Required Reading for the Whole Cancer Thing : An Insider's Tale Plus 101 Must Have Survival Tips

Patient-Doctor-Nurse-Family-Friends Approved. What more do you need?  

FACTS:

1. Fear is often calmed by accurate information
2. Human connection and understanding are crucial for surviving most struggles
3. Knowing behind-the-scenes secrets benefits most situations
4. Laughter is often the shortest distance between a cancer patient and anyone

Good News! This book embraces these facts and offers solutions through the power of storytelling. It was written for patients, family members and friends, and is especially helpful to doctors, nurses, counselors and medical assistants who want to improve their patient relationship skills.

What’s unique about this book?  

• Relatable. It fosters a connection with cancer patients on a level that helps them not feel alone.
• Divulges cancer secrets. You get insider information from a Truth Teller who made it through the cancer journey. She uses her story to prevent you from exclaiming in frustration, “Why didn’t anyone tell me that?”
• Heals with humor. It approaches a difficult subject with just the right amount of humor to help patients and others gain perspective. Cancer is certainly not funny, but the absurdities along the way certainly are. Humor was deliberately infused to change the emotion of something negative into something manageable.
• Usable 24/7. It can be read prior to, during or after the journey is complete. You decide when you want the information, whether that means in small doses or binged from cover to cover. It will be there when you’re ready.
• Practical. An indespensable questionnaire is included to help patients and loved ones make a plan to manage personal preferences – great for squelching misunderstandings and potential break-ups.    

IF YOU’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND ARE ASKING…

“What do I do? Where can I get some answers? How will I get through this?”

Required Reading for The Whole Cancer Thing: An Insider’s Tale plus 101 "Must-Have" Survival Tips, offers a trusted GPS through cancer diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, follow-ups, recovery and rejuvenation.

Well-received, this book proudly sits on the book shelf of cancer center libraries, on nurse’s desks and in training sessions, in doctor’s waiting rooms, on patient's night stands, and in the loving hands of those providing support.

Special Additions:

• Caregivers are the angels among us and deserved their own chapter for their profound impact.
  
• Nausea, for its profound impact occupies its own chapter as well.
  
• In addition to traditional approaches, the book explores holistic, science-based, alternative medicine including chelation, and counseling modalities like EMDR that offer additional methods for recovery and rejuvenation. Rest assured, healing from the trauma thrown at you during the journey can be healed.

FACT: All of us will cross paths with cancer in some way during our lives. Why not be as informed as possible, and find the wisdom and humor in the struggle?

From the author,

“I wrote the book I needed when I was diagnosed because it didn’t exist. Medical providers are limited in what they can share, BUT NOT ME. My goal is to educate and help others know that someone understands their journey, AND their need for lifesaving laughter along the way. Please buy this book today. It’s just what my doctor ordered. Seriously, he did. He read it and loved it. Thank you! 

To Our Health,

Anne Kruse

Born in Los Angeles and raised within the, "Thirty Mile Zone" of Hollywood she realized early on that storytelling was her homing beacon. She considers herself the mash-up offspring of a triple-threat (music, singing, dancing) gifted and brilliant mother, and a practical-minded accountant father, which affords her the genes to create something and find a way to pay for it. She is an award-winning screenwriter, non-fiction, and children's book author, and counselor. Her audiences benefit from the multiple years she spent studying human behavior and character development while counseling people through many of life's transitions. A deep understanding of the human condition fostered an uncanny ability to craft emotionally engaging stories, while infusing the healing effects of humor. Writers and clients working with Anne receive an extra bonus: a Master's degree in counseling that can help navigate a pitch meeting, squelch an on-set skirmish, and foster business communications that leave everyone feeling positive with the outcome. A background including small business management, hands-on corporate-level operations, and paralegal certification assures an understanding of business within the arts and associated media platforms. Knowing that storytelling is at the heart of content creation for all mediums, Anne's mission is to write original projects for you, with you, about you or coach you through the process. She excels at inventing original characters for a client, or adapting an article, short story or novel into a T.V. or feature film script. Her ability to create inspired, unique and relevant business content is increasingly sought after. Anne has this to say about herself: "I don't run from tough situations and can handle difficult events. I'm fair, thoughtful, and smart. I work very hard, don't give up, and I love dogs and cats and will walk out of a movie that has gratuitous animal cruelty. I'm a leader when I need to lead and I take direction with finesse. I was voted most valuable, most coachable and most inspirational in different sports during my sporty years. I'm a mediator by nature, certified to prove it and advocate for the underappreciated. I love sushi, a great rib-eye, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a great cup of java. The three and a-half words that best describe me are: reliable, witty and user-friendly. The fact that I do not experience writer's block is a unique asset that should keep my name in most people's contacts."