My Bright Future in the World of Medicine

One in four deaths, in America is due to cancer. This year, and this year alone there is estimated to be approximately 24,090 deaths from leukemia, as well as 52,380 new cases. Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that changes normal blood cells and they then grow uncontrollably, and fill up the bone marrow, averting healthy cells from being made. From there, they begin to build up in the bloodstream, sometimes invading the brain, liver, skin, lymph nodes, kidneys and various other organs, and occasionally producing a substantial mass or tumor, called a chloroma. This is my future in medicine. It may seem grim or discouraging to the average person, but to me, those people are my inspiration. In a few short years, I will be making a difference to them. I will give the children suffering from leukemia as well as their parents hope, something most lack in this particular field.

I plan to dedicate the rest of my life to serving child and adolescent leukemia patients, with a vigor and assertiveness never yet seen in the field. I realize that doctors work is truly that, work and lots of it. It requires a great deal of schooling, money, commitment, devotion, and strength, emotional, psychological as well as physical. Starting by entering this program which will open even more doors for me into the medical field. Quite recently, I had received a letter requesting my attendance for Early College at Mary Baldwin within the year and will attend regular high school as well. By the end of my senior year in high school I will have at least a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, pre-med. Afterwards, I intend to attend Long Island University and work to get my Master’s degree in Medical Biology. Throughout school, I want to volunteer and int...

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...ient, and pursue my strong desire to find a cure for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and give hope to all who have none.

This may seem like a great deal of aspirations for someone of my age, but I am truly devoted to accomplishing all of it. I want to make a difference in someone’s life one day. I want to be able to save lives. Though I may not be able to save all the children and adolescents struggling to fight this rapidly progressive disease, I can still do everything in my power to try and save at least one. Even if I can only help, save or extend the life of just one patient, it will be worth it. Worth all of the hard work, stress, death, guilt, schooling, anxiety, sleepless nights, the emotional toll and sadness of the job. Knowing I helped to save a life is better than knowing I never helped anyone throughout life or accomplished anything of true importance or value.