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Cancer Is a Dream Killer. It Can Destroy Your Plans in a Single Day.

A young mother prayed, “Let me live for my child.” That moment reminded me that tomorrow is a promise no one can make.

Author Peter, MBA ,LL.M in Writer Journal · 2026-06-17 07:30 · 349 claps · 3.1 min read paywalled
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Cancer Is a Dream Killer. It Can Destroy Your Plans in a Single Day.

A young mother prayed, “Let me live for my child.” That moment reminded me that tomorrow is a promise no one can make.

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“Cancer is a dream killer. It takes your life, peace, and money.”

An young mother said in her youtube channel.

I could feel her pain. Three years ago, she had a dream to move abroad for a better future.

She worked hard to migrate to Australia. When her application was rejected, she fell into depression. She met a psychiatrist and started medication.

But she did not give up. She chose New Zealand as her next destination. She improved her English proficiency, prepared herself again, and finally received migration approval.

Her dream was becoming real. She started her visa processing.

Then one day, she developed severe leg pain. She went to the hospital expecting a minor problem.

The test result changed everything. Blood cancer.

Her migration dream collapsed. Today, she is fighting for her life with intensive chemotherapy.

Her prayer in church broke my heart:

“God, please allow me to live for my child. I lost my father when I was five years old. I do not want my child to go through the same pain.”

A Bride Who Never Reached Her Wedding Day

Anagha had selected her wedding dress.

Her family was preparing for one of the happiest days of her life.

Just one week before the marriage, she noticed an unusual pain and went to the hospital.

The diagnosis was schocking. An aggressive blood cancer.

Her wedding was postponed. She began aggressive treatment and raised more than ₹35 lakh through public support for a bone marrow transplant.

Thousands of people prayed for her recovery. For a while, there was hope.

Then cancer returned more aggressively. It took her life before she could fulfill her marriage dreams.

Her YouTube channel still exists today, maintained by her family . A digital memory of a young woman who fought courageously until the end.

The Story I Reported That I Could Never Forget

Many years ago, when I worked as a newspaper reporter, I met a man with advanced lung cancer.

He was lying in a hospital bed with his five-year-old son beside him.

He had no money for treatment. His wife had left him during his illness.

I wrote his painful story in the newspaper. The article touched many hearts. People came forward to help him financially.

But cancer moved faster than kindness. He passed away within one month.

His little son was moved to an orphanage. Even after many years, I still remember his eyes.

Cancer Entered My Own Home

Today, my wife is also a cancer patient. She has stage four leiomyosarcoma.

Yes, cancer has changed our life. Some dreams have been postponed.

Some priorities have completely changed.

But cancer has not taken away her spirit.

She still goes to work. She follows a healthier lifestyle, changes her diet, takes her medicines, and manages her emotional struggles with professional support.

She chooses to live.

Years before her diagnosis, she once asked me:

“Should I take a separate cancer insurance policy?”

Like many people, we had a comforting thought:

Cancer happens to others. Why would it happen to us?

That was a dangerous illusion.

Cancer does not check your age.

It does not check your plans.

It does not check your bank balance.

I have seen a newborn child receiving cancer treatment in a hospital.

Life can change in a single medical report.

The Lesson Cancer Has Taught Me

Live your life today.

Do not postpone your happiness for a future that is not guaranteed.

Travel with your family.

Tell your loved ones that you love them.

Follow a healthy lifestyle.

Protect yourself with adequate health insurance because illness can destroy not only the body but also financial security.

Be optimistic, but also be prepared.

Cancer may be a dream killer. But it does not have to kill our ability to love, hope, create memories, and find meaning.

My wife reminds me of this every single day.Now she is not waiting for life to become perfect.

She is living the present, not in the past or in the future.

That was the big lesson we learnt from cancer.

Live in the present. That is only real . Never postponed anything for tomorrow.

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