Download or read book Cancer Doesn t Define Me written by Luann Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cancer Doesn't Define Me: Finding Strength & Courage" is a powerful and inspiring book that offers hope and encouragement to anyone affected by cancer. Whether you are a cancer survivor, a caregiver, or a loved one, this book will provide you with the guidance and support you need to face this challenging journey. Through personal stories, practical tips, and expert insights, this book explores the various aspects of a cancer journey, from the initial diagnosis to treatment and recovery. You will learn how to maintain a positive outlook, cope with the physical and emotional effects of cancer, and find support and encouragement along the way. The book also explores the importance of self-care and mindfulness in the cancer journey and provides practical advice on how to take care of your mental and emotional well-being. Additionally, the book delves into the role of a strong support system and shows you how to build and maintain a network of support to help you through this challenging time. With its comprehensive and engaging approach, "Cancer Doesn't Define Me: Finding Strength & Courage" is a must-read for anyone facing cancer. Let this book be a source of inspiration and encouragement as you embark on this challenging journey, and discover the strength and courage within you to overcome cancer. This book is also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a celebration of life, hope, and healing. The personal stories included in this book are a reminder that cancer does not define who you are, and that you have the cape and courage in even the most difficult of circumstances. In addition to providing inspiration and guidance, this book is also a valuable resource for anyone looking to stay informed and educated about the latest advances in cancer research and treatment. With insights from medical experts, you will gain a deeper understanding of the disease and the options available to you. Whether you are just starting your cancer journey or have already begun your journey towards recovery, "Cancer Doesn't Define Me: Finding Strength & Courage" is the perfect companion. This book will be with you every step of the way, offering hope, encouragement, and a sense of community.
Download or read book Cancer Doesn t Define Me written by Rose Greham and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120-page journal is intended to be a multi-level tool which can be used to simplify, track and support all aspects of your breast cancer experience as well as offering motivation and inspiring prompts to help you get through the journey. It's hard enough trying to get on top of your illness and symptoms without the added stress of managing and tracking doctors, appointments, treatments etc. This organizer will provide you with some easily managed structure and hopefully additional hope and focus, with its targeted forms, schedules and record trackers to alleviate record keeping whilst offering some inspiration and motivation to keep moving forward. A perfect gift for patients, families and caregivers and perfect for health professionals to offer their patients. Inside you will find: Daily Appointments Medical Appointments Medical Checkups Specialist Visits Doctor Visits Medications Surgeries Treatments Test Results Illness Tracker Symptom Tracker Monthly Health Tracker Year at A Glance Tracker Medical History Medical Contacts Medical Expenses Medical Notes Yearly Goals Monthly Goals Weekly Goals, Motivations & Quotes
Download or read book Cancer Care for the Whole Patient written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer care today often provides state-of-the-science biomedical treatment, but fails to address the psychological and social (psychosocial) problems associated with the illness. This failure can compromise the effectiveness of health care and thereby adversely affect the health of cancer patients. Psychological and social problems created or exacerbated by cancer-including depression and other emotional problems; lack of information or skills needed to manage the illness; lack of transportation or other resources; and disruptions in work, school, and family life-cause additional suffering, weaken adherence to prescribed treatments, and threaten patients' return to health. Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without using existing approaches, tools, and resources to address patients' psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their families should expect and receive cancer care that ensures the provision of appropriate psychosocial health services. Cancer Care for the Whole Patient recommends actions that oncology providers, health policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners, researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should undertake to ensure that this standard is met.
Download or read book English Vocabulary Today written by Barry J. Blake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Vocabulary Today: Into the 21st Century offers an innovative perspective on the ways in which contemporary English language vocabulary continues to adapt and grow in light of emerging technologies and ideas. The book begins with a concise history of the English language, followed by chapters covering key topics including lexical change, semantic change and word-formation. Additional chapters highlight unique topics not often covered in English language studies, including the mental lexicon, inclusive language and the importing and exporting of words between English and other languages. Chapter discussions are enhanced by dynamic examples from a wide range of varieties of English, including American, British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and South Asian. Taken together, English Vocabulary Today: Into the 21st Century offers students a clear and comprehensive understanding of the multi-faceted nature of English vocabulary today as well as new insights into its continued development.
Download or read book Everyone s Guide to Cancer Therapy written by Malin Dollinger and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on how cancer is diagnosed, treated, and managed day to day.
Download or read book We Are One written by James Boulden and published by james boulden. This book was released on 2010 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penetrating the illusion of separateness. The transition from self to whole requires transcending programmed patterns of thought and acton as well as negating the evidence of the physical senses. Chapter headings: I Am, Awareness, The Magic Theater, The Living Script, Remember, Listen, Surrender, Choose, Awaken, Witness, Live it.
Download or read book Soulful Leadership A Spiritual Path to Health Wealth and Love written by Mark Porteous and published by Hybrid Global Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people you are here to serve are Heroes. Their experience with you is much like The Hero's Journey. The Hero is called and ventures out into the unknown on a quest. There he/she discovers unimaginable challenges and obstacles. He/She also meets a guide with a map and special powers to support the Hero in overcoming their challenges and obstacles.
Download or read book Raise Your Hand written by Patti Nemeth and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old Patti is caught reading in her bedroom by her mother who warns her not to be a “bookworm” because no one will marry her. From such an early start, she faces the enormity of her educational disadvantage with parents who are unschooled, ignorant of the importance of education, and therefore unable to offer nurturing or guidance. She finds a different source of validation by competing with her classmates academically. Despite good grades her parents forbid her from attending college and disown her. Banished, and without money, she finds her way to college. There, she cautiously takes her path by emulating those she admires and rejecting negative influences. Eventually, she receives her PhD in Anatomy from UCLA Medical School. Her scientific career takes her on an adventure of learning and discovery, with fieldwork in Africa and to Europe where she immerses herself in bold new academic and cultural experiences. On return to the USA, she joins the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine. Her career in science becomes permeated with disappointments from frequent encounters with misogyny. Confident that her medical science background would serve her, Patti changes her career to clinical medicine and receives an MD from Washington University. She discovers life as a physician to be her true calling, one that calls on expertise as both a healer and teacher. As revealed through patients’ stories, she gains empathy, compassion, and understanding of the importance of personal dignity. During the learning process, she meets her true love and finds everlasting richness in a balanced life of family and career.
Download or read book Inside Outside written by Janet R. Gilsdorf and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To doctors, cancer means cells growing out of control; to patients, cancer means a life spinning out of control. Janet R. Gilsdorf, who writes with quiet but devastating honesty about her experience with breast cancer, offers an eye-opening glimpse, through her unique dual perspective as physician and patient, of both sides of the medical divide. The medical system delivers cures, answers, and relief from pain to those who seek its help, but it can also offer misinformation, shattered expectations, horrible options, and inhumane consideration of the people it is supposed to serve. As Gilsdorf takes us on a journey across the terrifying landscape of cancer, she discovers that there are oases of unfathomable beauty to be found. Inside/Outside is compelling, sometimes scary, reading as it puts us inside Gilsdorf’s skin. It ponders a vast array of profound choices most of us will be confronted with in our lives: thinking versus feeling, knowing versus not knowing, hanging on versus letting go, loving versus hating, and the immeasurable territories of life between the poles. Even as it touches on these universal human themes, ultimately Inside/Outside is a story of one person’s courage, hope, and survival in the face of terrifying odds. Janet R. Gilsdorf, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical School, and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, at the University of Michigan. She is also Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mott Children's Hospital; Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology in Pediatrics Training Program; and Director of the Haemophilus influenzae Research Laboratory.
Download or read book By Accident written by Joanne Greene and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joanne Greene grew up in Boston during the 1960s and ’70s, a turning point for women in the United States. Doors were opening wider, and Joanne walked through as many as she could. As a young woman, she dove headfirst into San Francisco radio and television, and went on to host and produce award-winning feminist and other timely features and talk shows for decades. Throughout, she worked at having a great marriage and being an exemplary parent. But underlying her high-achieving life was a sometimes-destructive need for control. Vulnerability and dependency were okay . . . for other people. Joanne’s value was tied to how in charge, how together, and how productive she was. Then she suffered a traumatic accident—and it set her on a journey of discovery that taught her true power came in the still moments, the moments when she not only loosened her grip but even allowed herself to crack. In fragility, Joanne found, there was beauty—and possibility, too. By Accident is a story about discovering that control is a seductive illusion and how letting go of the need for it can reveal great strength and lead us to even firmer ground.
Download or read book In the Mirror written by Kaira Rouda and published by Real You Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What choices would you make if you knew you may die soon? From the multi award-winning, best-selling author of four books, including Here, Home, Hope, a gripping and heart wrenching novel about a young mother who has it all. The only problem is she may be dying. In her previous works including All the Difference, Rouda's characters "sparkle with humor and heart," and the stories are "told with honest insight and humor" (Booklist). "Inspirational and engaging" (ForeWord), these are the novels you'll turn to for strong female characters and an "engaging read" (Kirkus). In the Mirror is the story of Jennifer Benson, a woman who seems to have it all. Diagnosed with cancer, she enters an experimental treatment facility to tackle her disease the same way she tackled her life - head on. But while she's busy fighting for a cure, running her business, planning a party, staying connected with her kids, and trying to keep her sanity, she ignores her own intuition and warnings from others and reignites an old relationship best left behind. If you knew you might die, what choices would you make? How would it affect your marriage? How would you live each day? And how would you say no to the one who got away? "Kaira Rouda has created relatable characters you'll care deeply about. Emotionally gripping and heart-achingly beautiful, In the Mirror will make you think about what's truly important." ~ Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times bestselling author “Balancing sadness and humor, the retrospective tone of this novel is both therapeutic and affecting. In the Mirror is an emotion-packed novel about a mother facing terminal cancer. It is a nostalgic tribute to the things that really matter: family and friends.” ~ Foreword "Rouda writes with a fluent, psychologically subtle realism that cuts Jennifer’s pathos (and occasional self-pity) with humor and irony, and she surrounds her with characters—doting dad; vain, shallow mom; mensch of a gay business partner; sarcastic gal pals—who are sharply etched and entertaining. Jennifer is a winning heroine, and readers will undoubtedly root for her as she reaches for a more mature, if achingly uncertain, future. An absorbing story of a woman grasping at life in the midst of death. ~ Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness written by Dawn Clifford and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This book presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients. MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate specific ways to enhance conversations about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more. Reproducible forms and handouts can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Download or read book Where We Are written by Kaira Rouda and published by Real You Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda, a collection of four of her bestselling, award-winning women's fiction stories all sharing the upscale suburban setting of Grandville, Ohio. Winner! Indie Excellence Book Award Mainstream/Literary Fiction Winner! USA Book Awards Women's Fiction Honorable Mention! Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Writer's Digest Book Awards HERE, HOME, HOPE: Kelly Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been rewarding. But Kelly's own passions lie wasted. She eyes with envy the lives of her two best friends, Kathryn and Charlotte, both beautiful, successful businesswomen who seem to have it all. Kelly takes charge of her life, devising a midlife makeover plan. "Reading Kaira Rouda is like getting together with one of your best friends - fun, fast, and full of great advice! Here, Home, Hope sparkles with humor and heart." --Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs ALL THE DIFFERENCE: Once again, everything isn't what it seems in the wonderful suburb of Grandville. This is the story of three women whose lives become entangled by the choices they make and how, ultimately, one of them turns to murder to achieve her goals. "There are few things more entertaining than stories revealing the seamy underside of suburban life." -- The US Review of Books RECOMMENDED "An intriguing cast of characters and an untimely death set the stage for a chick-lit, murder mystery in Rouda's (Here, Home, Hope, 2011) latest novel. A light, engaging read that keeps readers guessing until the end." -- KIRKUS Reviews IN THE MIRROR: Jennifer Benson is a woman who seems to have it all. Diagnosed with cancer, she enters an experimental treatment facility to tackle her disease the same way she tackled her life - head on. But while she's busy fighting for a cure, running her business, planning a party, staying connected with her kids, and trying to keep her sanity, she ignores her own intuition and warnings from others and reignites an old relationship best left behind. If you knew you might die, what choices would you make? How would it affect your marriage? How would you live each day? And how would you say no to the one who got away? "Rouda writes with a fluent, psychologically subtle realism that cuts Jennifer’s pathos (and occasional self-pity) with humor and irony, and she surrounds her with characters—doting dad; vain, shallow mom; mensch of a gay business partner; sarcastic gal pals—who are sharply etched and entertaining. Jennifer is a winning heroine, and readers will undoubtedly root for her as she reaches for a more mature, if achingly uncertain, future. An absorbing story of a woman grasping at life in the midst of death. ~ Kirkus Reviews A MOTHER'S DAY: A SHORT STORY Three mothers. Three sons. One day that connects them. Kaira Rouda tackles the big issues of life and death with candor and hope in this tribute to motherhood. A tragic event reawakens each woman to her own special gifts, and her love for family and friends is reborn. Three mothers. Three sons. Six lives that will be changed forever.
Download or read book Now and Forever written by Bernie Nolan and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years ago Bernie Nolan was given the initial all-clear after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Over the moon, Bernie set about rebuilding her life and making plans for the future. Then in the summer of 2012, she was in her bedroom getting dressed when she found a lump just above her breast. Terrified, she immediately made a hospital appointment, where she was given the devastating news that the cancer had returned. It had spread to her brain, lungs, liver and bones and was incurable. Bernie's first thought was of her daughter. Erin had just turned thirteen and was approaching a time when young girls need their mums more than ever. In true Bernie spirit she vowed not to let the cancer stop her from being 'Mum'. Bernie always said that her family was her greatest achievement and she wanted to be the best wife and mother she could be in the time she had left. In this book Bernie shares her struggle to become a mother - the miscarriage she suffered and the heartbreaking stillbirth of her daughter Kate, and the joyous arrival of her beautiful daughter Erin. Bernie loved seeing this book published and was thrilled when it became a number 1 bestseller. It meant a great deal to her that so many people wanted to read her story. This is a memoir brimming with happy memories, and although Bernie tragically lost her battle on the 4th July 2013, she lives on in the hearts of the nation and in the pages of this book. Moving and wonderfully warm-hearted, this is a powerful story of a remarkable life and a mother's brave fight against a vicious disease.
Download or read book My Anchor Holds written by Michelle Ironside Henry and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Anchor Holds, Michelle Ironside Henry opens her heart, pulls back the curtain on her fight with Stage IV colorectal cancer, and lets you walk with her on a path that is rocky and arduous but ultimately a mountaintop experience. This first-person account of the authors four-year battle with cancer balances a serious subject matter with a healthy dose of humor and delivers a message that speaks to cancer victims, their loved ones, and anyone seeking peace in difficult times. My Anchor Holds offers: InformationLearn more about cancer risk factors, treatment options, side effects and life after remission. InspirationFollow a faith journey that never wavers despite significant hardships, and learn how to experience peace during your life struggles. EntertainmentLaugh along with the stories of the authors experiences and unique perspective on cancer treatment. Bringing laughter and tears, this gripping and candid tale delivers a message of faith, resilience, and hope.
Download or read book Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England written by Alanna Skuse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. Cancer is perhaps the modern world's most feared disease. Yet, we know relatively little about this malady's history before the nineteenth century. This book provides the first in-depth examination of perceptions of cancerous disease in early modern England. Looking to drama, poetry and polemic as well as medical texts and personal accounts, it contends that early modern people possessed an understanding of cancer which remains recognizable to us today. Many of the ways in which medical practitioners and lay people imagined cancer – as a 'woman's disease' or a 'beast' inside the body – remain strikingly familiar, and they helped to make this disease a byword for treachery and cruelty in discussions of religion, culture and politics. Equally, cancer treatments were among the era's most radical medical and surgical procedures. From buttered frog ointments to agonizing and dangerous surgeries, they raised abiding questions about the nature of disease and the proper role of the medical practitioner.
Download or read book My Walk Through The Valley written by Lilith Coal and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Walk in the Valley is a traumatizing memoir recounting the unconventional upbringing and life journey of Lilith Coal. Her resilience is remarkable as she faces real life challenges and the unexpected hardships of cancer, death, genetic illness, suicide, the sex industry, rape, depression, and alcohol. In this modern day biographical devotional, Coal reveals all her fears. Yet, she ultimately draws courage from her higher power, God. She writes to create the awareness that one doesn't have to go through hardships alone, that God is always there to guide those who choose to follow.
