Download or read book Riding the Cancer Coaster written by Clarissa Schilstra and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diagnosis of cancer is devastating at any age. For teenagers and young adults, it presents a unique challenge both socially and emotionally. You strive for independence, but cancer leaves you completely dependent on those around you. At an age when you want nothing but to be with your peers, isolation resulting from a compromised immune system leaves you starving for social contact. When you should be able to start setting goals for the future, you are confronted with the possibility of having no future at all. This all makes staying positive very difficult. Through her own experiences as a two-time cancer survivor, and previous teen cancer patient who faced a forty percent chance of survival, Clarissa Schilstra has learned a great deal about all of these challenges and how to cope with them. In the pages of this book, she shares those stories and strategies, in an effort to provide a guide through the emotional roller coaster that is cancer treatment and life as a cancer survivor. A foreword by Lori Wiener, PhD, DCSW, FAPOS is included.
Download or read book Riding the Cancer Roller Coaster written by Gillian Weitsz and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Roller Coaster Chronicles written by Betsy De Parry and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful book provides a goldmine of insights into the experience of illness and the process of healing from the perspective of a lymphoma patient and survivor. Betsy's story is both humorous and compassionate as she takes an intimate look back at her medical journey and the effect it had on her marriage, self-identity and life perspective. For patients, caregivers and physicians, this book is a significant contribution to the field of illness narratives.
Download or read book Dead Man on a Bike written by Wayne Tefs and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiography of cancer patient, cyclist and author Wayne Tefs.
Download or read book The Roller Coaster written by Misty Krueger and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir traces a little over a year in the life of a forty-one-year-old breast cancer patient as she reflects critically on the loss of her breasts, her struggles as a patient and a person, and life on the other side of chemotherapy and radiation. In this book, the author, who is an English professor, addresses how writing and sharing her cancer story with the public is not only a form of self-treatment, but also crucial to one's survival.
Download or read book Cancer Coaster written by Ellen Ortiz and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer Coaster is a riveting ride through one woman's experiences of Stage III Cancer and all the twists and turns that go with it. You see her personal thoughts in diary form, sharing all the ups and downs in her ride with this disease. From handling doctor's, surgery, hospital stays, family interactions and her own spiritual struggle with her cancer, you get a glimpse into a survivor's heart. Written to provide insight into one person's experience with Cancer, this book is a great tool for those in all stages of treatment from diagnosis to remission. There is an appendix full of helpful information, including forms for use at Doctor's visits to help track your progress, as well as positive visualization exercises and prayers. This book is a wonderful resource for patients and their caregivers!
Download or read book Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster written by Iris Waichler and published by Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Roller Coaster Ride with Life written by Jen Young and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cancer Roller Coaster written by Juliette Chan and published by Librotas. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer not only involves coping with the physical disease and treatment, but it also means facing and dealing with hidden losses that will affect how you view and live your life. In this insightful book, Juliette Chan explains the emotional and mental impact of cancer and practical steps to manage this.
Download or read book The Ride Of My Life written by Bob Brown and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful, humorous, and inspiring memoir of self-described "regular guy" Bob Brown's courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and his journey through the medical community to save his life. In a conversational tone that feels like you're chatting with a lifelong friend, Bob shares the play-by-play of his fight to stay alive and make the right treatment decisions, affirms the difference a positive attitude can make, and celebrates the unexpected gift of a new perspective on life. What would you do upon hearing your doctor utter the words "inoperable pancreatic cancer"? If you or someone you love has been diagnosed, this amazing story of survival will move you, amuse you, and instill hope in your heart.
Download or read book Christine s Kilimanjaro written by Christine M. Malone and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine's Kilimanjaro: My Suburban Climb Up the Mountain of Life began with the author writing a thank-you letter to God. Christine found herself at a crossroads in her life when she stumbled across an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show one day. There she sat transfixed before the television, not expecting that her reality in an ordinary world would ever change. She never saw it coming—that this was the day her dreams would begin to change her life forever. “For the first time, I was going to be my own tour guide up my mountain. I could take a new path, instead of the tired one I had become accustomed to. I discovered something new—something that was no longer impossible—along the way, learning as I wrote that life is going to be messy, hurtful, confusing, even magical at times. But if I don’t stop to enjoy my view in the climb, when and if I finally make it to the top, the top will be nothing more than that. The ‘top’ of a mountain!” A beautifully written story about one woman’s quest to be the change she wishes to see in this world. A spiritual awakening took place as the author wrote out snapshots of her life, standing up to her past and a few demons she really never faced until she began to write her memoir. A moving and poignant path to self-discovery about her present and what she envisions her future to become. “Please stay seated, keep all hands and arms inside the moving vehicle at all times. It’s going to be a bumpy ride, people!” That is, unless when you are reading this book you want to stand up and shout WOO-HOO with me. Face it, some rules are meant to be broken!”
Download or read book How Connie Got Her Rack Back written by Constance Bramer and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's face it, when a white coat touting doctor and her posse deliver a breast cancer diagnosis, your life has a way of turning upside down and even a little sideways. And when you're a 39 year old single, working mother of two, the roller coaster ride that ensues will either lead you to a straight jacket or a back brace. Connie Bramer gives laugh out loud humor to her adventure, along with poignant moments of self-discovery as she blogs her way to good health. Follow along with her adventure and bare witness to her crazy antics, the comments of love she received, and the unwaivering support of her friends and family that helped to get her through...
Download or read book Rollercoaster written by Wayne Tefs and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1994, Wayne Tefs was diagnosed with carcinoid syndrome. Rollercoaster is an account of his journey from the onset of the disease, to eventually learning to live with it. Both practical and spiritual, the book is a must-read not only for those suffering from cancer, but for their loved ones, caregivers and even for those few whose lives have gone untouched by cancer."The magnetism of Wayne Tefs' written odyssey with his own carcinoid cancer was so intense for me that I was compelled to read his book from cover to cover before putting it down. Everything rings true."--Monica Warner, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., Director of Development and Research Coordinator, Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, Inc., N.Y.C.
Download or read book America s Top Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks written by Pete Trabucco and published by Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a brief history of the roller coaster, and describes rollercoaster rides found at amusement parks across America.
Download or read book Cancerland written by David Scadden and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amazon Best of the Month Book "For all the insight he offers into the hard science and thorny logistics of studying cancer, Dr. Scadden’s most moving passages consider the effect of the disease on the people who suffer from it and those who care for them." —The Wall Street Journal A doctor’s riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer – his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back. Now Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and one of the world's leading experts on immunology and oncology, writes his memoir, Cancerland, with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio. With riveting stories and moving compassion, Scadden and D’Antonio paint a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. Ranging from Scadden’s personal childhood memories to his triumphs and regrets as a doctor, Scadden illuminates a light at the end of a dark tunnel. Through opening a window into the science of medicine in the world of the unknown, Scadden and D’Antonio humanize cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need.
Download or read book Riding the Roller Coaster written by Marja Bergen and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can hold rich possibilities even for those with a mental illness. Learning to live with a mood disorder is something people do gradually, as life unfolds. Bit by bit they begin to recognise the symptoms. Gradually they begin to manage their illness. Marja Bergen is one of those people. Over the 30 years that she has had manic depression, she has gradually adopted a lifestyle that makes it possible not only to cope, but to live a full and productive life. In 'Riding the Roller Coaster', she shares some very practical tips, including escaping the blues before they grab you, what to do when you don't feel like doing anything, and keeping life stable. But there are obstacles. There is a social stigma attached to mental illness. Marja Bergen believes that this stigma can be overcome. It is a matter of accepting mental illness as an illness like any other. It is a matter of attitude. The attitude of individuals with a mental illness -- toward themselves, toward their illness and toward their potential makes a great deal of difference. To become really well, a person must work hard to improve their own life. Taking control and making things happen is far better than waiting for something to happen, and Marja Bergen writes with warmth and eloquence about how to do exactly that.
Download or read book A Rollercoaster Ride written by Jani R. Carter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Roller Coaster Ride: my testimony” is a story about my life: its ups and downs. One minute up on the mountain top celebrating, the next minute down in the valley crying. But God has given me strength to go through it all, even through hardships. This book will hopefully encourage those who have lost hope, and might interest the readers who enjoy real-life stories of victory over adversity.
