That's Not Happening: How To Find Humour and Strength in a Misdiagnosis - Softcover

Davidson Zachary, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995095205 ISBN 13: 9780995095205

Publisher: Karen Davidson Zachary, 2016

Synopsis

Karen Davidson Zachary was diagnosed with cancer and told that she had a year, maybe a year and a half to live. As a child she never liked to be told she couldn't do things and this wasn't any different. Only this time the fight was on to stay alive. After the medical professionals could not account for her most significant symptom—increasing numbness—she felt a determination to get to the truth.

That’s Not Happening tells the story of Zachary’s diagnosis of cancer, her unwillingness to accept the doctors’ words as the ultimate truth when it didn’t make sense, and the vast well of strength and humour from which she drew to get through the nightmare of a misdiagnosis.

This is also a cautionary tale in many ways encompassing why neither the medical professionals nor ourselves seem to question the benefits and dangers of nutritional supplements. Patients need to know how to ask the right questions and know how to listen to their own body—and doctors need to be more willing to listen and humbly consider other perspectives—That’s Not Happening will resonate deeply with healthcare professionals but also for anyone who thought this could never happen to them.

About this title

From the Author:

This is my first book. I wrote it because I was told I had cancer and had a year to live.They were wrong.   I know I am not the only person to survive such an unspeakable medical "mistake," but I wanted people to know how I survived it. 
How can you find humour in something so dire you ask? Well, I have figured out over the years, when I am scared to death I start laughing and making smartass comments. This happened several times, as I met not only my prognosis, but several doctors that didn't believe what I was trying to tell them. I'm not trying to say writing this book was easy.  I had to put it down and pick it back up again until I worked my way through the rough sections. Finally, I just pretended I was writing for someone else.  It made writing the "bad parts" so much easier.My hope for anyone reading this, is they find some humour, empowerment and also some knowledge, because in the end the real diagnosis is revealed.Settle in and enjoy!My thanks for taking the time for reading this.

From the Back Cover:

When doctors diagnosed her with a year to live, Karen Davidson Zachary knew that couldn't be right but convincing everyone else would take time she didn't have.

About this edition

• Publisher: Karen Davidson Zachary
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0995095205
• ISBN 13: 9780995095205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138