A Year in the Life of a "Dead" Woman
Living with Terminal Cancer
Seiten
2019
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7896-2 (ISBN)
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7896-2 (ISBN)
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. This memoir provides one ""dead"" woman's often-irreverent guide to life that deconstructs some common preconceptions about living with a terminal diagnosis.
"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.
"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.
The late Lynnette Porter was a professor in the Humanities and Communication Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She wrote extensively on television and film.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Living the Dream/Fearing the Wake-up Call
2. Getting (and Getting Over) the News
3. The Power of Friendship
4. Who Tells My Story?
5. Packing My Bags—and My Travel Schedule
6. Taking Care of Business
7. Who Am I?
8. Abnormal as the New Normal: When I Am Old, I Will Be “Purple”
9. Great (or Not-So-Great) Expectations—Mine and Everyone Else’s
10. Gratitude More Than Grief: Defying Expectations
11. The End Is Nigh
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | bibliography, index |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 254 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7896-0 / 1476678960 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7896-2 / 9781476678962 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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