A Year in the Life of a "Dead" Woman : Living with Terminal Cancer Paperback / softback
by Lynnette Porter
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Perhaps I should have realized that cancer runs in my family.
After all, three grandparents and my father and brother perished from this disease.
Yet, when I received my colorectal cancer diagnosis, I was surprised.
I never expected to be primarily identified as a cancer patient.
Following a typical combination of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and more chemo, I was presumably cancer-free when my post-treatment scans looked clean.
Nonetheless, within a year I received a terminal diagnosis; cancer had metastasized in my lungs.
Thus began my year as a dead woman--a time of chaotic emotions, new priorities, and rapid-fire plans and changes.
Expecting the unexpected became a theme in my life, but what turned out to be most shocking are social, familial, and even my expectations about what is realistic for a dead woman to be or do."Preconceptions about a terminal cancer diagnosis frequently are based on popular culture depictions of cancer and dying, which can be misleading as a guide for knowing what to expect when you're expecting to die.
This memoir provides one "dead" woman's often-irreverent, pop culture-illustrated guide to life that deconstructs some common preconceptions about living with a terminal diagnosis.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
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- ISBN:9781476678962
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781476678962