Cancer Stories

1 comment September 23rd, 2006

Cervical Cancer Story

About two weeks ago, I met an amazing woman when I was making a home visit to a terminally ill patient. I normally make such visits in my mission to touch the hearts of the sick and hurting people.

In the home, I met a lady by the name Nicole. She was taking care of the sick person I had gone to visit for a wage. I could tell she had a passion on doing that.

After visiting the terminally sick patien, who happens to be Nicole Grand father, Nicole offered me a cup of cofee and we sat down for a chat. When I was about to finish my cup, I realized that Nicole had not even sipped her cofee once. I couldn’t help to think that Nicole, 28 YO, was admiring me but I kept on assuming hoping that the right moment would arise and say what she had in her mind.

Nicole started her story and told me that she has been divorced twice by the same man. She has a 6 years old who suffers from ADHD… and so she continued with a long story. I noticed her etes were becoming red as we continued talking. “My former husband divorced me because I have cervical cancer”… she said. “I am the last born in our family and all of us have cervical cancer”.

In my thoughts, I realized that I had come there in that house for a very special reason… to reach the sich, hurting and desperate. I couldn’t do much to help her situation but I had something to give. I had my ears to listen to her as she vent out her pain of living with cancer.

Nicole feels rejected because of her cervical cancer. She is scheduled for a hysterectomy (surgical removal of uterus) this november but she has no one to take care of her during her recovery. She has parents who lives in another state and her operation is scheduled in Dallas.

I realized I had something even bigger to give Nicole. I have some hours I can volunteer and teach her about preparing for the surgery. She had mild anemia and so I thought that should be the first thing I will talk with her.

Nicole has become my close friend. My fiance’ and I will be there for Nicole even after surgery to help keep up with recovery and her ADHD 6 years old.

My story is actually longer than this.. it could be 10 pages long but I have tried to cut it short to avoid boring readers.

Thoughts for the day

Live to give. You may not have material things to give but someone needs your hug. Someone needs your ears. Infact, these are more valuable than material gifts to someone in pain.

Quote of the day: “You have not lived your day until you do something for someone who cannot pay you back”
:-) :-O

1 comment September 5th, 2006