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 A great source of true thoughts from other breast cancer survivors!
I have just finished reading this book. I finished my treatment for breast cancer this past April. How I wish I had found this book at the beginning of my diagnosis - it would have helped me see that what I was going through was normal and that there were even others who had experienced the same things. Even now, it has made me feel okay about my fears and about some side effects I am still experiencing. I think what is so sad is that the fight against breast cancer has been going on for so MANY years and yet there is still so much that doctors don't tell their patients about this disease and what they are experiencing. Thank you for putting this book together. I feel like I know all the women who responded to your questionnaire. I'm so glad I found your book - thanks to Amazon for suggesting other reading sources when I was searching for a book about survivors! You've done a great service for all women. It should be required reading for every woman diagnosed with breast cancer.
Just keep swimming
I read this book cover to cover in 2 days and loved the quotations, experiences, suggestions, wisdom, thoughts and feelings of those touched by breast cancer.
I was particularly struck by the cover of the book to start with. I have had a recurrent dream starting in the long ago past in which a huge wave (looks almost exactly like that picture) is coming which will wipe out all life on earth. I have to decide if I'm just going to stay put, try to outrace it with my car (useless) or try to swim through it. I decided to start swimming. I wonder if this was a message to me in advance to "just keep swimming" as Dory in Finding Nemo kept singing. Most of the stories written here encourage us all to do just that.
I'm a survivor, too
Hi Leila! I am a survivor who has many quotes in your book, Dancing with Fear. I just got a copy yesterday and I couldn't put the book down. It truly is a wonderful and inspiring thing to read. After I finished it, my husband read it and was brought to tears. He wants to order some copies for both of our daughters and at least one friend of his whose wife is going thru cancer, but not breast cancer. As my husband said, this information is useful to anyone!
I have continued to have problems related to my treatment which have given me and my family more challenges to overcome. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to work as an RN and am not able to keep up my "normal" fast pace of life. I find that I go back to this book from time to time to get some strength again.
Real advice about breast cancer from real people
I am a three-year breast cancer survivor and have read many, many books on the subject, but "Dancing With Fear" was one of the most personal. By the time I finished reading it, I was thinking of the women quoted as friends of mine! They seemed so real, because they ARE real, and that made the book one of my favorites!
If you buy 2 books for Breast Cancer, Make one this one!
I checked this book out of the library and now I am buying it, along with Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book. I also like the Mayo Clinics Guide to Women's Cancers. I was diagnosed a month ago, am recovering from a mastectomy, have Stage 3C cancer, and will be starting chemo and radiation. I love this book because it's written in plain english, it deals with the practical and the emotional, and it presents many sides of the issue. Every woman's cancer and treatment is different, and this book gives you an idea of the spectrum of what to expect every step of the way. It's also an easy book to flip through -- I plan to bring it to chemo, and I am copying my favorite bits of advice and quotations into a small journal. I hope to contribute to the sequel.
It is filled with wonderful quotations and proverbs (not about breast cancer, but about life, healing, fear, etc.)
This may sound silly, but I also like the size of the book, the title, and the cover art.
I've checked some 20 books out of the library, and this is one my favorites.
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