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Many people believe the topic of surviving prostate cancer relates only to men. It doesn't. This disease can take a serious toll on women, too. Cindie Hubiak's book, A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer, shows how women can take their experience with prostate cancer beyond surviving to thriving. Suffering in silence after her husband's diagnosis, Cindie woke up to her deep-seated unhappiness. Her search for remedies led her to revitalize her relationship and thrive as a woman.

In 1998, Spielman's wife, Stefanie, was diagnosed with breast cancer, launching an eleven-year journey that brought joy and suffering to the Spielmans and hope and inspiration to thousands of others. In That's Why I'm Here, Spielman traces his storied career, recalls his courtship with Stephanie, cherishes the growth of their four children, and invokes the deep, spiritual faith that gave their family wisdom and comfort in times of struggle.

Cancer rates continue to skyrocket, and the overall survival rate for stage IV cancer patients in the United States is a grim 2.1 percent. Clearly, the extensive use of expensive - sometimes ineffective - toxins in conventional oncology protocols is a failing strategy. Even the few survivors of these harsh slash-and-burn treatments can have a dismal quality of life, suffering with ailments such as nerve damage, heart muscle disease, and liver and kidney failure.

Surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer, former White House chief-of-staff Hamilton Jordan shares his personal and political reflections--from his experiences with the Civil Rights movement to his civilian volunteer tour in Vietnam, from his years of scrutiny under the Carter administration to his agonizing, yet triumphant times battling cancer.

You're Not Alone brings listeners the actual voices of more than twenty women and men who have lived through breast cancer and who now want to be a friend to others by sharing their experiences, well-earned wisdom, humor, and advice.

Aaron Dean Ruotsala, 24-year-old husband, father, business owner, and pilot shares a true story about a heart-wrenching experience he calls the best and worst experience of a lifetime. This story will provoke you to laughter, tears, and cause you to examine yourself and your role as a human on this temporal journey.

Since serving as President Jimmy Carter's chief of staff in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived three forms of cancer: non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer. In this remarkable memoir, Jordan recounts his tumultuous adventures in the political arena and his successful journeys through the world of modern cancer treatment.

Fulfilling a deathbed request, Nancy Nichols writes about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her sister, Sue.

Un libro indispensable que detalla todo lo que debes saber sobre el cáncer de mama, en un lenguaje sencillo, empático pero profundo, para tomar las mejores decisiones de acuerdo a tus necesidades. Si consideras que hablar de cáncer es un tema tabú, si cada vez que escuchas la palabra la asocias con muerte o sientes ansiedad, si crees que sólo es necesario visitar al oncólogo cuando hay un diagnóstico, debes leer este libro ya.

Jedes Jahr trifft eine halbe Million Deutsche die Diagnose: Krebs. Wie bei Verena Sam, der Fitness-Trainerin mit Gesundheit als Lebensprogramm. Sie hat Brustkrebs. Zusammen mit ihrem Partner, dem Ernährungsexperten Achim Sam, sucht sie bei diversen Wissenschaftlern Rat: Wie soll sie weiterleben? Soll sie noch Sport treiben? Fasten oder besser Kohlenhydrate essen? Vegan oder Fleisch? Unterstützt Vitamin C das Immunsystem - oder den Krebs?

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 intended to keep family and close friends apprised of Amy's medical condition grew to include hundreds, with thousands more reading publicly about Amy daily on social media.

This is the perfect audiobook for cancer survivors and their families. It’s a must-listen for anyone who is facing impossible odds. It’s impossible to hear this audiobook and not feel empowered by Keith ’s unbreakable spirit and desire to make everyone around him a little better.

Winning the Breast Cancer Battle is a heartfelt and revealing book which will offer answers to these questions directly from the experiences of a breast cancer survivor. Karen Iverson never imagined cancer would grab her but it did. The breast cancer patient will suffer physically and mentally. Family, friends, and caregivers will suffer too. And though breast cancer is said to be “curable” this time of your life is going to be tumultuous and not an easy path to follow but it can be managed with help.

At the time of diagnosis, breast cancer patients are faced with many overwhelming decisions about possible treatments. Living with Breast Cancer provides you with an overview of what to expect from testing and treatment, which cancer specialists you may need to see, and common terms to use to help communicate your needs to your team. This empathetic resource full of relatable stories teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care.

You Finished Treatment, Now What? is a road map for lifestyle and natural medicine approaches to address health challenges that persist after cancer care, and to reduce the risk of recurrence. Written for cancer survivors/thrivers, those who care for them, as well as health-care providers, You Finished Treatment highlights the evidence for an integrative approach to healing.

Hvad sker der, når man går fra at være en højt feteret kulturjournalist, der rejser verden rundt for at møde filmstjerner på luksushoteller til at blive skrøbelig patient, der skal finde et nyt fællesskab på patientgangen på Bispebjerg. Kulturjournalisten Niels Frid Nielsen oplevede pludselig en stor nedtur, da han fra at være et positivt og omgængeligt menneske gradvis blev en sløv, irriteret og opfarende far, ægtemand og kollega. Efter - alt for - lang tid tvang hustruen ham til at lytte efter kroppens signaler.

Eine Krebsdiagnose ist ein einschneidendes Erlebnis, das das Leben grundlegend verändert. Doch inmitten der Unsicherheit und Angst liegt eine immense innere Stärke, die darauf wartet, entdeckt und genutzt zu werden. "Affirmationen für Krebspatienten" ist ein ermutigender Begleiter für Krebspatienten, der Dir hilft, diese Kraft zu entfalten und mit positiver Energie Deinen Heilungsweg zu gehen.

Vous êtes un entrepreneur ou un pigiste qui a bâti votre entreprise et qui, du jour au lendemain, voit son monde changer à la suite d'un diagnostic de cancer! En tant qu'entrepreneure, Christiane a été confrontée à un défi qui a changé sa vie en 2019 lorsqu’elle a reçu un diagnostic de cancer de stade 3C. Malgré le stress supplémentaire de la pandémie imminente de COVID-19, elle a refusé de laisser sa maladie la vaincre et l’a plutôt utilisée comme motivation pour aller de l’avant.

After a year-long battle with Stage-4C Colon Cancer, 48-year-old Lisa finally heard the words she had been hoping for: no visible sign of disease. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments were over, she was technically disease free, and it was time to celebrate that success. She never expected how difficult it would be to transition from colon cancer patient to colon cancer survivor.

Both an all-inclusive, how-to guide to navigating cancer and a grieving husband's elegy for his lost love, We Were Better Together is an essential resource for couples facing a cancer diagnosis as well as a much-needed beacon of resilience and hope.