Here and Now Inspiring Stories of Cancer Survivors

by Dorfman, Elena; Adams, Heidi Schultz

• ISBN13: 9781569246030
• ISBN10: 1569246033
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-05
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Facing cancer is a life-changing event, one that prompts soul-searching and a reevaluation of all that one holds to be true. In the years following their own cancer treatments, authors Elena Dorfman and Heidi Schultz Adams were left wondering, What difference has cancer made in other people's lives? What does it mean to survive a life-threatening illness? In Here and Now, Dorfman and Adams offer photographic portraits and personal stories of 38 people -- of all ages and from all walks of life -- who have confronted cancer at some point in their lives. Their stories explore both the universal questions raised by a cancer diagnosis, and how their unique answers to those questions shaped each survivor into who they are today. Here and Now is a beautiful volume that will provide comfort and insight to everyone from the recently diagnosed to the 20-year survivor, eloquently demonstrating how seemingly insurmountable adversity can bring forth surprising courage and strength, both in us and those around us.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Twenty-Three-Year Survivor Squamous Cell Carcinoma	1	(6)
Joe Gracey
Eight -Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	7	(4)
Mragaret Gallagher
Seven-Year Survivor Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma	11	(4)
Bernard Porter
Two-Year Survivor Leukemia	15	(6)
Kevin Hearn
Fifteen-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	21	(6)
Jill Eikenberry
Twenty-Eight-Year Survivor Melanoma, Bladder Cancer	27	(4)
Eddie Foy
Three-Year Survivor Anal Cancer	31	(6)
Karen Cole
Four-Year Survivor Leukemia	37	(6)
Emily Olvera
Twenty-Five-Year Survivor Breast Cancer, Hodgkin's Disease	43	(4)
Vanetta McGee
Three-Year Survivor Lung Cancer	47	(4)
Robert Galgay
Eight-Year Survivor Ovarian Cancer	51	(6)
Barbara Tropp
Eight-Year Survivor Esophogeal Cancer	57	(6)
Marilyn French
Four-Year Survivor Colon Cancer	63	(4)
Eric Davis
Three-Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	67	(6)
Steve Saltman
Seven-Year Survivor Brain and Lung Cancer	73	(6)
Carol Hart
Forty-Year Survivor Osteosarcoma	79	(4)
Woddrow ``Woody'' Brokenburr
Sixteen-Year Survivor Rhabdomyosarcoma	83	(6)
Sara Brooks
Two-Year Survivor Squamous Cell Cancer of the Urethral Diverticulum	89	(6)
Barbara Sadick
Seventeen-Year Survivor Lymphoma	95	(6)
James Magee
Twenty-Six-Year Survivor Rhabdomyosarcoma	101	(6)
Susan Nessim
Seven-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	107	(6)
Cynthia Pitre
Two-Year Survivor Cervical Cancer	113	(4)
Peri Smilow
Two-Year Survivor Osteogenic Sarcoma	117	(6)
Alan Sue
Fourteen-Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	123	(6)
Fairuz Benyousef
Six-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	129	(4)
Nikki Jeffords
Five-Year Survivor Chondrosarcoma, Melanoma	133	(6)
Doug Ulman
Thirteen-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	139	(6)
Andrea Martin
Seven-Year Survivor Prostate Cancer	145	(6)
Ed Savage
Two-Year Survivor Uterine Cancer	151	(6)
Juliette Forstenzer
Ten-Year Survivor Anaplastic Astrocytoma	157	(6)
Drew Hiben
Six-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	163	(6)
Gail Dorros
Two-Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	169	(6)
Megan Olden
Thirteen-Year Survivor Acoustic Neuroma	175	(4)
Mark Dowie
Twenty-Three-Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	179	(6)
Susan Taylor
Six-Year Survivor Multiple Myeloma	185	(6)
John Duff
Thirteen-Year Survivor Hodgkin's Disease	191	(6)
Julie Dresner
Eleven-Month Survivor Osteosarcoma	197	(6)
Bobby Davenport
Eight-Year Survivor Breast Cancer	203	(4)
Diane Nero-Gaines
Resources	207