Most Likely Never Be Able To Go Away

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AL: Hazel, when did you learn to accept the fact that you had cancer that was most likely never be able to go away?
HL: The more I drowned myself in the thought and fear of my cancer the more I realize it’s not going to go away so why waste time worrying about it when I can try to be like everyone else? People always die and I am a person. I know I am going to die eventually just like every other human being, but just because I die differently doesn’t mean I'm not like anyone else. I learned to accept my cancer as soon as I realized it’s not disappearing anytime soon.
AL: Are you afraid to die?
HL:Well, aren’t you? You are going to die too. The only difference from you and I is how and when I am going to die. Addisyn, you might have a longer life than me, which you should, but that doesn’t mean I should or shouldn’t be afraid to die. I’m not as terrified as most people think I am of dying. Calm and understanding is not the words I would use either because I am neither of those. Honestly, I am i the middle of scared and calm just because I have prepared myself for it, but I don’t know if I will be hurting.
AL: When people ask about your cancer, do you get offended or do you like when people are interested?
HL: When people ask me about my cancer I usually feel appreciated that they actually care enough to know what is wrong with me. If and when …show more content…

Writing this book, I realized that I would have to do a bit of research on these cancers so I tried to find some that would make sense for this book. Most doctors and nurses that I talked to gave me lots of information about some other cancers, but these two were the only ones that I could truly understand and that is why I chose those cancers for Gus and

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