| Description |
xi, 235 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
A compilation of candid stories, anecdotes, and essays by cancer survivors who discuss the impact of the disease on their lives covers relationships, employment discrimination, coping with medical bills, infertility, grief, and fear of recurrence. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Lance Armstrong -- I am somebody with cancer and I am somebody without cancer / Samantha Eisenstein -- Even if you're losing, you have to fight / Perry Rothaus -- We've got to be part of the solution / Christopher Carley -- I would not be the Trinika I know today / Trinika Crawford -- Too sexy for my hair / Craig Lustig -- Can I sign that thirty-year mortgage? / Magnolia Contreras -- The diagnosis is c-- / David Carbone -- I'm just a regular kid, you know? / Hugo Gomez -- Pity? Move it along / Suzette Gelle -- I felt I had gotten off too easy / Tim Madden -- Asian women don't get breast cancer / Susan Shinagawa -- Be strong in accepting help / Mortimer Brown -- The survival rates are 100 percent for Scott Toner / Scott Toner -- Put your pride in your back pocket / Eric Miller -- Life is a journey. It's not a guided tour / Mike Kriz -- I can't ruin today worrying about tomorrow / Lori Monroe -- You have to be the CEO of your own care / Greg Ferris -- I am not a statistic / Karen Seeche -- Changed for the better / Joseph Nipper -- I wish I would have asked / Octavio Zavala -- Attitude / David Driver -- Have every teenage girl lose her hair for six months, and she'll be a much better person / Amy Dilbeck -- Being on this side of the grass / Brian Hill -- I'm not the only one this has happened to / Eden Stotsky -- It turns you into a fighter / Stacy Holborow -- We're going to cure you. What more do you want? / Susan Leigh |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
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Neoplasms -- Personal Narratives.
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Survivors -- Personal Narratives.
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| Added Author |
Lance Armstrong Foundation.
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| ISBN |
0767921380 |
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9780767921381 |
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