jennifer angela, United Arab Emirates

It's start when my father did not feel well about his throat. he complains of repeated sore throat and seasonal pain which leads him not to eat properly and loose his appetite. My father was healthy indeed, doing exercise daily, getting full 8 hours sleep daily and taking healthy foods.

The biggest challenge is when we are watching him slowly getting weak and getting pained into different treatment and operation required. The finances are also major stress as each treatment requires a huge amount of money.

What helped us the most was our full family support. We always carry the burden altogether as a family. We always believe that we will survive this altogether. Though my father died, the experience and the emotion we carry makes our family realize that the family support and love are the most important in our daily living.

Healthcare systems are good. They develop new ways of treatment mostly. I can only say that I hope it could be more affordable so that even the poor ones have a chance to survived.

To those who facing this kind of situations, be strong, always believe that everything happens for a reason. keep praying and do whatever you can do. Strengthen your mindset that no matter how hard it could be there's always a way to overcome this problem. Gather your family and support it each other coz sometimes family's love and care are the best supplements to inspire to survive on this life struggles.