If I Could Cure Any Disease or Illness..

"Many of us know friends and/or family with a disease or illness that is life threatening. Your job is to become an expert about that disease (or a different one of your choice) and write a post that includes five or more facts about the disease and 1 or more things the reader could do to increase awareness, support a cure, or help individuals afflicted with the disease.  If you are having trouble deciding which disease you would like to learn more about, talk to family and friends and look at kidshealth for their comprehensive list. The post below is about ALS, a disease my brother is living with. If I could cure ONE disease it would be ALS."

Above, I copied and pasted the assignment exactly, from Mrs. Latz's blog here. 



So...the question. If I could cure any disease or illness, what would it be? Well, I hope my answer isn't too cliche. Because I would want to cure cancer. 
Most cancers CAN be treated and controlled, but some keep growing and multiplying too fast to stop. If you don't already know, cancer is just overgrowth of abnormal cells interfering with your body's normal processes, but it causes serious pain and damage. Recovery is difficult. 

My grandma and a few of my relatives died from cancer. I know over five people who have HAD cancer, and two living WITH cancer, and all I know is it's painful, both mentally and physically. 

...If you know someone with it, you should spend as much time with them as possible and appreciate them while their here. It's scary how quickly they can be snatched away from us.