No Such Thing as False Hope: Surviving Brain Cancer

By Elise Pentz, Joy Pentz, Marty Pentz

This is a real-time journal of one family's journey through brain cancer, with added comments to give current updates. It was initially written to keep family and friends informed about how 19-year-old Elise was doing. Her parents, Joy and Marty, take you through the day to day ups and downs of hope and despair as Elise's life hangs in the balance. Elise added to the journal as she was able. This book is a medical and spiritual journey filled with gratitude for all the care and support received from many sources, including recovery fellowships. The appendix, with links to more information, lists the supplements, foods and remedies Elise takes to prevent a recurrence of her brain cancer. Researchers believe that everyone develops cancer cells, but not everyone develops cancer because their immune system does not allow the cells to continue to divide and grow. Elise takes these supplements, foods and remedies so that any future cancer "seeds" fall on "soil" that is hostile to cancer, and are unable to "germinate" into tumors. Elise's journey has included two weeks on life support with nothing but "false" hope for her family to cling to, and six years of rehabilitation and brain re-wiring. Elise has celebrated seven years of being clean and sober. She is a survivor of two fatal illnesses, and she is thriving.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980433771
• ISBN13: 9781980433774
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"