Beautiful reflection on life, wonderfully read

Echoing another reviewer: I don't have cancer, I don't surf but I'm around the same age as the author and I do have a family. This book made me appreciate all of these things all the more; even my age! The author has a biting sense of humour and a wicked turn of phrase: describing his chemotherapy as a "goon (cheap Australian wine in a bag) bag of doom". His love for his life, his home and his family shine through. Imo, his cancer is a lens to allow him to look more closely at his life and this book is so much more than a cancer story. As good, imo, if not better than "When breathe becomes air" and deserves to be as widely read.

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Rollercoaster of emotions.

I don’t have cancer, I’m not a good surfer but this was an incredible book. I couldn’t stop listening to it. I laughed I had tears in my eyes. Raw and honest… I’m looking at surfing and life differently now.

Thank you

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A Tap on the Shoulder for Healthcare Providers of all levels.

I have listened to Tim’s audiobook wearing a couple of different hats but the Registered Nurse hat is the one that has learnt again through Tim’s honest and vulnerable narrative. We can become blunted and disconnected from our humanity when we work in an area of healthcare day in and day out and the jargon / diagnoses has no impact on us anymore, we just get on with it meaning we’ll enough, and we forget that peoples lives have just been shattered and are never to be the same again. It has helped me reflect on my own practice, attitudes and dialogue with clients committing to be more mindful and present as much as I possibly can as a human, not just a Nurse Consultant and what that role entails. So much learning here on so many levels. Thank You Tim.

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Very informative

Thank you, Tim! My best friend has metastatic breast cancer and is also very into meditation, healthy eating and other holistic treatments such as the hyperbaric chamber. This book has helped me understand more of what she’s doing and going through. Believe the diagnosis not the prognosis!

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A literary & personal Mt Everest

Compelling, emotional & honest account of a personal life.

Life changing if you’re open to it..

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Inspirational

Thanks mate. Gives me an insight into what I’m up for
over the next few years

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A heart rendering real story on living with cancer.

Tim, thank you for sharing your journey thus far. It brings up memories of my own husbands cancer and perhaps some of what he went through but never told me. It’s right to write this book, there are many alternatives ways to treating cancer and so glad you are calling it out. Your story is confronting on many levels but beautiful also. Keep on surfing, meditating, keeping healthy, of living a full life and of course loving. A must read if your a man or partner diagnosed or living with prostate cancer, there are alternative ways to address treatment along with medical intervention, may there be far better treatment alternatives discovered.

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must read for males

touching, moving, and raw.
highly recommend for anyone who wants to know what really happens to a man and his family after a prostate cancer diagnosis. tim's vulnerable sharing about the lows left me with a greater empathy for all people with cancer.
Thanks Tim

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A powerful dose of honesty

My hearted ached with the disappointments and soared with the successes. Having a minor brush (compared to this experience) with bladder cancer personally, my spouse die from breast cancer, a brother dying of prostate cancer and a father dying with prostate cancer—this book brought back many sad and fond memories. Tim’s chronicle of his experiences are extremely valuable to anyone seeking a path of reassurance on their (or their partner’s) journey with cancer.

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Honest & thought provoking

An insightful read that anyone navigating or supporting someone with cancer can gain value from

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