Download or read book Dancing with Breast Cancer written by Janay Cosner and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One out of eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer. What many breast cancer patients don't open up about, read about, or discuss are the fearful moments, the angry moments, and the sometimes funny moments that women experience, beginning with that first scary doctor's appointment. Freezing-cold mammograms that flatten breasts like two fried eggs. Crushing loneliness. Nightmares about confronting mortality. But in Dancing with Breast Cancer, Janay Cosner gets real about her journey with the disease. Through a series of poems, Cosner opens up and shares her experience. Each poem is a snapshot of her odyssey. What does it mean to be a survivor, these poems ask. What does it mean to be a warrior? From diagnosis and surgery to chemotherapy and radiation to what is now her new normal, Cosner asks all her readers-patients, family members, friends, doctors, nurses-to join her in a raw and very real dance with cancer. My head high, I shout, I'm alive. My shoes start to dance again to the rhythm of life. Come dance with me. Praise for Dancing with Breast Cancer Every woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer will relate to the emotions, the drudgery, and the multiple steps they take while "dancing" with cancer. As a medical oncologist, I have treated many women with breast cancer. However, I never knew how they really felt till I read Janay's poems. They speak to me of the patients' pain, loss, fear, and daily struggles as well the hope of a future when they will be able to dance again with their partners and not with cancer. Ms. Cosner bares her soul so that we (the healthcare providers) can be better prepared to care for the "person" and not just the "cancer." --Khalid Rehman, MD, FACP, medical oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at The New York Medical College What's most impressive about Janay Cosner's Dancing with Breast Cancer is her gutsy willingness to relive her ordeal from the first suspicious mammogram, through the traumas of treatment, to a wary recovery. Cosner has chosen poetry as the medium for her memoir, a choice that allows her to move swiftly yet with detail through the shifting phases of her illness, and all the accompanying emotions from horror and terror to humor and hope. Cosner is no sit-back survivor. She's a savvy, sexy lady doing a defiant dance--a dance many women will recognize--a dance that will be eye-opening for everyone else. --Joan Murray, author of Swimming for the Ark Can there be beauty in pain? Only if it is poetry, and only when the poet touches your aching heart. Janay, a woman diagnosed with breast cancer, yearns to be treated like a person. She exposes her fears, frustration, and fighting spirit as she dances with fate. With a poem for each stage of her journey, she dances to a new tune, culminating in a symphony of shock, agony, anger, resolve, and regrets. Her poems are a window into a woman's heart, her suffering, and her remarkable poise under duress. This book is for women with breast cancer, for Janay knows just how they feel; it is for all women, with or without cancer, for she reveals what it is like to suffer; and it is a book for caregivers, for it shows the pathway to treating a patient as a person and not just a case study. This is a book of hope. --Sabeeha Rehman, author of Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim

Download or read book Dancing with Fear written by Leila Peltosaari and published by Verdun, Que. : Tikka Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dancing in the Rain written by Frances G. Joyce and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the stories of Lisa Sayers, Cat Brennan, Margie DiCello, Susan Veitch, and the author-- all breast cancer survivors.

Download or read book To Dance with the Devil written by Karen Stabiner and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes account from the war on breast cancer.

Download or read book Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds How one woman s passion helped her overcome breast cancer HarperTrue Life A Short Read written by Yvette Cowles and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 32-year-old Yvette Cowles contracted breast cancer she was determined it would not get in the way of her belly dancing dreams. Spirited and light-hearted, “Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds” is the true story of one woman’s quest to be the best breastless belly dancer in the business...

Download or read book Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds written by Yvette Cowles and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 32-year-old Yvette Cowles contracted breast cancer she was determined it would not get in the way of her belly dancing dreams. Spirited and light-hearted, 'Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds' is the true story of one woman's quest to be the best breastless belly dancer in the business.

Download or read book Cheers to Life written by Grace Segran and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dance Like Nobody s Watching written by Marion Rosen and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Still Dancing written by Cynthia Brown and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still Dancing is a touching and passionate description of a young woman in the prime of her life dealing courageously with the harsh diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. After being misdiagnosed for over a year and facing the reality of her situation, she decided to get a second opinion. Although she knew the possibility of having breast cancer, she was not prepared to hear the words. Fearing for her life and not understanding the odds given, she became determined to fight back. As she began to educate herself on this disease, she was determined to understand the horrifying statistics of death for so many African American women. As she searched for information on the survival of African American women, she was shocked and amazed that only one book could be found. She became determined to tell her story. Cynthia has continued to speak out concerning the need to educate other African American women battling breast cancer. This is Cynthia's story-how she faced the possibility of death and decided to live.

Download or read book I Can STILL Dance the Merengue written by Aline Mucke and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dancing with Cancer written by Loui Tucker and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started as an easier way to answer all the e-mails expressing concern and asking questions about her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. When Loui Tucker tired of typing the same responses or copying the same paragraphs, she started writing and sending one e-mail update per week, every Sunday night for almost ten months. Those weekly essays became a real-time journey shared by hundreds of readers. While writing about the physical problems associated with cancer treatment, she educated them about drug therapies and their side effects, mammograms, and alternative medicine. More importantly, she opened a window into her heart and soul, and let others learn the lessons, find the humor, and savor the victories along the way. This isn't a book about surviving cancer. It's about thriving. It's a book written with candor, forthrightness, and conviction. It's a book about cancer that's inspirational, compelling, joyful, and intensely honest.

Download or read book Dance Warrior from Cancer to Dancer written by Noelle Andressen-Kale and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noelle Rose Andressen shares an intimate journey how she put her life back together after conquering breast cancer in the most unpredictable way one could have fathomed. The weakest thing about her at the time, her body, became a vessel of love to share messages of HOPE and story-telling through her dynamic dancing. The physical obstacles were great including the protective walls around her heart from past hurts and "soul woundings." She overcame and learned to love again by reaching out to a beautiful stranger with her gift. She not only healed her body but learned to love again by loving another; which may be the greater success than the former. This is Volume One in the Dance Warrior Book Series: Cancer to Dancer. It is primarily based on her true life accounts overcoming extreme adversity and was not only was victorious, but she went on to dance again and do many other amazing things. There are lovely spiritual themes of joy and turning tragedy into triumph to inspire you to help you find encouragement and your purpose in this life beyond the suffering. "We've all been touched by some form of tragedy. You can rebuild and be inspired by my steps. I dance and share my scars so that you will know that you too can heal. Do not despair for all is not lost. Whatever it is you're facing, you too can overcome. My goal is to give HOPE to those who may find themselves in a similar situation and place of destitution where they ask themselves, "Okay, now what?!" or for those who have shards of their lives laying on the ground before them in a huge jumbled mess. Many today find themselves in the predicament of not knowing if they can regain all that was lost. Let my testimony encourage everyone: all that was lost can be regained. All can be reclaimed once again. Let me also add this: it may not be in the way you expected. I can attest that it will most likely be in the most unlikely way you could ever have imagined. I encourage you to take that grand journey and join me as I relive mine with you in these pages. Turn your tragedy into a triumph. With gratitude & HOPE, Noelle Rose Andressen" Please visit her website and social media to see beautiful dance photos of her and her company members, find out when the company is performing near you or visiting your area with outreaches, touring dates, book readings or public speaking engagements where Noelle Rose Andressen shares the message of light and love to inspire and encourage you: RubansRougesDance.com / Instagram rubans_rouges_dance / facebook.com/RubansRougesDance and facebook.com/NoelleAndressenDancer All works, expressions, videos, memes, posts are under copyright and are protected under copyright law. All rights reserved and may NOT be reproduced in any way.

Download or read book Benefits of a Dance Program for Women Survivors of Breast Cancer written by Jill Dennis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Actual Dance Love s Ultimate Journey Through Cancer written by Samuel A. Simon and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Actual Dance is told through the eyes and heart of a husband as he struggles with his worst fears during his wife's battle with breast cancer.

Download or read book SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL DANCING IN CANCER written by Vera Eikon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presence of cancer cells that is now called a disease does not just grow overnight. Chemotherapy alone cannot cure the disease either - my mother believed these too. She once pacified a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis and defied the odds as her disease went into remission. A strength based model, specifically the psychological process of family resilience became a guiding framework as I and my mother chose to take a positive stance in the midst of a threatening situation. In addition to recognizing family strengths and resources, this book also focuses on the significance of positive relationships within the community. The interplay of resilient characteristics is highlighted while at the same time recognizing actual and real challenges that come along with a cancer experience - the "silent struggles" toward social issues that all had an impact in my mother's disease. Yet, cancer can be a gateway to heal and to evolve one's consciousness in the process. It is a consciousness that is inherent to each but is usually dormant and unrecognized. This can allow both the person with cancer and other family members be positively transformed by the illness an opportunity and gift of cancer. In this book, I do not speak as an expert but as an observer of my own life and my environment as I attempt to document my mother's cancer experience. The time I became her immediate caregiver during initial cancer treatments and until she was re-integrating into the community as a woman diagnosed with cancer. - Vera Icon "A blend of scholarly research, spirituality and personal experience shapes this memoir of growth and loss when coping with cancer..." "A poignant mother daughter story that adds a personal touch to the science of suffering." Kirkus Review, November 30, 2012

Download or read book Cancer Dance written by Catherine McClain and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Catherine was diagnosed with breast cancer she saw an opportunity to educate and inspire family and friends about her journey during her year of treatments and recovery. This is her story.

Download or read book Dancing in Limbo written by Glenna Halvorson-Boyd and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1995-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life After Cancer I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelingsand stages of the coping process. It will help demystify thecomplex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain pathof cancer survivorship. --Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute,California Pacific Medical Center An intimate and inspiring account of the authors' real-lifeexperiences of surviving cancer. The authors provide astraightforward account of what life is like after the whirlwind ofdoctors' visits and radical treatments comes to an And.