Chemotherapy Informative Speech

In 1951, at the age of 31 Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Henrietta was under treatment at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where cells from her malignant tumor were removed. Neither Henrietta nor any of her family members knew about the tissue sample and nor did the Hopkins ever informed them of the situation. Unfortunately after Henrietta’s radiation treatment, her condition continued to worsen and soon she lost her battle to cancer on octomber 4th 1951. Henriettas cells left the Hopkins what they discovered to be known to be the first immortal human cell line.

In the meantime, the pain in his face from baking moved to sense a series of electric shocks, which continued to be a stable symptom. Having nothing concrete has been found as the cause, it is easier to be patient declared insane. The pace soon there was nothing he could eat. The wife would put peanut butter on a spoon or a ready puree the soup, but the time and it has become difficult to eat.

As Geneva continued to get worse, Saranell tries to cheer her up several times, but none of her efforts seem to work. " Geneva didn't acknowledge the bouquet, however, and she ate the third of tasteless pancake without a comment" (Carr 116). Although Geneva is still clinging to life, she has totally slipped away from reality. By not accepting the bouquet, she is not accepting Saranell, therefore not accepting her marriage to Ian Birdsong. There is a similar situation in The Hunger Games, which is written by Susan Collins.

Esperanza recognizes a somewhat better role model in Alicia. However, although Alicia has managed to provide education for herself, her role as the women of the house forces her to come home each night; “Close your eyes and they’ll go away, her father says, or You’re just imagining. And anyway, a woman’s place is sleeping so she can wake up early with the tortilla star, the one that appears early just in time to rise and catch the hind legs hide behind the sink, beneath the four-clawed tub, under the swollen floorboards nobody fixes, in the corner of your eyes” (Cisneros 22). The effect that gender roles have on Alicia’s life is expressed when she explains the imperfections she sees in Mango Street to her father who attempts to convince her otherwise. Her father’s standard, and further, the community's standard of women is too strong for Alicia to counter.

For example, when Miranda secretly went into the pantry, she got upset because there was a lot of food, and she was upset about why everyone was starving themselves. She then grabbed the chocolate chips which she claimed it was hers, and finished every single one (Pfeffer). This shows that Miranda was ungrateful to have one meal everyday and she just wanted to eat all of the food when she had the chance. Miranda should be grateful for at least being able to eat a meal every day, because it is not like she is not eating at all. In the end, things

but when she was done asked for that treat or candy, but her mom did her mother duty and checked, and she really didn 't go and use the restroom, so she did not receive the treat which she didn 't understand why because she went to the bathroom. Just a little while later she used her little potty training potty and after both her mom and dad gave her verbal praise and she got to pick a treat out of the jar. I did a follow up with the family to see how the potty training is going and they explained that it is going very well and they are happy with the

Pies Pies Pies….. That was Hilly favorite dessert to eat, but not just anyone’s pie “Minny’s Pies”. She ate them till they were almost gone; all the way down to the end. She made Minny so mad by firing her, so she just had to get her back. So she just watched Hilly eat the pie till she ate so much of it.

Following Harry short departure, Janice is left to cope with her issues, as Updike says, “For some reason watching this makes her so nervous that just out of television-watching habit she goes to the kitchen and makes herself a little drink, mostly ice cubes, just to keep sealed shut the great hole that is threatening to pull open inside of her again. She takes just a sip and it’s like a swallow of a light that makes everything clear. She must just arch over this one little gap and at the end of the day after work Harry will be back and no one will ever know, no one will laugh at Mother. She feels like a rainbow arching protectively over Harry, who seems infinitely small under her, like some children’s toy” (271-272). Near the beginning of the passage, Updike uses a metaphor of a ‘great hole that is threatening to pull open inside of her’, to convey the amount of stress that destroys her.

One mini story in the book talks about a girl feeling like she needed to be thinner and all of her friends were dieting but her mother didn’t allow her to diet. Her mother claimed that it was just baby fat and that it will go away. But she knew that it won’t just go away so she had to pretend to not be hungry and not eat because she wanted to be skinny. The information in this book is extremely informational about my topic. Hooper, B.; Williams, E. B. “Anorexia: Too Complex an Issue to Simply Blame Mums.”

Sizuku Analysis Sizuku is the main character of this film, who is fourteen years old and in third grade of junior high school. Because she has a bright personality, she has many friends and a deep trust with them. On the other hand, she is lazy as she doesn 't do the things she 's asked by her parent as soon as possible. And in this movie, she has to take the lunch box to her father, but she leaves it the shop which she drops in on the way to her father. She is also a careless person.

Lacks. Henrietta was unable to walk, her “abdomen hurt and she could barley urinate”(Skool 64). Because of this checked in full time at John Hopkins hospital hoping that her procedures and treatment would keep going as usual. Mrs. Lacks wasn’t a negative person nor was she inconsiderate; she knew her death would soon come. In result to this she desirably made it clear that all of her kids must be taken well care of once she dies.

It’s been three days, no food, no sugar, no sweets. You crave, and your mouth waters like a waterfall once your eyes connect with the delicious dinner your mother has prepared for you. Your stomach rumbles like a drum as it begs for food, pleading your brain. You hold back and you push the plate away. Congratulations, you’re starving yourself all because some stupid kid had to come up to you and ask you when you were gonna’ lose some weight.

When my mom was first pregnant with me, all she ever craved was Crushed Ice from any Gas Station. She did not like cubed ice because it was too big and too hard to crush up. So when I was about 6 or 7, I started eating a lot of ice. I ate it day to night and sometimes it would be my midnight snack. Eating ice made me relaxed and most of all it made my mouth real cold to where i blow out cold air.

They entered the cabin and Cassandra immediately detected the overpowering smell of mildew and old, stale lady finger cookies. "Time to pick our bunks now girls" all the girls around Cassandra squealed and immediately ran to a bunk with a friend and Cassandra was left alone on the extra army cot in the corner. Cassandra sat down and began to unpack her things and then she stumbled across the journal her mother gave her. She all of a sudden felt really lonely and upset. When she finished unpacking her things into the small dresser she put the book under the pillow.

Today I started off different, beginning with resident from room 6 bed 1 Sarah 's patient. When we got there she was already out of bed and in the dining area drinking coffee. As usual my resident wanted to sleep in till about 8:30ish. However she made her bed and night shift did not have any trash bags in the trashcan. Anyways while she was at breakfast we hung her clothes and made her bed.