I've Got Cancer, But it Hasn't Got Me: Rising to the Challenge of Breast Cancer - Softcover

Dooher, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853907847 ISBN 13: 9781853907845

Publisher: Veritas Books, 2004

Synopsis

Demystifies the world of cancer and offers a sense of companionship. It empowers the reader to take ownership of her situation and encourages her not to define herself by the cancer.

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Review

Breast cancer is a terrifying disease that, this year, will claim the lives of 630 Irish women. There are many cancer-related books on diet and alternative therapies but I ve Got Cancer, But It Hasn t Got Me by Derry-based Kate Dooher, is different. Just before her 50th birthday, on the eve of receiving a PhD, Kate was diagnosed with breast cancer. Four years on and, fingers crossed, her prognosis is good. Her reaction? To write a book that may help not only other people with cancer by demystifying the treatments, charting the highs and lows, physically, spiritually and emotionally, but would be invaluable to family and friends. A moving but practical guide to cancer. - Image magazine, October 2004 When Kate Dooher discovered a lump on her breast her world was turned upside down. She immediately thought she had been handed a death-sentence. Thankfully, Kate survived and in her book, I ve Got Cancer But It Hasn t Got Me, Kate relives her experience. Kate, a residential centre worker who lives in Derry, says: 'I am in my early 50s, I am married with four grown up sons. I m an ordinary woman. For some reason the experience of this dreaded illness has become my greatest gift. It brought me forcibly into the now.' If anyone is heading down this road now, be prepared. People say the strangest things. Don t let them get to you, you have bigger battles to fight. Sunday World magazine, October 2004 Foreward by Jan de Vries to this account of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and the insights of a journal of the ordeal and the faith that buoyed the sufferer up to find and investigate her options for treatment and healing. Humour and pathos are part of the remarkable and readable story. --Books Ireland, November 2004

When Kate Dooher discovered a lump on her breast her world was turned upside down. She immediately thought she had been handed a death-sentence. Thankfully, Kate survived and in her book, I ve Got Cancer But It Hasn t Got Me, Kate relives her experience. Kate, a residential centre worker who lives in Derry, says: "I am in my early 50s, I am married with four grown up sons. I m an ordinary woman. For some reason the experience of this dreaded illness has become my greatest gift. It brought me forcibly into the now. "...If anyone is heading down this road now, be prepared. People say the strangest things. Don t let them get to you, you have bigger battles to fight." --Sunday World magazine, October 2004.

Foreward by Jan de Vries to this account of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and the insights of a journal of the ordeal and the faith that buoyed the sufferer up to find and investigate her options for treatment and healing. Humour and pathos are part of the remarkable and readable story. --Books Ireland, November 2004

About the Author

Kate Dooher lives in Derry, Northern Ireland and works with a residential centre specialising in peace building. She is married with four grown up sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Veritas Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853907847
• ISBN 13: 9781853907845
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144