Download or read book Aly s Fight written by Aly Taylor and published by Worthy Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "life-changing" book (Korie Robertson), TLC reality TV stars Aly and Josh Taylor share the inspiring story of how their faith sustained them through breast cancer, infertility, and dashed dreams. October 17, 2011 changed Aly and Josh Taylor's lives forever. At just 24 years old, Aly was diagnosed with breast cancer. Everything they had known, hoped for, and dreamed of came to a screeching halt with the news of her diagnoses. But Aly's cancer journey is only the beginning of their incredible story. With grit, fierce love, and unyielding faith, Aly and Josh fight for her life and dream of building a family. They battle infertility, face heart-wrenching struggles while trying to adopt, and experience God in miraculous ways. Aly and Josh will inspire you to cling to life, faith, and love, even when all hope seems lost.
Download or read book My Mommy is a Cancer Warrior written by Danielle Giusto Maqsood and published by Women Are Lit. This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My Mommy is a Cancer Warrior" explores a difficult topic to discuss with children. Using easy to understand words and imagery, this book shows the superpowers that mommies have when fighting cancer. In this book, a "cancer warrior" is defined as someone who is at high risk of developing cancer (previvor), someone who currently has cancer, or someone who had cancer in the past (survivor).
Download or read book The Bright Hour written by Nina Riggs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Built on her ... Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a ... memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38-year-old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson--mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years--after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--
Download or read book My Mommy Has Breast Cancer But She is Okay written by Kerri M. Conner and published by XYLOPHONE Press. This book was released on 2010-02-20 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerri is the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, but she writes this book based upon her own battle with breast cancer. Kerri was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer at age thirty-three. Her daughter was only two at the time. Kerri hopes this book will inspire young mothers with breast cancer as well as their young children.
Download or read book If You Knew Suzy written by Katherine Rosman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Katherine Rosman has a great gift for articulating the yearnings of daughterhood and the mysteries of motherhood.” — Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture “Katherine Rosman’s voice rings with truth, pain, and hard-won humor as she reports from the heart in this bold, cathartic tale of a daughter’s search to find meaning in her mother’s death.... This book beats with a heart of its own.” — Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher In lively, intimate prose, Wall Street Journal culture reporter Katherine Rosman reconnects with her late mother by reporting on the life she led outside of her roles as mom and wife.
Download or read book Cancer Mom written by Susan Parris and published by Pointe Press. This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At thirty-four, Susan Parris had just gotten her children settled into kindergarten and preschool when she received a breast cancer diagnosis that turned her life upside down. Cancer Mom chronicles her courageous battle with cancer, a clinical trial, and the power of God's presence in our lives. Cancer Mom is a source of strength, inspiration, and hope for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer or witnessed a loved one's struggle. This is a book that demonstrates the value of fighting for your health. There is no place like hope, and Cancer Mom offers a healthy dose.
Download or read book Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss written by Ali Rogin and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edie Falco, Sheryl Crow, Athena Jones, and other breast cancer survivors and “previvors” tell their powerful, inspiring stories in this collection. Drawing from first-hand interviews of successful, high-profile women from myriad industries and perspectives, award-winning journalist Ali Rogin brings together an all-star support and recovery team to inspire anyone confronting a cancer diagnosis, along with their loved ones. Learn how preeminent actresses, musicians, politicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs faced a formidable disease and put it in its place. In their own words, the women of Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss inform and encourage other women by sharing their experiences and advice. Learn how they told loved ones about their diagnoses, navigated treatment options, and managed the work/life/cancer balance. Rogin, too, faced great uncertainty when she tested positively for the BRCA1 genetic mutation at age twenty. She found answers in the vibrant community of breast cancer survivors and “previvors” who also stared down the odds. With her brave decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy before even graduating college, Rogin joined this diverse sisterhood of women confronting breast cancer in its many forms with dignity, strength, and humor.
Download or read book Brave Like Mom written by Monica Acker and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2022 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young girl's fish-wrestling, spider-wrangling mom becomes an illness-fighting mom, they explore together what it means to be strong, brave, and fierce.
Download or read book This is Cancer written by Laura Holmes Haddad and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is indiscriminate. It cares little for class, creed or color. Its patients are literally everywhere. When Laura Holmes Haddad was diagnosed, she discovered shelf upon shelf of overly-earnest, somber, gray survival books, and knew there had to be a better way. This Is Cancer is the thoughtful, informative fabulous-looking result for those who prefer their pathos with equal parts humor and reality and a touch of flair. A "what to expect when you're expecting" book for the diagnosis you don't want but are stuck with, This Is Cancer is the book that patients keep in their "heading to the hospital bag," because it's the only one that tells them what's going on and keeps them company. Including such useful snippets as: There is no limit to what you will put yourself through when told it might save your life. Stay away from the Internet. And don't let anyone tell you "what they looked up" about your diagnosis. You'll be surrounded by people but you'll feel lonely, and alone, sometimes. Lexapro is Tylenol for the soul. If you don't like your doctor(s), find new ones. You will feel somewhat at the mercy of them, like they hold the key to your mortality, but in fact more than one doctor can potentially save you and some are nice and some are mean. Whether you or your loved ones want a primer full of useful information in an easy to reference format or a friendly and comforting read, the honest, grave, and mordantly funny stories and tips from young survivors will bring you the real intel and advice that you need most during this tremendously difficult time.
Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul Hope Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey written by Dr. Julie Silver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey will encourage comfort and encourage breast cancer patients and survivors with its inspiring stories and helpful medical information. A support group from breast cancer diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and recovery, this book combines inspiring Chicken Soup for the Soul stories written just for this book and accessible leading-edge medical information from Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School. Patients and survivors will find comfort, strength and hope.
Download or read book Breast Cancer written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Love Worth Having written by Susannah Oziegbe and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Love Worth Having God may not always answer our prayers the way we want Him to, but knowing He is by our side amidst life's battles and storms gives us A Love Worth Having. That's what Temilolu discovered when at just 31 years old, she found a lump in her breast. In this book, she chronicles the highs and lows of her journey from diagnosis through to surgery and treatment and tells of God's love through it all. Yet how do you hold onto hope when the doctors say there is nothing more they can do? And how do you maintain faith in the face of uncertainty? Temilolu did not give up hope of being healed. She held on to her faith in the love of God. She was a warrior to the end. Temilolu's story was completed by her sister Susannah, who though fighting her own cancer battles, did not want the story to end in Temilolu's death. She hopes to set up a foundation in memory of Temilolu to raise awareness of breast and ovarian cancer, and the link to the BRCA gene mutation, in the UK and Nigeria.
Download or read book Uplift written by Barbara Delinsky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Washington Square Press, 2001.
Download or read book Project Inspired written by Nicole Weider and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicole Weider is on a mission: to help young girls avoid the traps that culture sets. The trap that baits you into thinking you must sacrifice your self-worth in order to be beautiful and popular. Nicole launched Project Inspired in 2010 (www.projectinspired.com), a website for teen girls that analyzes pop culture and explores ways girls can live in their authentic beauty. In Project Inspired, Nicole shares tips for you to stay true to yourself—to how you were created to be—as well as how to dress modestly yet fashionably, how to make a positive difference in the world, and how to enjoy your teen years while standing firm in your faith. With photographs, real behind-the-scenes stories from inside the fashion world, and an honest look at living a life that looks great on the outside and feels great on the inside, Project Inspired is a book you’ll turn to time and time again.
Download or read book Cards for Brianna written by Heather McManamy and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the end of your life may be near, it doesn't mean you have to stop living After being diagnosed in her early thirties with terminal breast cancer, Heather McManamy felt like her life was crumbling. Her "normal" vanished—and was replaced with multiple surgeries and dozens of chemo treatments that could briefly extend her life, but would not prevent her inevitable death. With an effervescent spirit and a new perspective, Heather started to live each day as if it were her last. She learned to soak in the moment, appreciate the beauty around her, and celebrate her blessings. She also pondered her daughter's future journey without her mother—and gracefully prepared for it. Heather began to write greeting cards to Brianna. Cards for her first day of school, her sixteenth birthday, her wedding day. Cards for when things were going right and when they were going wrong. Cards for when Brianna would need her mother—whether in five years or in fifty years—and Heather wouldn't be able to be there for her. Cards for Brianna is the story of one mother's powerful love for her young daughter and Heather's unmatched experiences, laced with laughter and charm, are a reminder to never take a single day for granted.
Download or read book Breast Cancer Detection written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thanks for the Mammogram written by Laura Jensen Walker and published by Revell. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Laura Jensen Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer on her first wedding anniversary, she found humor to be healing in the midst of terrifying circumstances. In this energetic and hope-filled book, she draws on her faith and her sense of humor to encourage others going through the same thing. From discovering that "bald is beautiful" to navigating the world of saline breast implants, Walker recounts the highs and lows of coping with cancer. Infused with strength and dignity, this classic book has now been revised and updated for a new generation, showing women confronting the disease--and those who love them--that faith, hope, and a healthy dose of laughter can make all the difference.
