Surviving with cancer, Natalie Davis Spingarn tells us, means
seeing yourself differently and recognizing that others may see you
differently. It means worrying more about work and money. It means
facing your mortality. It means dealing with the medical system by
learning how to be a good consumer of health services--including
making choices among different doctors, medical centers, and
insurance plans.
Diagnosed with cancer in the early 1970s and now an independent
writer specializing in health and social policy issues
(particularly for the "Washington Post"), Spingarn uses her
experiences as the basis for describing and critiquing what experts
say about the emotional, physical, family, and practical issues
involved. She helps others deal with such issues by relating her
own experiences, good and bad, and offering practical encouragement
to readers in similar situations.
Lively and empathetic, "The New Cancer Survivors" will appeal to
persons with cancer who, thanks to modern medical science, are
"hanging in there with illnesses that once evoked only submission
or surrender"--as well as to their families, friends, and
caregivers. Throughout, the author shines a bright light on the
cancer experience, providing good reason to be hopeful as well as
insight into how to respond when things do not go so well. Because
she has suffered recurrences, she can compare treatment in the
seventies (week-long hospital stays, for example, and extensive
surgery and chemotherapy) with treatment in the nineties
("drive-through" precision surgery, genetic testing, the
incorporation of some "complementary" therapies into mainstream
medicine) and weigh the differences. "The New Cancer Survivors"
digs deep for the truth and serves it up with humor and
attitude--offering a wealth of information, comfort, and
inspiration.
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