Retells the author's personal battle with cancer, including her implementation of empowered patient care and inspirational thoughts, and guides others with cancer to come to terms with their illness.
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In 1992 Vickie Girard was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer and told to get her affairs in order. Instead she chose to fight. She not only survived, she went on to become one of our nation’s most compelling advocates ofthe new “patient empowerment medicine.” She is a tireless patient advocate, speaker and writer, crisscrossing the nation, working with doctors, nurses and cancer support groups. She has a toll-free cancer patient counseling line and writes Vickie’s Spin for the nationally circulated “Link To Life.” She received a Presidential Proclamation from President Clinton and has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show,” Lifetime TV’s “New Attitudes,” and countless local radio and television news shows. Girard has testified on the Patients Bill of Rights on the floor of the United States Senate, received a Presidential Proclamation for her efforts in health care reform. . .was recently nominated for a position on the Council of Public Representatives at the Nation! al Institute of Health in Washington, D.C., and awarded the YMCA Women of Achievement Award for “truly outstanding contributions to her community.”
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