Download or read book Outshine An Ovarian Cancer Memoir written by Karen Ingalls and published by Fresh Ink Group. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Karen Ingalls was diagnosed with Stage IIC ovarian cancer, she realized that as a woman and a retired nurse she knew very little about this “silent killer.” Given a 50% chance to live 5 years, she made a vow to let women know about ovarian cancer and to live each moment with love. Lost in the information about drugs, side effects, and statistics, Ms. Ingalls redirected her energy to focus on the equally overwhelming blessings of life, learning to rejoice in each day, and find peace in spirituality. In this book, the reader will find a refreshing perspective of hope with the knowledge that “the beauty of the soul, the real me and the real you, outshines the effects of cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation.”

Download or read book Outshine written by Karen Ingalls and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Karen Ingalls was diagnosed with Stage II Ovarian Cancer, she realized how little she knew about what was once called ''the silent killer.'' As Ingalls began to educate herself she felt overwhelmed by the prevalent negativity of cancer. Lost in the information about drugs, side effects, and statistics, Ingalls redirected her energy to focus on the equally overwhelming blessings of life, learning to rejoice in each day and find peace in spirituality. In this memoir, Karen is a calming presence and positive companion, offering a refreshing perspective of hope with the knowledge that ''the beauty of the soul, the real me and the real you, outshines the effects of cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation.'' Outshine: An Ovarian Cancer Memoir is a story of survival, and reminds readers that disease is not an absolute, but a challenge to recover"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Memoir of a Debulked Woman Enduring Ovarian Cancer written by Susan Gubar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book "Staggering, searing…Ms. Gubar deserves the highest admiration for her bravery and honesty." —New York Times Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008, Susan Gubar underwent radical debulking surgery, an attempt to excise the cancer by removing part or all of many organs in the lower abdomen. Her memoir mines the deepest levels of anguish and devotion as she struggles to come to terms with her body’s betrayal and the frightful protocols of contemporary medicine. She finds solace in the abiding love of her husband, children, and friends while she searches for understanding in works of literature, visual art, and the testimonies of others who suffer with various forms of cancer. Ovarian cancer remains an incurable disease for most of those diagnosed, even those lucky enough to find caring and skilled physicians. Memoir of a Debulked Woman is both a polemic against the ineffectual and injurious medical responses to which thousands of women are subjected and a meditation on the gifts of companionship, art, and literature that sustain people in need.

Download or read book 100 Questions Answers About Ovarian Cancer written by Don S. Dizon and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, making it one of the more common types of cancer. Whether you are a newly diagnosed patient, a survivor,or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. Completely revised and updated,100 Questions & Answers About Ovarian Cancer, Fourth Edition, provides authoritative, practical answers to your questions about this disease. This book offers important information about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, coping strategies, and sources of support. Written by a prominent gynecologic oncologist and a gynecologic surgeon, with commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this disease.

Download or read book 100 Questions and Answers about Ovarian Cancer written by Don S. Dizon and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whether you're a newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. Completely updated, the new third edition of 100 Questions & Answers About Ovarian Cancer gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Written by a gynecologic oncologist and a gynecologic surgeon, with actual patient commentary, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease." --

Download or read book Love You So Much written by Victoria Zacheis Greve and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love you so much, a shared memoir is the story of Vicki and Karen, a mother and daughter writing in separate voices about the nearly five years in which they battle Vicki's ovarian cancer, plan a wedding, struggle with infertility, experience the joy of pregnancy, navigate the first and last days of marriage, begin and retire from careers, move across continents, visit each other as often as possible, and decide to write a book about it all. Along their journey, they discovered that life doesn't stop with a cancer diagnosis - sometimes it even accelerates, as theirs certainly did. More than thirty thousand women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year in North America and the UK alone. Any of them could have written about her cancer experience, and many have. What is unique about this book is that it is the shared story of a mother and daughter, each of them writing from her unique perspective about coping with cancer as life moves forward in unpredictable ways. This story is one of the lasting legacies of Vicki Greve, a woman who persevered through her battle against ovarian cancer with style and grace.It was written by women for women and their families, to which millions of women - and men - will relate. Proceeds will be donated in support of cancer research.

Download or read book Almost a Princess written by Jane Loeb Rubin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its been said that cancer is a disease that steals away the feeling of perfection. Author Jane Loeb Rubin is all too familiar with this feeling. In Almost a Princess, she presents a collection of essays that document her twice-fought battle with cancer. In this memoir, Rubin, a hospital administrator and two-time cancer survivor, shares her experiences from the dual perspectives of a patient and a health care professional. She reflects on her life growing up in a secular Jewish home with a hard-nosed but loving father, marrying her high school sweetheart at nineteen, raising three children as a divorced single parent, working in the health care field, remarrying in her forties, and becoming a grandmotherall with the wise insights gained from struggling with her own health challenges. Almost a Princess discusses the coping strategies Rubin developed for herself, provides insight for other cancer patients and their families, and reflects on what it means to be a survivor. She communicates the importance of embracing what we are given each day, doing the best we can with it, and feeling the joy and fulfillment that comes with our past, present, and ongoing life stories.

Download or read book Realizing My Post Cancer Self written by Annette Bennington Mcelhiney, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was diagnosed with high grade serous Ovarian Cancer IIIC and continues her struggles with the disease. being aware of plentiful informational material on the medical and physical aspects of ovarian cancer, she felt a need existed for material preparing one for the psychological emotional roller coaster that such a diagnosis brings in its wake.

Download or read book Bittersweet Blessing written by Roshaun Kae Hogan and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brutally honest cancer memoir which addresses every stage of one woman's journey with the reality of the rare disease of ovarian cancer. Through poetry, narratives, and journal entries, her cancer battle is authentically, and sarcastically, relayed. Experiences involving humor, devastation, blunt testimony, and ultimate hope anchored in her faith, bring this memoir to life. This memoir was written in hopes of reaching the one soul who needs this memoir to assist in his or her own cancer journey.

Download or read book I Am Cancer Free written by Brenda C. Mohammed and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a most touching and emotional true story. of the author's battle with cancer.It is a detailed and personal account of how a very strong believer and family-oriented woman beat ovarian cancer. Although that type of cancer historically develops rapidly and has devastating effects, this true story shows how faith, family and love are a powerful force to reckon with. A must read for anyone with or without an illness! Eight years hence she is Cancer Free.It shows what faith in God can do. God is really alive and can work miracles in our lives. We just have to believe. The Author relates events when her life and financial well-being were threatened by this dreadful disease. Her strong faith in God saw her through all the trials she had to undergo during her several months of treatment. Writing this book gives her the opportunity to demonstrate to others the meaning of prayer and family unity . Eight years hence, she is now Cancer Free and wants to shout it to the world.The book serves as an inspiration for those in a similar situation to not give up but trust in god and continue fighting. She especially wants to acknowledge her loving husband who was a pillar of support throughout her ordeal.

Download or read book Arrest the Silent Killer written by Marion Seferth and published by Sid Harta Pub. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrest the Silent Killer is the author's personal account of her courageous battle with ovarian cancer, from the frustrating search to final diagnosis in 1997, then up to the present day. It is a remarkable story of one woman's fight against a disease, known as the silent killer, she refused to give in to. We meet her family and share her ups and downs of everyday family life, and share the delight she feels in her beloved grandchildren as she makes her physical, emotional and spiritual journey to healing. We laugh with her and cry with her, but above all we share hope with her. This book is a light in the darkness as it gives hope and sustenance to thousands of other women who have been diagnosed with cancer. The author's main aim is to bring awareness of ovarian cancer into the public arena, and provide accurate medical information in layman's terms, not easily accessible to the general public, enabling women to pursue early diagnosis and possible cure. The Appendices include information on the nature of ovarian cancer, treatment options, how chemotherapy works, making palliative care user-friendly, and pain control. Hope is the message, and love is the reason. Author Bio-Marion Seferth grew up and was educated in suburban Melbourne before training as a nurse in the early '60s. She married soon after graduating and settled in a semi-rural area. Suburbia caught up with them, so she and her husband and two children moved to a hobby farm in the Yarra Valley, where she wrote about her experiences there for numerous magazines and local newspapers. They separated when the children were teenagers, and she later remarried and settled in Healesville, where she wrote a series of children'sbooks. She moved to Northeast Victoria after her second marriage ended, where she wrote this book in the idyllic farm setting of El Dorado, close to her beloved grandsons.

Download or read book Cured My Ovarian Cancer Story written by Joyce Wadler and published by E-Quality Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1991 Joyce Wadler, a 43 year-old New York City reporter, had breast cancer which was caught early and successfully treated. She thought her cancer problems were over, she knew of no other cases of breast cancer in her family. Four years later Ms. Wadler was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. She also learned that she was carrying a genetic mutation, BRCA-1, which has been found in Ashkenazic Jews and which gives women a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. "Cured: My Ovarian Cancer Story", which originally appeared as, 'Cancer Redux', a two part cover story in New York Magazine, is the story of how Joyce Wadler successfully overcame cancer a second time. It also includes information about how women can try to protect themselves. ---------- MY HAIR STARTS FALLING OUT ten days after chemotherapy: a few strands on a white tablecloth at the Knickerbocker restaurant. I am having lunch with a guy I met at a party two months ago. The guy is sniffly. "I'm fighting something off," he says. "Me too," I say. I wait a few days, till my hair comes out in clumps in the shower, then, as directed, I go back to a wig store on the West Side where they shave the rest of my hair and do the final fit for the wig. They don't like to buzz you until the hair is really coming out. They say it's too traumatic. When I get home, I take off my wig and all my clothes, and stand in front of a full-length mirror and check me out naked. I am quite astonishingly bald, but I am still dramatically girly: My waist goes in, almost everything else goes out. I look sort of sci-fi. On the Starship Enterprise, they would probably go for me in a big way. Space Tomato, I call me. Maybe I should take out a personals ad: Mature Woman Seeks Trekkie. Excerpt, 'Cured, My Ovarian Cancer Story

Download or read book A Snobby Girl s Guide to Dealing with Cancer written by Maureen Miles Bucci and published by Maureen Bucci. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Snobby Girl's Guide to Dealing with Cancer is part memoir and part guide book. In her own raw and edgy style, ovarian cancer survivor Maureen Miles Bucci offers cancer patients and their care givers practical advice in going the distance against this formidable opponent.

Download or read book Learning About Autism One Mother s Journey of Discovery and Love written by Karen Ingalls and published by Fresh Ink Group. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Tucker travels the road of autism and cerebral palsy with her adopted son, Justin, now a young man who routinely astounds physicians with his achievements. She is a special-education teacher, recognized leader in children’s advocacy, and one of the founders of Florida’s first charter school for autism, where she served as director. Through photos and stories, bestselling author Karen Ingalls shares Carol’s journey, then offers a wealth of resources, teaching methods, school choices, and financial-assistance options. With Karen’s unique insight, Learning About Autism shows how one very determined mother and her family can rise above daunting challenges to thrive and find happiness.

Download or read book A Guide to Survivorship for Women with Ovarian Cancer written by F. J. Montz and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stressing quality of life, self-determination, and living life to the fullest, this remarkable book speaks to women with ovarian cancer everywhere.

Download or read book Why Didn t I Notice Her Before written by Beth Cramer and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 2017, Beth Cramer went to a doctor for heartburn and came home with seven samples of Prilosec and Stage 4 ovarian cancer. Over the next several months Cramer was in and out of hospitals and doctors' offices with her three fearless sisters, parents, husband and son by her side. However, it was through her diagnosis and impending death that she was finally set free from an obsession and debilitating regret that had defined nearly a quarter of her life. Who would have thought that the journey towards purpose and peace would be achieved through the teachings of cancer?Irreverent, painfully honesty and often hilarious, Why Didn't I Notice Her Before? Is a beautifully observed memoir that finds courage and humor in the face of undefeatable odds. It questions the importance of regret and life choices, and it explores motherhood, marriage, friendship, and family while examining the elusive questions we all grapple with. Why me? What am I living for? And who can I negotiate with to make my life and legacy more meaningful than driving a carpool?

Download or read book Hope written by Karen Goff Dyser and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This moving memoir is a passionate and personal account of the author's struggles with a diagnosis of advanced ovarian cancer and her use of mainstream chemotherapy, as well as integrative therapies, to create a pathway to survival. It highlights the importance of the connection of body, mind, and spirit to provide the patient the tools she needs to heal completely.