer throughout their lives. Luckily, they were all able to defeat this disease. As you can probably tell, cancer is a deadly disease that runs in my family. Since many of my close family members have been diagnosed with it, their is a high chance that I might get it sometime is my life. Though this disease is deadly, I am not scared of it.If a day should come where I am given the news that I have cancer, I will do my best to defeat it. If My grandmother and grandfather can defeat it so can I.

Short of Breath

Unfortunately I have been a victim of shortness of breath. My last vivid memory of this was during one of my softball practices. I believe it was my first week of softball practice, after making the team. The practice was very hard and tiring. I was not used to using every muscle in my body. I was used to playing tennis and basketball in my regular physical education class, not softball. This softball practice included running,drills, and batting practice. Now the great thing about a team sport (*sarcasm) is that if one person messes up during a drill, then the whole team was required to redo the drill. After the practice, the team huddled up, while the coaches gave an inspirational speech. I was unable to focus on the coaches' words because I was too busy having trouble with breathing. I also felt dizzy. This caused me to ask one of my coaches if I could sit down. This was very embarrassing but necessary. This is an experience that I will probably remember for a long time

2nd Semester

This semester, I am hoping to to get an A in this class. Last semester, I received a B because I did not turn in all my work and some of it was late. Hopefully, this semester I will somehow keep up with all the work. Junior year for me has been a harsh lesson of time management. I really need to prioritize my homework and activities. Besides receiving an A in this class, I also want to gain more knowledge on how the body works and different diseases.