From This Moment on: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer

By Arlene Cotter

Book Overview

So, it's official. You've been diagnosed with cancer. And from this moment on your life will never be the same. No matter how much others may wish to help, you alone must initiate the journey. This is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812992245
• ISBN13: 9780812992243
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Help for the toughest time - when you're newly diagnosed

I found this book to be a tremendous help to me, as I was struggling to come to terms with my own Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis. Its entries are brief, pithy, and flow forth from real patients' experiences. This is by no means a "heavy" book - it's the sort of book you can dip into, little by little, as you feel up to it. The graphic design is a bit unusual, but effective. What this book does so very well is to provide straight, no-nonsense advice about getting through what is, by all accounts, the most difficult time for cancer survivors: the days immediately after diagnosis. Hearing the words, "You have cancer" is not the end of the world - though many of us suspect it just may be, at the time we first hear them. This book will help you realize a cancer diagnosis is NOT the end of the world, that you're not alone, and that there are lots of resources out there to help you.

from this moment on

I read this fantastic book which helped me cope with my recently diagnosed cancer. It is a simple yet powerful book to read with wonderful illustrations. It is a spiritual as well as an inspirational book to peruse. I keep it close to me and read passages from it daily. I recommend this book to anyone who has a life threatening disease.

A must-read for all cancer patients

I read this book after a diagnosis of inoperable brain cancer at the age of 22. It gave me strength and courage to face my fears & continue living my life. Over a year later, I still flip through it when I feel like nobody understands how much cancer changes the lives it touches. This book is incredibly easy to read because of its bite-size words of wisdom - no endless paragraphs of text! Thank you Arlene for your honesty about the difficult times that we face & how to keep living despite them.

Read this book first if you've been diagnosed with cancer

This book has changed my life. I received my diagnosis less than a week ago and yesterday, while I was in the library looking for reading material for after surgery, this book leapt out of the shelves to me. It's simple and comprehensive, and easy to read. It's just what you need to begin recovering from the shock of your diagnosis. More importantly, it gives you HOPE. My husband will read it next because he needs to understand what is in this book that will become my constant companion in the months to come.

What a wonderful "little" book Arlene Cotter has written!

Arlene, wherever you are - you have written a wonderful book for cancer patients and survivors! Upbeat, pithy, quirky and right on, this collection will make you laugh and muster the strength to deal with whatever is on your plate. Inspiring and funny -- heartily recommended by our staff of clinical oncology social workers.