Dancing in Limbo: Making Sense of Life After Cancer - Hardcover

Halvorson-Boyd, Glenna; Hunter, Lisa K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787901032 ISBN 13: 9780787901035

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1995

Synopsis

Life After Cancer

I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelingsand stages of the coping process. It will help demystify thecomplex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain pathof cancer survivorship.
--Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute,California Pacific Medical Center

An intimate and inspiring account of the authors' real-lifeexperiences of surviving cancer. The authors provide astraightforward account of what life is like after the whirlwind ofdoctors' visits and radical treatments comes to an And.

About this title

About the Author

GLENNA HALVORSON-BOYD is a national consultant to health care organizations and has a doctorate in Human Development. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband. She survived oral cancer over ten years ago. LISA K. HUNTER is a partner in Health and Education Communication Consultants, Berkeley, California. She earned her doctorate in Human Development. She lives in Healdsburg, California. She is a three-year survivor of melanoma.

From the Back Cover

Dancing in Limbo is the intimate and inspiring account of authors Glenna Halvorson-Boyd and Lisa K. Hunter's real-life experiences of surviving cancer. They are straightforward about what life is like after the whirlwind of doctors' visits and radical treatments comes to an end. In the aftermath of this intensely focused period, survivors are often unprepared for their feelings of confusion and disorientation. Questions such as "If I am one of the lucky ones, why am I feeling so blue?" are surprisingly common. As this thoughtful book reveals, for those who survive cancer, life is never the same again.
Dancing in Limbo weaves the authors' stories with those of other survivors who tackle the difficult question of what it means to really live. To recreate lives of meaning and purpose, survivors face a myriad of emotional issues. The book shows how survivors deal with loss, fear, anger, hope, and grief. Using personal examples, the authors offer down-to-earth advice on topics including:

• Loneliness of survival.
  
• How to live with uncertainty without going crazy.
  
• Fears of reoccurrence and the wisdom of those worries.
  
• The losses that must be grieved in order to move forward.
  
• The courage to live with fear and uncertainty without falling into despair.
  
• The effect of survivor issues on our most intimate relationships.
  
• and much more.

Dancing in Limbo is written for the more than eight million people who have survived cancer, their families, friends, and caregivers.

From the Inside Flap

Dancing in Limbo is the intimate and inspiring account of authors Glenna Halvorson-Boyd and Lisa K. Hunter's real-life experiences of surviving cancer. They are straightforward about what life is like after the whirlwind of doctors' visits and radical treatments comes to an And. In the aftermath of this intensely focused period, survivors are often unprepared for their feelings of confusion and disorientation. Questions such as "If I am one of the lucky ones, why am I feeling so blue?" are surprisingly common. As this thoughtful book reveals, for those who survive cancer, life is never the same again.Dancing in Limbo weaves the authors' stories with those of other survivors who tackle the difficult question of what it means to really live. To recreate lives of meaning and purpose, survivors face a myriad of emotional issues. The book shows how survivors deal with loss, fear, anger, hope, and grief. Using personal examples, the authors offer down-to-earth advice on topics including:

• Loneliness of survival.
• How to live with uncertainty without going crazy.
• Fears of reoccurrence and the wisdom of those worries.
• The losses that must be grieved in order to move forward.
• The courage to live with fear and uncertainty without falling into despair.
• The effect of survivor issues on our most intimate relationships.
• and much more.

Dancing in Limbo is written for the more than eight million people who have survived cancer, their families, friAnds, and caregivers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787901032
• ISBN 13: 9780787901035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 177