Navigating the Minefield of Cancer (Paperback)

Joann Temple Dennett

ISBN 10: 1492269603 / ISBN 13: 9781492269601

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. In August 2007, Joann Temple Dennett was diagnosed with two cancers-mesothelioma and NSCLC/BAC (non-small cell lung cancer/bronchioloalveolar carcinoma). Mesothelioma is uniformly fatal. The prognosis: six months to two years. In 2010, a third cancer, pancreatic, added to the deadly mix. Calling on her 50-plus years as a science writer, Dr. Dennett has documented the course of her last six years in this engaging, accessible, and useful book. It follows her path as she attempted to learn about her disease-what it was, how to find the best help available, and how to manage new threats that seemed to come too frequently. In this first-person account, Dr. Dennett shares her experiences with multiple primary cancers regarding what she did, how she found information, how she tried to assess the potential usefulness of this information, and how she responded to unexpected detours along the way. Read the choices she made, the questions she asked, the answers she sought, and the resources she used. Read with an eye for gaining tools for advocacy during treatment for yourself or a loved one. If you are in the medical profession, read to understand how the road looks from the other side of a deadly prognosis. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Navigating the Minefield of Cancer (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492269603
• ISBN 13: 9781492269601
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In August 2007, Joann Temple Dennett was diagnosed with two cancers—mesothelioma and NSCLC/BAC (non-small cell lung cancer/bronchioloalveolar carcinoma). Mesothelioma is uniformly fatal. The prognosis: six months to two years. In 2010, a third cancer, pancreatic, added to the deadly mix. Calling on her 50-plus years as a science writer, Dr. Dennett has documented the course of her last six years in this engaging, accessible, and useful book. It follows her path as she attempted to learn about her disease—what it was, how to find the best help available, and how to manage new threats that seemed to come too frequently. In this first-person account, Dr. Dennett shares her experiences with multiple primary cancers regarding what she did, how she found information, how she tried to assess the potential usefulness of this information, and how she responded to unexpected detours along the way. Read the choices she made, the questions she asked, the answers she sought, and the resources she used. Read with an eye for gaining tools for advocacy during treatment for yourself or a loved one. If you are in the medical profession, read to understand how the road looks from the other side of a deadly prognosis.

About the Author

Joann Temple Dennett was a science writer for more than 50 years. A graduate of Northwestern University, she received her M.S. from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Dennett worked as a science writer for a number of scientific institutions, taught at the University of Colorado, and developed and managed an English-as-a-Second-Language program for foreign visitors to the Forecast Systems Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She was recognized for the latter by the award of a Churchill Travelling Fellowship from the English-Speaking Union.