Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics30 reviews Miriam Engelberg Harper Paperbacks, 2006 Comic Genius + She got it right + Not so Shallow for a Shallow Person + True, funny because it's.             Journal: A Mother and Daughter¿s Recovery from Breast Cancer Lynn Redgrave Umbrage Editions, 2004 With heart-rending honesty, in bittersweet moments as beautiful as they are difficult, yet with humor and optimism throughout, Annabel Clark's photographs and her mother Lynn Redgrave's journal entries illustrate a mother-daughter journey through the leading cause of cancer diagnosed in women today.             A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness2 reviews Susan Milstrey Wells Da Capo Press, 2000 One of the Best Chronic Illness Books on the Market + One of the best of this kind. This is an incredibly well written book with a balance between narrative insights and valuable technical information. The author is quite candid in her personal experience with chronic illness and the resources at the end of the book are excellent and not the usual "run of the mill". I love her ...             Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors10 reviews Susan Sontag Picador, 2001 This book changed my life + Correct on metaphor; incorrect on mind-body link and HIV causation + THE DISEASE CALLED METAPHOR This is a quote from the book that I would consider its thesis statement: 'Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease. Moreover, there is a peculiarly modern predilection for psychological ...             The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease6 reviews Robert C. Scaer Informa HealthCare, 2001 The body does bear the burden + A tough climb for us non-professionals ... but worth it + Should be in the library of healthcare providers + The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease             Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Second Edition22 reviews Paul J. Donoghue, Mary Elizabeth Siegel W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 First class in a mostly invisible and sometimes "Lost" class + Excellent resource! + Sound Advice + Start their New Year with this book + Comforted and Informed Instead of Sick and Tired             L'Occitane Amande Shower Oil1 review Great for Aging Dry Skin L'Occitane Shower Oil is absolutely the best I have ever used. I prefer to shower and feel like I have soaked in a warm moist bath.             Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do: Revised and Updated Edition18 reviews Greg Anderson, O. Carl Simonton (Foreword) Plume, 1999 Cancer, 50 Essential Things To Do + Great Book! + Best Cancer book... + Helpful cancer book             Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences51 reviews Peter Levine, Ann Frederick North Atlantic Books, 1997 A must read for trauma victims + New hope for those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder + waking the tiger This is a very informative and important book that explains the very core of what trauma is, how it affects us, and what we can do to overcome our suffering.             Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom182 reviews Christiane Northrup Bantam, 1998 Fabulous! + Never Too Old to Learn + better than a dictionary + Fantastic book!             See's Candies 2 lb. Summer Variety3 reviews See's Candies, Inc. See's Candies, Inc. Yummy treat.... + Great gift idea Best served on a day your test results come in from the doctor from your scans for ...say...intestinal tumors. You just won't care about the pounds in a world deeply negative about weight. This grouping of treats is perfect for white chocolate fans and those that like coconut and apricot and things ...             The Cancer Journals: The Original Edition5 reviews Audre Lorde Aunt Lute Books, 1995 It's a great tool in overcomming the fear of breast cancer. + Thought provoking + Courageous Memoir I cried through most of this book. Not out of pity for what Audre was going through, but simply because I have seldom seen anyone face such a crisis with such nobility and strength. On some level I think we all fear breast cancer. This book took the terror out of it for me and made me feel that ...             Mom's Cancer5 reviews Brian Fies Abrams, 2006 If someone in your family has cancer.... + Great Insight! + It's Sometimes Hard To Tell The Poisons From The Cures, Because Sometimes They Are The Same Things + Moving and more + Close to home             February Light: A Love Letter to the Seasons During a Year of Cancer and Recovery36 reviews Heather Trexler Remoff AuthorHouse, 2003 The Choice of Life + Memoir of a fully-lived life before, during, & after cancer. + A beautiful story of a women's love of life and nature. I read this wonderfully written and deeply felt book a few years ago, after my mother succumbed to biliary cancer and long before I triumphed over my own cancer (prostate). During my year of cancer and recovery, I often thought of Remoff's book -- a gem that created a resonance I still feel today ...             The Five Languages of Apology: How to Experience Healing in All Your Relationships16 reviews Gary Chapman, Jennifer Thomas Northfield Publishing, 2006 Book Bargains + Wonderful Book! + Must Read Along the same lines of the other books by Gary Chapman, The Five Languages of Apology takes a relational issue and then helps the reader see if from different perspectives. For this book Chapman teamed up with psychologist Jennifer Thomas to discuss a persons "apology language" - that is what an ...             Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective10 reviews The Dalai Lama Snow Lion Publications, 1997 Excellent + Read this book, it may change your life + Brilliant + Meditate don't medicate             Careless Love158 reviews Madeleine Peyroux Rounder / Umgd, 2004 This is heaven to me... + My favorite new artist!! + careless love Contemplative, moody, pensive, deep - Madeleine Peyroux! Range, timbre, in love with love, earthy - Plugged into something greater than herself. This album sends me! The vocals, the musicianship, the sound craft and engineering: "Careless Love" is a must have for anyone who appreciates music. ...             A Love Supreme87 reviews John Coltrane Impulse Records, 2003 A Love Supreme + A jazz masterpiece + Like Coltrane + Mere Words Are Inadquate to Describe This Incredible Work of Art + An Album of Amazing Beauty and Depth             Through the Land of Hyster: The Hyster Sisters Guide44 reviews Kathy Kelley Hyster Sisters, 2001 A Friend When You NEED One + There's a Killer Web Site that Goes WITH this book + Not the best, but not bad + Silly, but good info + hyst or miss             Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness49 reviews Jon Kabat-Zinn Delta, 1990 Healing for the Heart and Head + No Longer Afraid To Take A Bow! + a modern classic of mindfulness literature + Getting used to the idea