Breast cancer affects a lot of people in the world. Last year, before my band teacher left, his mother died of breast cancer. Since her death, he didn't really talk and he was never really happy anymore. For concert band, we played a song called “October” in memory of his mother. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Every year in Little Rock, there's a “race for the cure”. I've done that race for 4 years in a row. Fortunately, some people survive it, like Bethany Fin.
Two years ago Bethany Fin was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. When she found out she said, “They told me I had stage 4 breast cancer. They told me there was little hope. They don't know me.” Breast cancer symptoms vary from lumps to swelling to skin changes. A lot of people with breast cancer have no obvious symptoms at all. It just looks like an infection or a cyst. Bethany Fin went through a lot of treatments and she made it through. There's a chance she may get it again, but she's confident she can fight it all over again and make it. Her husband said, “Before Bethany found out she had breast cancer, we had a lot of problems. We almost got divorced, but once she found out the bad news, I couldn't leave her. Now it's like we're back in high school.” The good thing about this is that even though she was diagnosed with something that affected her life completely, everything is back to normal. She can live her life cancer free!
In a weird way, cancer can be a good thing if you survive it. A lot of the band kids saw the bad side of how cancer can affect somebody. That somebody might not even have it, but somebody they love does. The good side of things is if you actually survive, you know not to take anything for granted. It's like a second chance. I will always support Susan G. Komen's foundtain for finding even more cures for breast cancer. Never give up hope. Hopefully, one day every single cancer will have a cure.
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