Treatment vs Pain

by anamale44

April 11, 2014

You have cancer, is the worst to hear

Is something you would never want to be in your ears

On top of death in our nation

It seems to have no limitations

Do not lose all hope, there is a treatment

They do not say how bad you'll be beaten

If the power was at my finger tips

I would take away all the bad trips

The way to kill the venom is intoxicating

One can feel as if they are suffocating

I would change it so that the person will feel better

Not make it so that they feel the need to write a death letter

The hurt of the body, the loss of the hair

And even the bother just from the air

I'd change it so that they would feel fine

And they had not to worry about whether they could dine

I'd take the loss of appetite

And make them feel satisfied

With no breath to do a thing

I'd make it so they could do anything

I've known too many who suffered

I want them to say, there is something better offered.

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anamale44Apr 11, 2014

<p>This poem means a lot to me because my grandmother died from cancer, a family friend also passed away from cancer not too long ago, and my best friend is fighting with it currently.  Chemotherapy does kill the cancer cells, but it also hurts your body in different ways. My best friend tells me the things she goes through, and let me tell you it is not easy.  She is always tired, constantly in pain, if it is not a headache is her throat, she couldn't even eat for days at one point. I often said to her, "I wish I could make it go away so you didn't have to suffer". It would be nice for a treatment not to have to hurt so much, I mean sure there is natural ways, but doctors never really recomend not to get a chemo treatment and just go all natural.  Plus it seems like everyone nowadays knows at least one person who had or has cancer. I think it would be great if the way to treat this disease wasn't so painful and if it was less harmful for the body.</p>