Download or read book It s My Fault written by Sherry Kay Thompson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people say such crazy things to people who have cancer? What should you say when someone tells you it is your fault? The author learned how to move beyond caring what people think and began accepting her cancer and embracing her life!
Download or read book My Journey Through Breast Cancer written by Eve Preste and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eve Preste, aka Eve Dolansky grew up in a small town in Appleton, New York on a large fruit farm. She went to college at Niagara University and Buffalo State College to study journalism. After meeting her first husband, she moved to Florida and had two daughters, Alexis and Sierra. She then, embarked on a 20 year journey in the financial industry. At 45, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Journaling became her vehicle of deliverance from a bottomless abyss. Writing in her journal allowed a to spend time and make some sense of this surreal dream. By exploring deep within her, she began to develop clarity in the midst of a storm. After yielding to the higher power, it helped her welcome the beauty of the entire situation. As Dr. Wayne Dyer says: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Perfect health is balanced by a life threatening disease. Once an equilibrium is maintained, we can understand that opposites are joined together. When suffering comes our way, it is how we respond to it that determines who we become. It was her choice to make a calamity or true gift out of her illness. Rather than lamenting, Eve chose to be grateful for each sunrise, sunset person and circumstance in her life. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Eve embarked on a new journey of wellness. She hopes to establish a wellness center to help people balance their mind body and spirit. One major event can turn ones life around for the better: we hold true to the saying, Things happen for a reason.
Download or read book Boundless Blessings and God s Grace written by Cynthia J. Eggl and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People Cynthia encountered on her breast cancer journey profoundly changed her perspective on life. They were varied ages and came from different circumstances, but the common thread they had was the fear when hearing the word cancer. Often she was a reluctant participant during her walk, knowing she had no choice if she intended to win her battle. She encouraged others with her smile, positive attitude, words, and actions. Cynthia understands that within each of us is a fighting spirit, and hopefully, a recognition that we are not in total control of our lives; God is, and he will determine our passage from this world. Until then, we need to accept the difficulties that we encounter in our lives with dignity, grace, determination, and knowing that God is constantly by our side. With the incredible support and prayers of an army of compassionate people, and Gods grace and blessings, Cynthia is a breast cancer survivor today!
Download or read book Taken to My Knees written by Kimberley Rideout and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 with her as she makes daily attempts to reconcile her "new normal" with the gut-wrenching fear that a cancer diagnosis brings. In sharing her story, Rideout demonstrates how important it is to be surrounded with love, family, and friendship and how a positive attitude can be just as important in the healing process as any medication. This poignant book will provide a firsthand insight to family, friends, and caregivers of any breast cancer patient as well as give hope and strength to fellow warrior survivors.
Download or read book Losing the Girls written by Shirley Alarie and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the breast cancer journey and beyond in Losing the Girls, a unique memoir differentiated by the author's cutting-edge nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) a little-known breast cancer surgery technique that leaves the breast completely whole. Shirley Alarie shares her story to boost awareness of this specialized procedure, which is only offered at select hospitals. She believes that women facing mastectomies deserve to know all of their options. Shirley found that the biggest challenge of her life began with a convoluted breast cancer diagnosis; and then there was the overwhelming array of surgery options. Mastectomy or lumpectomy? Single mastectomy or double? Reconstruction or no reconstruction? She worried about making the right choice and how her decision would affect her both in the short and long term. How would it affect her marriage? Was it crazy to choose a hospital three hours from home? After the surgery, Shirley's determination to beat the cancer triggered a lifestyle transformation that resulted in a stronger, more empowered woman. Her deep faith in God and her peace with the afterlife helped shape her response to this life-changing ordeal with cancer and the love and support of an amazing posse of family and friends, along with a liberal dose of humor and hope, pulled her through the darkness and back into the warm, sunny light. Losing the Girls is a powerful and uplifting book that every woman and the people who love them should read. About the Author: Shirley Alarie wrote her memoir in order to spread awareness of NSM, and she published a website that identifies some of the hospitals that perform this surgery. Check it out at http: //nsmcenter.blogspot.com/. Or join her on Facebook to celebrate God's presence in our world at Finding God Among Us. What others had to say: A beautifully written story. I cried, I laughed, I smiled, I was amazed. Thank you for being so honest. - Emily Gullo. Amazing, successful, and real are the words th
Download or read book He Put Me In to Bring Me Out written by ROBIN WALKER-SHANKS and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-02-25 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He Put Me in To Bring Me Out is an authentic and riveting account of a journey of faith through trial to triumph. A transparent glimpse into the fear the pain and all the emotions that come with being told " you have cancer". Descriptively written with notes of reflective humor, this book is a must read for those facing this difficult and life changing event. You'll be inspired to persevere in the face of this formidable foe.
Download or read book March Forth written by Marci A. Schmitt and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Insightful Journey That Will Speak to Anyone Affected by Cancer! In March Forth, author Marci A. Schmitt takes us inside her eye-opening journey with breast cancer. March Forth provides a remarkably detailed portrayal of her experiences following her diagnosis. Schmitt's faith-filled journey details her initial shock and confusion when told she had breast cancer and how she grappled with a bewildering array of treatment options and insurance issues. This is a deeply personal yet universal, spiritual yet practical book that will speak to anyone affected by cancer. In this moving journey, we experience firsthand the physical and mental challenges of being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. Although sprinkled with humor, Schmitt's account pulls no punches in describing the long and grueling recovery process a breast cancer survivor experiences. More important, March Forth offers an understanding of how to support a friend or relative dealing with cancer. This powerful, informative, and inspiring journey will make readers laugh one moment and cry the next. "This heartwarming story, told through the eyes of a breast cancer survivor, helped me understand the process and challenges one faces with cancer. It offers great insight into what a person goes through, and most importantly offers an understanding of how to support a friend or relative dealing with cancer. Laugh, cry, and 'march forth' with Marci." -J. Wilhelmus, Educator "As I read this book, I was crying and laughing. All I can say is WOW!!!" About the Author Marci Schmitt is a breast cancer survivor. She grew up on a dairy farm in southern Indiana with her dad, mom, and three siblings. A former educator, supervisor, and coach, she is now a stay-at-home mom. She enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering in her community, at her church, and at her two sons' school activities.
Download or read book Breast Cancer written by Beverly Stacy Dittmer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unplanned Journey relates the adventures of my walk on the Cancer road. It stresses the lessons that Cancer taught me. It tells the reader about my fears and my struggles in dealing with Cancer - the acceptance of having the disease, the surgeries, and its treatments. This book is written in an effort to assure any woman or man with Cancer that there is an end to the long journey. My readers should be assured that they are not alone. Today most Cancers are curable if they can be found early. Happiness and normal life will return again at the end of the journey. Book Review: Breast Cancer The Unplanned Journey Lessons Learned By Beverly Stacy Dittmer Reviewed by Mary Ann Noonan Breast Cancer The Unplanned Journey Lessons Learned, is the very personal journal of Beverly Stacy Dittmer's passage from finding a lump in her breast, through her anxious wait for the confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer that every woman dreads to hear, through her one step at a time trek from surgery through treatment and complications, and, finally, to a realization that life goes on and can become normal again. Beverly as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, and a professional woman shares critical, yet sensitive, information about her diagnosis of breast cancer and its treatment. She makes it quite clear in the copyright page that "the medical statements in this book are only what I understood and are not to be taken as true medical facts," continuing that her knowledge about breast cancer was obtained in years 2003 and 2004. In addition, she includes a personal touch to her 222 page manuscript describing many relationships and human interest stories about life with her husband, her family, her friends, her personal activities, and travels. The reader follows Beverly as she relates her cancer journey one step at a time-the good times and the bad. In a detailed, remarkably sensitive, casual, almost speaking to the audience style, Dittmer writes about everyday life while facing a life threatening condition. She shares words of advice and reminders about living each day with confidence and courage that there is light at the end of the tunnel while including "lessons learned" in the last four pages. Encouragement is granted to the reader by the author's constructive council that "there is an end to this long journey." Through her direct and candid accounts it was obvious that she was not alone in this walk. As a professional nurse practitioner and retired professor of nursing, reading Beverly Stacy Dittmer's personal story reinforces the importance for health care providers to listen and to be present to all individuals for whom they care. For the person with a life-threatening illness, this read will provide a source of strength and encouragement. For the student of nursing and medicine it is a must read.
Download or read book My Journey Through Breast Cancer written by Suze Appleton and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one, ordinary, woman's journey through treatment for breast cancer and beyond. Still thriving 12 years later, she offers an insight into the actual process of chemotherapy and its side effects, hospitals and support services, as well as the affect on family members. It's not an easy journey and it's one I m always thankful to have survived. I know I am one of the lucky ones, why, I do not know. It may be attitude, it may be luck but all I knew was that life would be different from then on.
Download or read book My Breast Life written by Sarah Altman and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born out of her own experience, My Breast Life chronicles Sarah Altman's experience with breast cancer in a candid, authentic, transparent and humorous way. From diagnosis, surgery, chemo and recovery, you'll feel like you're going through the experience with a friend as Sarah openly shares her challenges and insights. She even discusses some of those things you've always wondered about cancer but never wanted to ask, like what does chemo really feel like and what happens to your boobs during a mastectomy.This book can help you on your own journey with cancer or serve as a guide in supporting a loved one.
Download or read book My Journey Through Breast Cancer written by Jan Brearley and published by RoseDog Books. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 at the age of 50. To me it was a death sentence, as I watched my beloved mother die of this dreaded disease when I was only 12. When the doctor gave me the results of my needle biopsy, I had a choice to make. I was not ready to die but didn¿t want to use my energy fighting, either, so I decided that I would learn from this disease, take from it what I could, and so I did.Cancer taught me so much. It taught me how very precious life is and how much I had taken for granted. Cancer helped me renew old friendships, make new ones, and renew my relationships with family and God. I thank God every day for giving me that opportunity, even coming at such a high cost.Cancer came as a thief in the night to destroy me, but instead I have used it to enhance my life. I hope this book will inspire you to do the same. The road has not been easy but oh, so worthwhile. I pray that God will create a miracle in your life as well and that you will be the victor in the end.
Download or read book C Notes written by Patsy Paxton and published by Commonwealth Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C-Notes began to grow as Patsy Paxton's daily journals documented her struggle with cancer. From the first terrifying phone call to a new outlook on life; from a life in her native West Virginia to a medical complex in Houston; from the agony of recovery to a spiritual breakthrough in the Southwest. Her tale is packed with positive information on a personal, practical, and human level that can help others prepare for the ordeal -- from diagnosis to recovery.
Download or read book I Love My Boobies written by Sherry Thompson and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people say such crazy things to people who have cancer? What should you say when someone tells you it is your fault? Author Sherry Thompson learned how to move beyond caring what people think and began accepting her cancer and embracing her life!
Download or read book Getting It Off My Chest written by Sandra Fikus and published by . This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I m Blessed By God And I Have Breast Cancer written by Violia Wilson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Violia Wilson found herself with breast cancer and while looking for information of the different treatments for cancer, she wondered, where is there a book to tell of someones exact experience? Everyone’s experience is different, but yet many are familiar. She had questions like, How is Chemo given? What are the side effects? What about Radiation? Are there any side effects of that? How long does the treatments take? She found some brochures on Therapies, but not very detailed. She read books, but no real stories. So she sought to began a journal, recording her real experiences, the good the bad and the ugly, with hope of sharing with others going through this horrific disease. So as you read this journal of her journey through Breast Cancer, you will see the struggles, the hard pressed decisions she had to make to move on, the ups and the downs and God’s triumphant use of her during this time of illness. She truly believes what the scripture says in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”, and she is living proof that He can.
Download or read book Leading a Charmed Life written by Gayle Bittinger and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gayle Bittinger's journal about her experience with breast cancer treatment will inspire all whose lives have been touched by cancer. Whether you are a cancer patient, cancer survivor, or a family member or friend of someone who's been diagnosed with cancer, you will find hope, life, laughter, and tears as you walk with her through a year of cancer treatment. Her journey begins with a necklace and a pink heart charm. As she considers the charm and what it means to her, she records her thoughts in a journal. Each week a new charm is chosen, and each week, Gayle discovers new insights into her journey through cancer treatment. This book is the story of that journey, a record of thoughts, feelings, and connections inspired by 52 charms chosen over the course of a year, a journey that eventually guides her to the realization that she is Leading a Charmed Life. Not an easy life, not a trouble-free life, but a life filled with love and surprises, celebrations and joy. It is a book written for all who walk the journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Download or read book From Oncology Nursing to Coping with Breast Cancer written by Kate Hayward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many healthcare professionals that I've encountered refer to a patient's cancer journey; indeed I had an article published describing a patient's journey through biological therapy. This particular case history described my involvement with a medical doctor's experience of renal cell carcinoma and self-administration of immunotherapy. He was very keen to share his experience to educate and inform other health professionals and I now find myself in a similar situation.'I have 'journeyed' from nurse to patient when diagnosed with grade 3-breast cancer. Of course, I've experienced various health problems before this time, but I never spent a night in hospital, unlike members of my family who have experienced serious illness and hospitalisation on several occasions. Consequently I've always regarded myself in the caring role amongst family members and over the years I've used my nursing knowledge and skills to help them deal with both the physical and psychological issues of their various disease processes. However, being diagnosed with breast cancer has now changed me from nurse and carer into a vulnerable ill person with doubts and fears for my future. To restore some sense of purpose while on sick leave and help me to get through each treatment stage, I decided to keep a daily journal of my experience.
