Life After Cancer I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelingsand stages of the coping process. It will help demystify thecomplex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain pathof cancer survivorship. --Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute,California Pacific Medical Center An intimate and inspiring account of the authors' real-lifeexperiences...
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HistoryWhen you visit the health section of your local bookstore, you'll find a plethora of information about getting through a cancer diagnosis, and very little about how to adjust to life after cancer. As the founder of a cancer support group, I believe that survivors are leaving our hospitals in droves - unprepared. When a cancer patient "graduates" from treatments, she might exit the hospital floor amidst claps, cheers, and...
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After being diagnosed with cancer when I was 25 and also not personally knowing any cancer survivors, especially my age, I was so glad to find this book. I thought after the treatments were over and I was in remission I would feel normal, but instead I felt worse with depression, fear and anxiety. I thought I was just being ungrateful. I found this book and realized I was normal! So many told the same story as what I had...
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I was introduced to Dancing In Limbo at a cancer conference in 1995 after I had been diagnosed with colon cancer. The whole conference environment was "Dancing in Limbo". It made my family wake up to the emotional devastion I was facing. I realized I was limbo, and I needed to move on. At this conference, I was inspired by the authors of Dancing In Limbo, and I was able to have a life after cancer. To this day, I highly...
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"Limbo: A region on the border between hell and heaven where those who are not responsible for their fate await judgment day." "Limbo: A dance of West Indian origin...[that] requires strength and flexibility."So begins this interesting treatise on the psychology of survivorship, written by a dedicated pair of women, both survivors and both human development experts. For any number of cancer patients, the day will come,...
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This book should be given to all cancer patients, caregivers and family members during cancer treatment. It details thoughts and feelings you will have, but never imagined and ways to deal with them. There should be more books out there like this one. There is definitely a need for them! If I would have read this book during my treatment, it would have saved me a lot of money on therapy and antidepressants afterwards!...
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