Fighting My Way Through Breast Cancer With Poetry
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Fighting My Way Through Breast Cancer With Poetry
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Author : Diana Ballinger
language : en
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Release Date : 2009-05
Fighting My Way Through Breast Cancer With Poetry written by Diana Ballinger and has been published by Booksurge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Poetry categories.
When Diana Ballinger was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had no idea what lay ahead. The surgery, crippling side-effects of chemo and radiation, and the emotions that threatened to boil over pushed her to write for her life. This mother and wife feared she couldn't fight cancer and fulfill her family and work responsibilities. She dealt with the disfigurement, loss of employment and the travails of insurance by writing poetry. Ballinger knew she was more than her breast cancer. She wanted her daughter to have a normal life while she underwent treatment and she was determined to make that happen. What she didn't expect, is how much her daughter would help her. "Fighting My Way Through Breast Cancer With Poetry" takes the reader step by step through her journey. It is her first book. Ballinger lives in California with her husband, Dick and her 16 yr. old daughter, Ashley, and celebrated her 1 yr. anniversary as a survivor in Feb. 2009.
Now I Lay Me Down To Fight
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Author : Katy Bowser Hutson
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2023-11-14
Now I Lay Me Down To Fight written by Katy Bowser Hutson and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-14 with Poetry categories.
In stirring verse and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson chronicles her battle with breast cancer and the complications of faith amid such a fight. Accentuated by the art of Jodi Hays, Katy's words lead us through the realization of cancer, the experience of chemotherapy and a mastectomy, relentless rounds of radiation, the uncertainty of ongoing treatment, and what comes after survival. She writes in resistance to sickness, of wrestling toward beauty: Cancer is an overgrowth, a kudzu: Tangling and strangling legitimate life. Chemo is a killing, a burning out: Burning down to ashy carbon, indiscriminately But cancer, did you know that I am a poet? Through it all, she shows what it means to struggle in a battered body and to pray to a God who is near to the broken. Join her in this consideration of mortality and witness her persisting trust in God's unseen ways.
Dancing With Breast Cancer
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Author : Janay Cosner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-11
Dancing With Breast Cancer written by Janay Cosner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with categories.
One out of eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer. What many breast cancer patients don't open up about, read about, or discuss are the fearful moments, the angry moments, and the sometimes funny moments that women experience, beginning with that first scary doctor's appointment. Freezing-cold mammograms that flatten breasts like two fried eggs. Crushing loneliness. Nightmares about confronting mortality. But in Dancing with Breast Cancer, Janay Cosner gets real about her journey with the disease. Through a series of poems, Cosner opens up and shares her experience. Each poem is a snapshot of her odyssey. What does it mean to be a survivor, these poems ask. What does it mean to be a warrior? From diagnosis and surgery to chemotherapy and radiation to what is now her new normal, Cosner asks all her readers-patients, family members, friends, doctors, nurses-to join her in a raw and very real dance with cancer. My head high, I shout, I'm alive. My shoes start to dance again to the rhythm of life. Come dance with me. Praise for Dancing with Breast Cancer Every woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer will relate to the emotions, the drudgery, and the multiple steps they take while "dancing" with cancer. As a medical oncologist, I have treated many women with breast cancer. However, I never knew how they really felt till I read Janay's poems. They speak to me of the patients' pain, loss, fear, and daily struggles as well the hope of a future when they will be able to dance again with their partners and not with cancer. Ms. Cosner bares her soul so that we (the healthcare providers) can be better prepared to care for the "person" and not just the "cancer." --Khalid Rehman, MD, FACP, medical oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at The New York Medical College What's most impressive about Janay Cosner's Dancing with Breast Cancer is her gutsy willingness to relive her ordeal from the first suspicious mammogram, through the traumas of treatment, to a wary recovery. Cosner has chosen poetry as the medium for her memoir, a choice that allows her to move swiftly yet with detail through the shifting phases of her illness, and all the accompanying emotions from horror and terror to humor and hope. Cosner is no sit-back survivor. She's a savvy, sexy lady doing a defiant dance--a dance many women will recognize--a dance that will be eye-opening for everyone else. --Joan Murray, author of Swimming for the Ark Can there be beauty in pain? Only if it is poetry, and only when the poet touches your aching heart. Janay, a woman diagnosed with breast cancer, yearns to be treated like a person. She exposes her fears, frustration, and fighting spirit as she dances with fate. With a poem for each stage of her journey, she dances to a new tune, culminating in a symphony of shock, agony, anger, resolve, and regrets. Her poems are a window into a woman's heart, her suffering, and her remarkable poise under duress. This book is for women with breast cancer, for Janay knows just how they feel; it is for all women, with or without cancer, for she reveals what it is like to suffer; and it is a book for caregivers, for it shows the pathway to treating a patient as a person and not just a case study. This is a book of hope. --Sabeeha Rehman, author of Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
Wrapped N Pink
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Author : Anita Jeter-Peterkin
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-05
Wrapped N Pink written by Anita Jeter-Peterkin and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with Poetry categories.
Wrapped-N-Pink Book summary Wrapped-N-Pink is a story about a woman's journey of fighting breast cancer through fear, faith, trust, courage, belief and realizing the purpose of her encounter with a disease that does not discriminate and brings forth much debate. The Author Anita Jeter-Peterkin wife, mother of five and nana of 8, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the very young age of twenty three with a poor prognosis and diagnosed again at the age of forty six by early detection. Although, at the beginning of her journey things seemed uncertain and doubtful, Anita leaned to God and found the faith and trust she needed to live her life to the fullest. Anita decided to write about her story in a unique and inspiring way. She wanted it to be simplistic and done through rhyme and reason. Deciding to write about her life in such a form would appear to be a big challenge. Rhyming a story from beginning to end would seem to be more than she could handle. But she felt a passion to attempt the mission. After years of trying to connect pen to paper with poetry of her experience with breast cancer, she called her Aunt Lois (Pastor of St John's Church in CT) and explained to her that there was a burning sensation in her heart to write her story in that form. But at the time so many changes were going on in her life and she could not focus on her writings. She felt that if she could have just one night of solitude that her passion would begin to blossom. Her Aunt helped her find a secluded place for one night that would ignite the materials for her book "Wrapped-N-Pink". After, her aunt and cousin prayed with her, they left her there to begin her journey to writing a book that tells the story of her experiences of being a breast cancer survivor. The story begins with her diagnosis at a young age through the many health decisions she had to make along the way. She opened her life to share with others some of her emotions whether they were good, bad, happy or sad. She hopes that her writings will be a blessing to others as she continues to give her testimony of God and the miracles that He has performed in her life.
Pink On Pink
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Author : Teresa Schreiber Werth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Pink On Pink written by Teresa Schreiber Werth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Breast categories.
Consists of poems, correspondence, and essays.
Everything Happens For A Reason
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Author : Heather A. Hogeboon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-12-01
Everything Happens For A Reason written by Heather A. Hogeboon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-01 with Poetry categories.
Do you know anyone who has dealt with the hardships of Breast Cancer, or are you a Breast Cancer Survivor? Do you know someone who has touched your life in a special way? Do you have a loved one fighting for our freedom, is a veteran of a foreign war, or is a disabled veteran. If you like poetry, or just wish to look upon some very inspirational works, then you will want to read "Everything Happens for a Reason." Inspired by my own triumphs and hardships, my husband, children, co-workers, friends and family this is my life and thoughts put to words from the last 20 years of my life. As the title reads, "Everything Happens for a Reason."
Writing My Way Through Cancer
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Author : Myra Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release Date : 2003-03-15
Writing My Way Through Cancer written by Myra Schneider and has been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-15 with Health & Fitness categories.
'In this highly readable book about a personal way of dealing with potentially life-threatening illness, we follow author, broadcaster and acclaimed poet Myra Schneider through her journey from diagnosis to recovery from breast cancer. One of the book's special gifts is to make us feel we are engaged in an absorbing conversation with a friend, a friend who is full of courage, sensitivity and hope, but manages at the same time to be completely honest about the terror, anger and times of darkness that such a diagnosis brings.' - Caduceus 'Although, as its title suggests, this book concentrates on writing for cancer sufferers, its advice is equally valid for people suffering from other problems, whether physical, emotional or practical. It shows the empowering effect of writing; how it can help to make sense when the world chaotic; how it can keep you focused when your life is falling apart. This is an inspiring read, made so by the author's frankness, warmth and honesty, which breathe through the pages.' - Writing Magazine 'Reading someone else's journal is so engaging; When that person is a poet and has experienced a life threatening illness, the reading becomes inspiring. Myra Schneider is not only a poet and author but also a teacher. Her guide lines for therapeutic writing are clear and had me reaching for a pen. It would be a very valuable book for most clients who have been, or are going through, illness or any difficult experience, to try the visualisations and writing ideas. These, and the whole book, would be extremely useful for therapists working in any setting. Buy it!' - HCPJ 'Myra, an established poet and author of a handbook on writing for personal development, clearly found her writing enormously supportive throughout the cancer experience. She clearly and simply offers exercises and routes to self-expression and exploration.' - The British Journal of General Practice 'In this moving account [Myra Schneider] tackles with endearing honesty her personal experience of breast cancer. Myra takes us from diagnosis through the long painful route to recovery by developing the journal she decided to keep through her experiences. By sharing her journal with us, Myra has provided a window onto an experience which many people, finding themselves in a similar situation, will take comfort and inspiration from.' - Lapidus Magazine 'While this book provides an intimate portrayal of the author's experience of breast cancer, the writing is often humorous and ultimately uplifting. It will be of interest to people with breast cancer and to those supporting them, and to health professionals for the psychological insights offered.' - Breast Cancer Care News Diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2000, poet and author Myra Schneider turned to her writing to help her come to terms with the experience. In this thoughtful and readable book, she illustrates how writing helped her through diagnosis, treatment and recovery as well as the change in self-image following her mastectomy. In her frank expression of intense fear, anger and doubt, Myra Schneider includes notes and finished poems written during her period of recovery. She also offers practical support in the form of therapeutic writing suggestions for cancer sufferers, whether they are experienced authors or have never written before. Bringing together an unsparing but ultimately uplifting first-hand account of life with cancer and advice about writing as therapy, this engaging and positive book shows the benefits of expressing the self through writing. It will provide inspiration and support to anyone affected by cancer and useful insight for professionals involved in the care of cancer patients.
Cancer Poetry
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Author : Iain Twiddy
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-29
Cancer Poetry written by Iain Twiddy and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first critical study to offer a sustained analysis of the theme of cancer in contemporary poetry. In discussing works by major poets, including Paul Muldoon, Jo Shapcott and Christopher Reid, Cancer Poetry traces the complex ways in which poets represent cancer, and assesses how poetry can be instrumental to emotional recovery.
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Author : Rich German
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008
written by Rich German and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
A powerful collection of real-life Law of Attraction stories! The Law of Attraction's concept is simple: good thoughts attract good things into your life and bad thoughts invite negative experiences. Living the Law of Attraction shares over sixty incredible stories from those who have applied the principles of attraction to their own lives and have witnessed the amazing results. Rich German and Robin Hoch encourage you to live a life full of love, joy, peace, and prosperity. Through the power of the inspirational stories included, you will learn how to create a personal vision and then attract it into your life. People just like you provide insight on how they used the Law of Attraction to: Improve their health Succeed in business Transform their bodies Live the life of their dreams Make feeling good your number one priority in life and start saying "YES!" to initiating a new reality today!
The Cambridge Companion To American Literature And The Environment
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Author : Sarah Ensor
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-17
The Cambridge Companion To American Literature And The Environment written by Sarah Ensor and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Offers an overview of American environmental literature across genres and time periods, introducing readers to a range of ecocritical methodologies.