Young woman living with rare cancer decides to become a doctor to help other patients At age 21, Kimie Kosin was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that changed her life plans. During three years of treatment, she began to see medicine in a new way and decided to transform her own experience as a patient into a mission: caring for people who face a similar reality. ?Download the g1 app to see RO news in real time and for free. The desire to take care of people was already part of Kimie's life before cancer. But, upon receiving the diagnosis, she had to put her plans aside to face a new routine, marked by exams, treatments and uncertainty about the future. "The word 'future' became an empty echo. Why plan something if the treatments failed and the certainty that I would be here tomorrow diminished with each appointment? I felt that hope and my dreams were dying a little every day, along with my body. It was three years in the dark", he said. The beginning of treatment at Hospital do Amor was marked by fear and adaptation to a completely new routine. As time passed, however, the place that previously represented uncertainty also became a space of welcome. The team that accompanied Kimie got to know her needs, her moments of silence and the difficulties she faced during treatment. There were years between cycles of hormone therapy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, often without the expected response. The routine included long hours at the hospital, familiar corridors and late nights in the emergency room. "With each new protocol, with each new promise, my body sank a little more. I became thinner, weaker, more tied to that bed, and hope was fading between my fingers", she said. During this period, the meaning of one of the symbols of medicine also changed for her. The stethoscope, which previously represented only the dream of helping other people, came to symbolize a deeper connection with patients. READ ALSO: Woman is killed with a gunshot to the head while sleeping in Porto Velho; companion is the main suspect Police carry out operation against armed group suspected of invading farm and selling lots in RO Medicine with reception Kimie Kosin Reproduction/personal collection Kimie doesn't want to study medicine just to treat illnesses. She wants to see the people behind the diagnoses, especially those who, amid uncertainty, stopped making plans. "Cancer didn't just change my dream of being a doctor; it changed the doctor I'm going to be. When I was finally able to go back to studying, I wasn't the same student anymore," she said. Today, Kimie dreams of being the doctor who remains by the patient's side even when a cure is not possible. Between oncology and palliative care, she imagines a future in which acceptance, dignity and presence are essential parts of treatment. "Seeing those doctors and nurses giving of themselves for me in the early hours of the morning, I realized that medicine goes far beyond technical books; it is the purest form of love for others in action", he recalled. When thinking about meeting newly diagnosed young people, she sees herself offering more than technical knowledge. He wants to offer understanding for having already lived through that moment. For Kimie, transforming her own experience into support for other people is her greatest purpose. "I've been on that same stretcher. I know the fear. And I want to walk with each patient until the end", he says. After turning her own experience as a patient into motivation to pursue medicine, Kimie also wants other people undergoing treatment to know that they don't have to face the disease alone. At the request of g1, she left a message for patients going through this moment. "Don't blame yourself for feeling scared, angry or crying. The struggle is too heavy to be lived with a fake smile on your face. But please, don't give up on your today. Live one day at a time. Sometimes, our only victory is to hold on until the sun sets. Allow yourself to be cared for and remember: you are much bigger than the disease that inhabits your body", he advised. Young man living with rare cancer decides to study medicine to help other patients Reproduction/personal collection