- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; Reprint edition (18 Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571198457
- ISBN-13: 978-0571198450
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,021,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Musa Mayer's breast cancer was first diagnosed, none of the accounts she read fully addressed what, to her, was the most important aspect - the human, psychological dimensions of the illness and recovery. In this memoir for sufferers, as well as well as their families and friends, she chronicles her experience of several years with cancer, from biopsy and diagnosis to mastectomy, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery. She describes coping with fears of recurrence and death, evaluating treatment options, dealing effectively with the medical establishment, and seeking personal support.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the reminders are everywhere - it's practically trendy. Even Murphy Brown has it. Almost exactly one year ago, I had a mastectomy, and I checked Musa Mayer's book out of the library along with many other volumes on breast cancer. As I read it, I kept thinking, "This is me," and "I could have written this book!" She describes diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, and recovery vividly and convincingly. I was relieved to find out that she even scanned the newspaper's obituary columns, just as I did, in a morbid search for women who had died young of cancer. She went through the fear, uncertainty, self-blame, depression, and shifts in relationships that most women with breast cancer experience, as I know now. She assuaged her anxiety by seeking information; she dabbled in alternative healing methods; essentially she just went forward with her life on a new basis. As soon as I returned the library book I bought a copy of Examining Myself, to re-read and le
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
How cancer can change you
9 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I wolfed down this book, for it reflected back to me my own feelings---anxiety, intense loneliness, wild uncertainty, fear of the disease and fear of the treatment for the disease, the weeks and weeks of living in that strange land of chemo and exhaustion---and also the "good" part of learning that I had a life-threatening illness: the sudden and sharp clarity of the value of life itself, the quantum leap in perspective, finding the fortitude to endure, and being supported by the wonderful travelers in the treacherous land of cancer.
After treatment, I read the book again, slowly, and discovered even more--not about treatment choices and pathology, but about growing in strength and knowledge through true, deep self-examination. The author is at times frightened,angry, disgruntled, searching, tired, relieved, elated and always honest. The writing is precise and engaging, the author always going a little deeper than most other writers to get to the truth of her experiences---and therefore finding what is common to us all.
I have recently discovered that the author donates all the profits from her books on cancer to cancer research and treatment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
How cancer can change you
9 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I wolfed down this book, for it reflected back to me my own feelings---anxiety, intense loneliness, wild uncertainty, fear of the disease and fear of the treatment for the disease, the weeks and weeks of living in that strange land of chemo and exhaustion---and also the "good" part of learning that I had a life-threatening illness: the sudden and sharp clarity of the value of life itself, the quantum leap in perspective, finding the fortitude to endure, and being supported by the wonderful travelers in the treacherous land of cancer.
After treatment, I read the book again, slowly, and discovered even more--not about treatment choices and pathology, but about growing in strength and knowledge through true, deep self-examination. The author is at times frightened,angry, disgruntled, searching, tired, relieved, elated and always honest. The writing is precise and engaging, the author always going a little deeper than most other writers to get to the truth of her experiences---and therefore finding what is common to us all.
I have recently discovered that the author donates all the profits from her books on cancer to cancer research and treatment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This book is indispensable for women with breast cancer.
16 Oct 1997
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the reminders are everywhere - it's practically trendy. Even Murphy Brown has it. Almost exactly one year ago, I had a mastectomy, and I checked Musa Mayer's book out of the library along with many other volumes on breast cancer. As I read it, I kept thinking, "This is me," and "I could have written this book!" She describes diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, and recovery vividly and convincingly. I was relieved to find out that she even scanned the newspaper's obituary columns, just as I did, in a morbid search for women who had died young of cancer. She went through the fear, uncertainty, self-blame, depression, and shifts in relationships that most women with breast cancer experience, as I know now. She assuaged her anxiety by seeking information; she dabbled in alternative healing methods; essentially she just went forward with her life on a new basis. As soon as I returned the library book I bought a copy of Examining Myself, to re-read and le
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