GOOD HEALTH IS UTMOST.

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Hello everyone!
Here's my entry for the "One Cure" contest.

If you had the opportunity to create the cure for only one disease. What disease will that be?

Cancer of the blood(Leukemia).

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And why that particular one?

In August of 2019, a woman had come with her daughter and son to the beauty shop where I was learning nail care. She and her daughter wanted to fix their nails. They were very beautiful. Light skin, nice height, nice body structure and cute eyes. Somehow, the woman and my boss got talking. She told her of her other twin daughter who was lying sick in the hospital. How they had gone for various surgeries, drugs bought, doctors checks, and sadly, how she was watching her child slip through her hands. I could not understand it. I could see the pain in her eyes and hear the hurt in her words
She and her husband are separated. He already had a new family and cares little of their welfare. She has sought help from various places, taken loans, spent millions and being the mother she is, she wouldn't stop until her child gets better.

*Being a sickness that involves the blood, transfusion isn't 100% effective as taking out all the blood in a person's body isn't feasible (it's a fluid).

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I think that was the first time I got to know of Leukemia and how deadly it is. I was scared to my bones. Very downcast for the rest of the day.
After work that day, when I got back home, I immediately went online to check for the girl via Facebook. Before then, the other twin's friend had called her by her full name back at the shop. I traced the sick twin therein.

When I saw her pictures, my mouth flew open. She was just as beautiful as her other twin. They were like the most beautiful twin girls I had ever seen at the time. They would be turning 19 by September that year and had recently gotten admission to study in the university.

She was now a shadow of her former self. She had grown too thin. Judging by the last time she made a post on her page, I could not believe that someone could go from 100 to 0 that fast. She now had to be assisted. She was frail, weak, dull looking. I remember crying alot that evening, then praying, then crying again. For someone I had never met. Damn! I cried bitterly. She was too young for such pain but it could have been anyone. I wondered what was going through her head. How she felt.

I made series of research and found that it had no cure. I was devastated. For everyday that went by, I wished some miracle would happen.

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Around October, I saw a post online made a friend of mine. It was the sick twin. She had given up; she died. I was in so much disbelief. I was angry at myself. I felt I didn't do anything to help meanwhile, what could I have done?

I learnt that genetic and environmental factors may cause it but even then, scientists haven't really determined it.
I haven't felt so bad for any sick person as I felt for her. I've thought of the many persons fighting it. That sickness made me learn so much about Cancer in general and since then I've been so conscious and scared of so many things but with time, I was able to overcome the fear.

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I do not ever want to hear or see young persons or anyone at all die because of it. It's like watching yourself burn and being unable to do anything but fight for your dear life.

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Really sad to hear about the twin sister. Impressed with your thinking and I would choose the same as I've lost someone fighting with cancer.

I wish to have a cure to vanish this cancer!!
Thank you for sharing with us.

I'm so sorry about your loss. Hopefully, a cure comes soon.

Thanks you too!

Cancer of the blood is very deadly have seen people and friends die because of this it will good to find a cure

A cure would be a great relief to many.

Yahhh guess government don't want to waste resources on research

Maybe when it strikes close to home, they will.

I guess so

Unfortunately things get out of control.....why such a beautiful girl??...and a twinny oh!....I hope a cure comes up quickly to help save lives because many folks have lost their lives to this sickness.

I hope so too. I do.
Thank you.

I became emotional while reading your story. Sometimes I wonder how people feel when they loss a loved one and this made me wonder more about the surviving twin.
I also wish there is a cure for cancer.

I think of how she feels sometimes but then, life happens.

Thank you.

Hmmmm this is interesting, cancer of the blood indeed, having majority of you in this country means a better future thank you for this beautiful post 💲

And thank you for stopping by.

The girls story is really touching and it's very understandable why you will want to create a cure for cancer. It's so painful cancer does not have cure, the only thing we can do is prevent it.

I really hope we get a cure for cancer someday 😔.

I really cannot wait for a cure. I can't.

Thanks for engaging.

I understand how you feel 😪.

It's my pleasure dear.

My heart hurt when I read this post 🥲,it’s sad seeing a beautiful person turn fragile and thin due to cancer,may we get a cure for this disease some day,hopefully 🤲.

That's so sad. I've heard so much about this illness, cancer especially. Different of it's kind kills a lot. I just wish there was a cure for a lot of illnesses but sadly there's not. We can only but try to prevent them. I hope everyone learns to take their health seriously, indeed it's utmost. Weldone @cheeamaka.

Interesting piece. Indeed nobody deserves to go through so much pain. It's disheartening to say the least. I enjoyed your write up though. Nice one.

Thank you for reading.

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It really is. Thanks!

Verily circumstances causes situations and every reaction is as a result of decision either within or out of our control. I think @whangster79 @mypathtofire @melinda010100 @cescajove would love good writtings too. have gone through your profile and I most recommend you are a free thinker and a great writer, so I want to officially invite you to the official ECENCY DISCORD MEETING on Saturday in the ecency discord channel. https://discord.gg/AZ9AyqCBUM

This your heading really caught my attention here “if you had the opportunity to create the cure for only one disease. What disease would it be” ? And I want to use it as one of the discussion topics in the show on Saturday. Hope you honor this invite.

Wow!
I'm honoured and I'll love to be a part of that meeting.

So, thank you for finding me worthy and thanks for engaging.

You got it

Oh this would be an interesting question??...because honestly saving lives shouldn't be an option it's a necessity.

I cannot aggre less. Really captivating question

Exactly....thought provoking