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Cancer is the leading cause of non-accidental deaths for young adults in the United States. This subject was featured in a recent New York Timesarticle, “Too Young for This: Facing Cancer Under 40.” This book consists of interviews with 18 Gen-X and Gen-Y cancer survivors by Kairol Rosenthal, herself a young adult cancer survivor turned activist. Rosenthal undertook this book because when she was diagnosed at age 27 with thyroid cancer she found herself in the fringes of the medical community where none of the books, support groups or very many of the doctors and nurses addressed her problems as a young, single woman. Everything was geared either to pediatric patients or geriatric patients. This book will change all of that by covering everything from dating and fertility questions to health insurance and career challenges.
According to Rosenthal, the ‘survivorship experience’ has become a cultural phenomenon used to advance cancer on a national political level, increase awareness, and to rally for needed psychosocial support services. Survivorship stories have also created a public identity of who a cancer patient - even a young adult cancer patient, is: vocal, outspoken, sassy, sexy, insightful, spiritual, grateful, empowered. Through this book, she hopes to rip young adult cancer patients from the confines of these limited descriptors and perceptions and reveal who they are not in simple definitions but in the complexities of their real daily lives; what they think about lying in bed at night, what they wish they could tell their lovers but are too afraid to, the ways in which they feel vulnerable, tender, and utterly uncertain of what to do with themselves, the times when cancer is not a fight but just a hard circumstance with which to live. This book is for these young people who are living with cancer each and every day.
Synopsis:
"By page three of the introduction to Everything Changes, I wanted not only to devour the rest of the book, but I wanted to call Kairol up, get to know her, and (if we weren't both already married) see if I could sleep with her. Then the book got really good. It is, without doubt, the most forthright, emotionally sophisticated, and plain-old valuable book of its kind I've seen. The book defines and exemplifies what the verb 'fight' really means: to arm, prepare, and engage in sustained effort to gain a desired end. If that's your mission, this is your instruction manual."
—Evan Handler, actor and author of Time On Fire and It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive (and a guy who got well from acute myeloid leukemia in 1985)
On a shoestring budget and with tape recorder in hand, Kairol Rosenthal emerged from treatment and hit the road in search of other twenty- and thirtysomething cancer survivors. From the Big Apple to the Bible Belt, she dusted the sugarcoating off of the young adult cancer experience, exposing the gritty and compelling stories of twenty-five complete strangers. The men and women in Everything Changes confess their most vulnerable moments, revealing cancer experiences they never told anyone else—everything from what they thought about at night before going to bed to what they wish they could tell their lovers but were too afraid to.
With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, Everything Changes includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on issues that are important for young adult cancer patients, including:
Kairol Rosenthal is a healthcare blogger and a patient advocate working with national cancer organizations including Gilda's Club and I'm Too Young For This. Visit her Web site at www.Everythingchangesbook.com
The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20's and 30's
Author:
Rosenthal, Kairol
Publisher:
Wiley
Subject:
Diseases - Cancer
Subject:
Cancer
Subject:
Young adults
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Treatment
Subject:
Cancer -- Treatment.
Subject:
living with cancer
Subject:
coping with cancer
Subject:
cancer survivor
Subject:
cancer survival
Subject:
Cancer Survivors
Subject:
surviving cancer
Subject:
overcoming cancer
Subject:
beating cancer
Subject:
fighting cancer
Subject:
fight against cancer
Subject:
facing cancer
Subject:
cancer resources
Subject:
cancer tips
Subject:
young adults with cancer
Subject:
young cancer patient
Subject:
young cancer patients
Subject:
Breast -- Cancer.
Subject:
Thyroid Cancer
Subject:
Skin -- Cancer.
Subject:
Melanoma
Subject:
tumor
Subject:
malignant
Subject:
malignant tumor
Subject:
Radiation
Subject:
radiation treatment
Subject:
Chemotherapy
Subject:
crazy sexy cancer tips
Subject:
Young adults - Diseases
Subject:
Consumer Health General
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Subject:
Health and Medicine-Cancer
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Subject:
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Subject:
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Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
February 2009
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Everything Changes: The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20's and 30's
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"By page three of the introduction to Everything Changes, I wanted not only to devour the rest of the book, but I wanted to call Kairol up, get to know her, and (if we weren't both already married) see if I could sleep with her. Then the book got really good. It is, without doubt, the most forthright, emotionally sophisticated, and plain-old valuable book of its kind I've seen. The book defines and exemplifies what the verb 'fight' really means: to arm, prepare, and engage in sustained effort to gain a desired end. If that's your mission, this is your instruction manual."
—Evan Handler, actor and author of Time On Fire and It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive (and a guy who got well from acute myeloid leukemia in 1985)
On a shoestring budget and with tape recorder in hand, Kairol Rosenthal emerged from treatment and hit the road in search of other twenty- and thirtysomething cancer survivors. From the Big Apple to the Bible Belt, she dusted the sugarcoating off of the young adult cancer experience, exposing the gritty and compelling stories of twenty-five complete strangers. The men and women in Everything Changes confess their most vulnerable moments, revealing cancer experiences they never told anyone else—everything from what they thought about at night before going to bed to what they wish they could tell their lovers but were too afraid to.
With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, Everything Changes includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on issues that are important for young adult cancer patients, including:
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