| Year in the Life of a "dead" Woman: Living with Terminal Cancer Contributor(s): Porter, Lynnette (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476678960 ISBN-13: 9781476678962 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.55 lbs) 185 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 the things that 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 woman's often-irreverent, pop culture-illustrated guide to life that deconstructs some common preconceptions about living with a terminal diagnosis. |