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On March 14, 2012, Kim Rideout heard the words that one in every nine women will hear in her lifetime: she had breast cancer. Taken To My Knees is a candid memoir written from the daily journals she kept as she underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments to deal with the IDC Stage IIB breast cancer she had been diagnosed with. Rideout recounts how scared she was in those early days with a brutal honesty. She takes her audience along...
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Getting breast cancer marks a huge shift in how you are living. It often comes at the most inconvenient time and can temporarily put fear and disorganization on the forefront of your life, emotions and thinking. The first step is to take a deep breath and ground yourself. This book can help with that. Dr. Sherman, a psychologist and breast cancer survivor wrote this to help you absorb your diagnosis, assess your treatment situation and get through...
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The complete guide to what to expect when you're expecting the worst. Reconstruction is a pragmatic but positive handbook for anyone navigating a diagnosis of primary breast cancer. It contains clear, useful advice on what to do and what to expect at all stages of treatment, from questions to ask your doctors and practical ways to reduce your risk of recurrence, right down to what to pack in your hospital bag. Written by journalist and breast cancer...
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You get hit with cancer, considered a terminal disease; and you are left wondering, Is this the end of the road for me? But then, you realize, as a believer, that the disease considered terminal by man is not necessarily terminal with God. This was my state of mind in 2016 when I was diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer. The confusion, fear, and anxiety that followed the diagnosis made it look to me like a death sentence.
As a believer, I know...
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What if the worst day of your life is actually the best day of your life?
"You have breast cancer"
No one EVER wants to hear those words. On 22 February 2016, I was told this devastating news — it changed my life. You can never minimalise the impact of the shock news - that you have breast cancer. I had the choice right then, to listen to my inner self and to use this as an opportunity to change. It was time to believe in myself.
I refused to let...
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According to the American Cancer Society, more than one million people get cancer in the United States each year. The diagnosis is often a major physical, emotional, social, and spiritual blow, capable of shaking patients to their core. This empathetic guide coauthored by cancer survivor Dr. Alan Wolfelt helps individuals understand and cope with the many difficult thoughts and feelings to which a cancer diagnosis can give rise, assisting them as...
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Day One Didn't Seem Possible . . .
. . . but the evidence stopped her cold. How could she have breast cancer?
Retired osteopath Helen Bullen - now an entrepreneur and business mentor, who has set up an award-winning multi-healthcare clinic - sat in the doctor's office, stunned. She wasn't ready to be a patient when she got the diagnosis.
"You have stage 3 triple negative breast cancer."
This is her true story.
Written as a...
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Half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will develop cancer during their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society, and on top of the pain and struggle that patients have to face, a cancer diagnosis can also profoundly affect the lives of their loved ones. Friends and family members who may not know what to do, what to say, or how to help an individual diagnosed with cancer will find guidance and comfort in this book...
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[2021]
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"In September of 2019, Vivian and her husband of 52 years, Chuck, received the devastating diagnosis of his pancreatic cancer. Each handled this news in different ways. He wrote a blog (chuckgrossblog.wordpress.com) with his thoughts and feelings; she wrote hers as poetry. In these pages the reader will het a glimpse of Vivian's emotional and spiritual struggles as she journeys from diagnosis to death and the days beyond." from the author.
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Half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will develop cancer during their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society, and on top of the pain and struggle that patients have to face, a cancer diagnosis can also profoundly affect the lives of their loved ones. Friends and family members who may not know what to do, what to say, or how to help an individual diagnosed with cancer will find guidance and comfort in this book...
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