Cancer Vs My Life

• Thanesha Jagadeesan, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2021

I woke up feeling groggy and faint. I walk downstairs and I see my mum on the phone. I say good morning, she drops the phone and I see her horror struck face. She rushes towards me and and grabs me. She runs back to the kitchen and calls the doctor. She says that I am pale and have a fever. We rush to the doctor and get several of tests done. I am hospitalised waiting for the results. I am not hungry and fall asleep sitting up. The next morning I wake up to the sound of doctors yelling and my mum sobbing. I get up and ask whats wrong, they tell me that I have been diagnosed with stage 3 kidney cancer. I am shocked, I was healthy is what I thought, though I have been feeling quite groggy for a while and now I am a cancer patient. I am scared, will I survive? Tears start trickling down my cheeks. I have very limited time to live. I am gonna die is the only thing that I can think of.They tell us they need to operate. I know I have little chance to survive. They wheel me away shouting orders at doctors. I see my life in a blur as I am wheeled into a room with bright lights. The next thing I remember is them putting a blanket on me. I wake up feeling so tired and I have no idea where I am.I see my mum in a blur and she starts smiling. I ask her where I am and says the hospital.I am scared because I am even more confused. She says I was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney cancer and everything starts flooding back to me. I have so many questions. Did I survive? Am I in heaven? Am I cured? She says I did survive, I am not in heaven but I need to be treated with chemotherapy. We will start chemotherapy tomorrow I hear my doctor say. She says that I will have to keep my strength up, because of this I know I have to eat. I eat my dinner and fall asleep feeling like I am about to throw up. The next 6 months is just me getting chemotherapy and feeling so sick. I started losing my hair and I hate it. What did I do to deserve this? Why was I chosen to be the one who was known as the sick girl in school?The doctor says that I am so close to beating cancer but I dont really feel like it. I feel so sick and I wake up every day feeling like the day I was diagnosed with it. I feel so gloomy and grey. My whole life has changed. Cancer changes everything. 3 months later I am a cancer survivor. Cancer is a unimaginable experience, just know that you have people who support you. This is my experience, whats yours?