Product Description
by David Colon (Illustrator), Leslie Lynn Reilly (Author)
In this deeply personal book, cancer patient and advocate, Leslie Reilly shares her frightening, yet transformative journey through Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. When first diagnosed in 2000, as a former criminal investigator, she quickly leaped into investigative mode to research everything she could about "her" cancer, what could she do to promote her healing, and how would she manage it during and after treatments.
Leslie outlines survival strategies that will strengthen the mind and promote physical health no matter what kind of cancer you or a loved one has been diagnosed with. She shares how to navigate those first frightening moments of diagnosis, through painful surgeries, and chemotherapy, and radiation. Woven through cancer story, is her Hawaii story, the magical time living and working on the Big Island of Hawaii, running dolphin and whale eco-tour business with her husband, & graduating from massage school. All while living and being treated for breast cancer. She is faced with mind-boggling questions: .how does she cope with the overwhelming fear and the transformative inner journey that she is forced to take? How does she deal with the diagnosis, doctors' appointments, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and, lifestyle changes, while still showing up each day to help provide a living? How does she cope with the massive amounts of information and opinions that she must wade through to determine the treatment plan for her best outcome for survival with TNBC? However, Love was always there to show her the way. Her powerful pages will fill anyone's heart and soul with Peace and Hope, no matter the stage, grade, or kind of breast cancer. In these pages you find:- How to navigate emotions after diagnosis and throughout treatments
- Anti-cancer diet
- Nutritional Supplement information
- Balancing home, work, and treatments
- Journaling suggestions; prayer, meditations
- Experiencing gratitude
- How to build a life after cancer
A wonderful book filled with Hope and Healing. A perfect gift for cancer patients or those who have a friend or family member challenged with breast cancer
6x9
230 pages *Leslie has been breast cancer-free for 21 years. In 2006, she was diagnosed with aggressive ovarian cancer, six years after her breast cancer diagnosis. She met this diagnosis with the same grace, raw determination, and strength as she did with breast cancer. Stories are medicine. Leslie's story is an honest journey through difficult and terrifying times, but it will educate, inspire, strengthen and invoke courage, make you smile, provoke you to tears, and give you massive doses of hope for survival.
Number of Pages: 250
Dimensions: 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 2021
