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This audiobook is not about cancer. It is about how David Lankes, professor and father, responded to being diagnosed, living with, and being treated for cancer. That is an important distinction because cancer is not funny. Cancer sucks. Cancer does not teach, cancer does not preach, cancer does not comfort, or inspire, or inform. Cancer kills. How one responds to cancer? That is a completely different matter.

Ich bin Krebs - und ich hatte Krebs: Trotzdem den Humor nicht verlieren. Auch Gedanken zu Alternativtherapien, Ernährung, Glaube. Hintergrundmusik vom Autor. Kabarettistisch aufbereitete Erlebnisse in der Klinik und rund um die Krebserkrankung. Dem Schicksal die lange Nase zeigen!

We have all been touched by cancer in some way; this audiobook serves many audiences and points of view. The cancer patient, medical professional, blood donor, and anybody who has been affected by cancer will find something interesting and informative from their perspective. Cancer treatment including blood and platelet transfusions, chemotherapy, consolidation chemotherapy, and resulting nadir issues are explained.

Many thyroid disease patients become aware of the fact that they are at an increased risk for developing thyroid malignancy but they are unsure how much that risk increases following diagnosis of their thyroid condition. Within the chapters of this book, I offer information regarding these increased risk factors, backed by reputable medical information sources.

El cáncer de mama es la proliferación rápida y descontrolada de células con genes mutados. Estos suprimen o estimulan la continuidad del ciclo celular de los tejidos de las glándulas mamarias. Algunas veces el cáncer de mama se encuentra en los ductos o en los acinos, sin invadir los tejidos vecinos. En ese caso reciben el nombre de carcinomas in situ.

On January 18th, 2013, Justin went to the doctor due to days of vomiting and chest pains. The previous week Justin had the flu and the assumption was he still had not recovered. The family doctor was not available that morning so Justin decided to go to the local urgent care clinic to be seen and prescribed something for his symptoms. What started with a simple X-Ray to determine the source of pain and shortness of breath would lead to the biggest shock of Justin's life.

When Mary Potter Kenyon's husband David was diagnosed with cancer she searched libraries and bookstores for books on cancer and the caregiving experience. What she discovered was a plethora of technical and medically-oriented books or those written by a caregiver whose loved one had died, a scenario she refused to contemplate.

There has been a great amount of research performed on how pH levels affect cancer cells within the body. According to the American Cancer Society, the interests of how cancer is affected by the pH levels within the body came about from the observation that in regions of the world where a high concentration of alkali metals were found in the soil, there were also low rates of cancer. Since this discovery, much evidence has shown there to be a link between the pH level of a person's body and the development of cancer.

The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman. Madhulika Sikka's A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with and plan past the hardest diagnosis that most women will ever receive: a personal, practical, and deeply informative look at the road from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. What Madhulika Sikka didn't foresee when initially diagnosed, and what this audiobook brings to life so vividly, are the unexpected and minute challenges that make navigating the world of breast cancer all the trickier.

This audiobook tells a story of one man's battle with Prostate Cancer. It is a story about physical as well as emotional struggles and the woman who stood by his side all the way through. Suffice it to say it could well be a disease with a love story, or a love story with a disease. Listen about prostate cancer symptoms and what to expect from diagnosis to treatment from someone who have been there and back. The prostate cancer treatment Lloyd Martin opted for was the Da Vinci Method of surgery. See why he thinks this is the best.

Teresa Rhyne vowed to get things right this time around: new boyfriend, new house, new dog, maybe even new job. But shortly after she adopted Seamus, a totally incorrigible beagle, vets told Teresa that he had a malignant tumor and less than a year to live. The diagnosis devastated her, but she decided to fight it, learning everything she could about the best treatment for Seamus. Teresa couldn't possibly have known then that she was preparing herself for life's next hurdle - a cancer diagnosis of her own.

When professional speaker and songwriter Joy Huber was diagnosed with stage four cancer at the young age of 33, she didn't choose to stay angry. She chose to fight using the tremendous power of positivity and lots of humor, even as she went from having shoulder-length hair at diagnosis to bald in six weeks. She heard the word remission less than six months after her diagnosis and after six intense rounds of chemotherapy.

This audio contains two best sellers that relate the extraordinary, courageous life of actress Jill Ireland. These revealing autobiographies cover the joys and tragedies of Ireland's life, from her marriage to movie star Charles Bronson, to their family of seven children, to her courageous battle with breast cancer, and the fight to save her 22-year-old son from the maze of drug addiction. These memoirs are candid, inspiring works from a truly remarkable woman.

Your dietary answer to cancer! Take charge of your health, and live a longer, healthier life. In this concise audiobook, you’ll discover a wealth of information that will help you prevent and fight cancer. Incorporating the latest medical findings with the timeless wisdom of the Bible, The New Bible Cure for Cancer contains information that you may have never been told, including the importance of antioxidants.

Currently, in the United States alone, nearly 250,000 women under age 40 are living with breast cancer. This year, approximately 11,000 women under age 40 will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and close to 1,300 will die. For women in their twenties and thirties, being diagnosed with breast cancer is a vastly different experience than for their older counterparts. I'm Too Young considers how breast cancer affects young women's lives: their career goals, health insurance coverage, career changes, education, and shifting work/life priorities.

Since serving as President Jimmy Carter's chief of staff in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived three forms of cancer: non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer. In this remarkable memoir, Jordan recounts his tumultuous adventures in the political arena and his successful journeys through the world of modern cancer treatment.

You're Not Alone brings listeners the actual voices of more than twenty women and men who have lived through breast cancer and who now want to be a friend to others by sharing their experiences, well-earned wisdom, humor, and advice.

Many people believe the topic of surviving prostate cancer relates only to men. It doesn't. This disease can take a serious toll on women, too. Cindie Hubiak's book, A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer, shows how women can take their experience with prostate cancer beyond surviving to thriving. Suffering in silence after her husband's diagnosis, Cindie woke up to her deep-seated unhappiness. Her search for remedies led her to revitalize her relationship and thrive as a woman.

Imagery meditations soothe and comfort. Guided imagery encourages a woman to listen to her heart, to overcome fears, to relax and reduce stress. Each guided imagery meditation, poem or nondenominational prayer lets the patient know that she is not alone. Each imagery story guides a woman or a man with breast cancer to sort out his/her feelings, question fears and negative thoughts, calm anxiety, and restore some normalcy to daily life.

James Capuano's BEAST delivers the author's highly idiosyncratic, inspiring and informative take on his diagnosis of Stage IV colon cancer, and his long journey to remission. The book is sure to provide entertaining reassurance to others diagnosed with cancer in its various forms, as well as those who care about and for them. In the end, his message is this: No matter how hopeless or dire a situation may seem, nothing is inevitable, and the will - no, the conviction - to fight counts for a hell of a lot.