Unexpected Events In My Life Essay

In life there are many unexpected events that we have to face, be it being happy or sad. Many a time we learn lessons from these life events to improve ourselves and it usually leave us with a deep impression. In my life, there is one turning point in my life that is very significant to me and that is when my mother was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.

On the 20th of July 2009, five days before my mother’s 34th birthday, she was feeling very ill and complained that her left breast was in pain. She called my aunt, who is a nurse, over to our house to check on her. My aunt later suspected that my mother has breast cancer as she claimed that she felt a lump on her left breast. However, that was just my aunt’s guess, but as a nurse for twenty years we thought that what she suspect might be true. My aunt then booked an appointment with a specialist, so that my mother could have a thorough and precise check-up.

One week later, after the check-up was completed we received a bad news from the specialist, it was confirmed that my mother was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. Upon receiving this depressing news my mother requested for an immediate surgery which involves removing her breast. It was a very heartbreaking scene, my family members were crying and hugging my mother. I stood at a corner feeling lost as I noticed the teardrops of mother trickled down her cheeks. I thought I would lose my mother forever.

For about two weeks my mother stayed in the hospital