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In the most deeply personal writing of his long career, award-winning author Frye Gaillard reflects on the life and work of his wife Nancy, who died of leukemia in 2018. Partly the memoir of a vibrant marriage, Live As If...tells the story of Nancy's work as a public school teacher, principal, and professor during a time of education under siege. "It's a story of what can go right," Gaillard says.
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Initially, after David's diagnosis, I would cringe when I read books or articles by cancer survivors who stated that cancer had been a gift in their lives. How could all that David endured be viewed as a gift? The invasive surgery, the weeks of chemotherapy and radiation: a gift? Yet, after the cancer, David would often reach for my hand and say, "If it is cancer that is responsible for our new relationship, then it was all worth it." And I'd reluctantly...
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This book will inspire you to face whatever circumstances life brings your way and will challenge you to live your best life!
In their award-winning memoir, Chris and Joel share how their survival experiences transformed their lives and how their journey of healing is enriched by fulfilling what they call survivor's obligation, a responsibility to live an intentional life. Each day, they live out their purpose, for themselves and their families,...
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After a lifetime of seeking all things spiritual, wellness, and at times woo-woo, Paige Davis finds herself facing a breast cancer diagnosis at thirty-eight years old. She quickly realizes, however, that cancer is not her crisis point but a landing pad of experiences that's inviting her to integrate her mind, body, and spirit. Ultimately, she embraces her diagnosis through a lens of love rather than as a battle to be fought-a perspective that allows...
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Third edition.
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Provides basic consumer health information for teens about cancer risk factors, prevention, and treatment, along with tips for coping with cancer at home and school, and helping a friend or family member who has cancer. Includes index, resource information, and recommendations for further reading.
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The multi-award-winning former broadcast and print journalist Stacy Shelton, chronicles not one, but two diagnoses of breast cancer. Once diagnosed, Shelton found a new presence, which she dubbed "Crazy Woman," had taken up residence in her brain, wreaking havoc and forcing her to face her own mortality. As she learned to navigate the once foreign world of cancer, she realized that during the subsequent seven surgeries, including a bilateral mastectomy,...
787) Paint Your Hair Blue: A Celebration of Life with Hope for Tomorrow in the Face of Pediatric Cancer
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In Paint Your Hair Blue, Sue Matthews takes you through the heartwarming tale of heroic courage and devastating blows that characterized her daughter Taylor's odyssey through the underfunded world of pediatric cancer. This book serves in equal portions as an inspiring tale of the power of love and determination, and a cautionary tale of the need for parents and all caregivers to be their own advocates. It will empower you, no matter what your circumstance,...
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The fear of cancer recurrence, or scanxiety, unites all of us.
Celebrated speaker, author, and coach Joe Bakhmoutski uses his lived experience with cancer and mental health struggles to share inspiration and advice on how to lead a happier, more fulfilled life after cancer.
In this guide, Joe shares a simple, practical approach to help cancer survivors tackle their fear of cancer coming back:
• How to stop worrying about cancer recurrence taking...
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Part resource and part memoir, this is the work of an extraordinarily courageous and shining figure who finished her manuscript before her illness finally claimed her. A Most Clarifying Battle provides a foundation for the reader to understand the experiential issues involved in living and dying with a cancer diagnosis and suggests simple exercises that can be, used to build spiritual muscle and enhance quality of life.
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As a sole survivor of a rare Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, it is with great triumph that we celebrate this, the 10-Year Cancer Survivorship Anniversary of the one and only, Edward Miskie.
You're cordially invited to take a seat & enjoy what can only be described as a musical theatre fever dream fueled by chemo, alcohol, sex, & heartbreak. Told from the honest, raw and oftentimes hilarious view of Edward, as he navigates his way through the painful realities...
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In 1969, at age twenty, Martina moves to San Francisco. She lives in a commune, marries her hippie streetcar driver, and moves away from the city-first to Mendocino County, Oregon, and then to the Virgin Islands. In 1980, Martina comes out. She finds her life partner, Tanya, at work, and in 1986 they have a son, Cooper.
In 2008, Martina is diagnosed with serious tongue cancer. Her journey in the aftermath of this diagnosis is one of hope, fear, family,...
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'I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down'
Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast. But as she made plans to win gold, life, as it does, laughed at the goal she'd set. Aged nine, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent the next two and a half years in treatment and attending the funerals of children she met in the cancer ward. At the age of sixteen, Kirsty's cancer returned. Faced with a devastating prognosis,...
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¿Cómo aceptar la enfermedad y, sobre todo, la muerte de un ser querido?
Al igual que Diario del hombre pálido del también pamplonés Juan Gracia Armendáriz, libro con gran acogida en sus tres ediciones por el colectivo médico y sanitario y, lo más importante, los pacientes, Luz de noviembre, por la tarde resuelve con brillantez esos momentos tristes e intensos que a algunos nos toca vivir. Sin ninguna amargura, sólo con la melancolía que...
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Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac is a memoir written by American nurse and reformer, Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1828-1902). The book was published in 1867 and chronicles Mary's experiences as a nurse during the American Civil War. Mary Phinney von Olnhausen was born in Massachusetts and was from a wealthy family. During the war, she volunteered as a nurse for the Union Army, working in field hospitals throughout the Eastern...
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Time for a Heart-to-Heart is not your typical memoir, but is rather eclectic in tone - at times philosophical, poetic, poignant, uplifting, confessional, hysterically funny, and nostalgic. But most of all, it is an inspiring story of the triumph of hope and the human spirit in the face of the direst of circumstances and the ultimate challenge of survival. People who have gone through significant heart disease or have undergone organ transplants —...
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Join a high-powered lawyer on his fight for his life against brain cancer and learn how to remain Forever Optimistic.
At age fifty-five, Robert S. Brams, a former college athlete, was in perfect health. He had a beautiful wife, two children in college, a circle of close friends, and a hard-driving international law practice as partner at one of the most prestigious firms in Washington, DC. But after a fateful car accident, an MRI scan revealed a...
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Cancer May Have Taken Her Life, But Not Her Legacy. This is a story about the biggest things in life, which is ironic because it ends with a death.
When Amy Nappa was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV-B uterine cancer, her life and that of her husband's, Mike, changed forever. But they weren't the only ones whose lives were touched by Amy's courageous journey into the waiting arms of her loving Savior.
What started out as a private Facebook group...
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"Do you feel like you are barely holding on? Let the golden thread of God's presence be the calm on the other side of chaos. It could be that He is weaving a brilliant new beginning in the middle of your mess. "I know your faith will be lifted and increased with this new treasure." -- Chris Tomlin Join beloved worship leader and songwriter of "Shout to The Lord", Darlene Zschech as she traces God's goodness through her recent transitions. Perfect...
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Fight the power and protect your family from the corporate interests that control our food chain.
When author and homesteader Nicole Faires decided to retrofit an old school bus and tour America's small farms with her husband and two small children, she expected to learn a lot, be inspired, and have some fun. But what she found disturbed her. Mismanaged small farms; clueless urbanites setting up shop to "get back to the land"; a mindless devotion...
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