My decision to focus this website on HOPE comes from my obsessive curiosity and fascination with the question of what it takes for a patient to defy medical statistics and survive and thrive, despite the severity of the diagnosis. What role does HOPE have in that outcome? What about a strong will to live? How does one prepare to face the challenges and the traumas of a cancer diagnosis and treatment? How does one deal with the angst to get through the fears and uncertainties? And then, how does a person cope with the enormity of the internal changes that have taken place on the cancer path … the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual?
I want to use the experiences of the authors and myself to bring a sense of hope, a sense of belonging to a greater community, to encourage my sisters and brothers to receive the blessings of those who have walked the cancer walk before. We hold your hand and your heart.
That is the spirit in which we share our stories and hopefully contribute to your healing.
I Survived Cancer And Here is How I Did It
Marianne Sarcich
HEAL-U, One Woman’s Journey to Overcome Incurable Cancer
Jenny Kennedy
Space for Humanity
Sean Swarner
Get Through Cancer: Check?
Paige Davis
Facing Cancer in Your 20s
Suleika Jaouad
Survival Lessons
Alice Hoffman
How I Date After Cancer
Aisling Carroll
Running with Scars
Barbi Appelquist
Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal
Susan Gubar
A Scare, a Scar, a Silver Lining
Nicholas D. Kristof
Out Living It
Beth Pointer
Stupid Cancer
Jessica
3 Time Cancer Survivor Turned Chief Eternal Optimist
Donna Deegan
Cancer Support Groups Weren’t for Me — Until …
Aisling Carroll
The Awesome Way this Woman with Stage 4 Cancer is Taking on Chemo
Catherine Pearson
Am I a Cancer Survivor?
Suleika Jaouad
From Firefighter to Cancer Fighter
Rusty Keyes
Bronwyn the Brave
Allison Gryphon
Hope
Livestrong
Betting on Harry: Boy Diagnosed with Leukemia
Katie Drake
Enzo: The Cancer Warrior
Enzo’s Dad
After Cancer, Everyday Miracles
Dana Jennings
Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
About Pema Chodron
How Generous Are You Willing to Be?
Jesua
Teaching Resilience, Courage, and Perseverance
Barbi Appelquist
The Things I Wish I Were Told When I Was Diagnosed with Cancer
Jeff Tomczek
You Are Not Your Cancer
Paul Brenner M.D., Ph.D.
Fighting Cancer and Myself
Suleika Jaouad
The Gift of Grace
Susan Gubar
If I Had My Life to Live Over
Erma Bombeck
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