On Sunday she went to my niece's seventeenth birthday party. It hasn't even been a week since the surgery. She didn't act any different. If you didn't know, you couldn't tell she had just had a mastectomy surgery. I hope that I have at least half of the strength and courage she has. It boggles my mind how she is always so strong and happy. Through this whole process she didn't let it get her down. The day author Rebecca Bany discovered her mother suffered from breast cancer, she wasn't sure how she would handle the experience. Terrified of the c word, Rebecca's love for her mother and her faith in God are put to the ultimate test. After watching her mother endure chemotherapy, endless doctor appointments, and hair loss, Rebecca learns how strong her mother is in the face of adversity. The Diary of a Cancer Survivor's Daughter will help those who struggle to deal with a loved one's diagnosis. With candor, humor, and love, Rebecca relates her own personal story, offering hope and support for both the family and the patient.

This is a short story that will last a lifetime. The fact that it is short is actually part of the story itself, as it is the story of a cancer journey that lasted a mere forty three days. In July 2009 the author's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The story is told through the daily entries in her diary written as if she were talking directly to her dad. The story deals with the raw emotions of the cancer diagnosis and beyond. In the daily entries the author deals with dysfunctional families, divorce and re-marriage, distance, grievance and re-connecting with loved ones as well as her own pain and grief. You will discover how she copes with the normal and abnormal things that are happening in her life on a daily basis, and how she learns a level of forgiveness and gratitude that most people around her cannot understand. There is anger, there is grief and hurt, there is forgiveness and tenderness, there is humour and above all there is an unending love between a daughter and her father than all grown up children will understand. A book that will make you cry, that you can sit and read in a couple of hours and that you will be able to connect with even if you have been fortunate enough to have avoided contact with cancer so far. Above all this book is a promise. A promise from a daughter to her beloved dad to do something good out of something bad, a book that will raise money for Cancer Research. For all of us.

Yes, you can have children after cancer. When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to: Understand how different cancers can affect fertility Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so) Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.

A Diary of Healing? is honest, real, scary and hysterically funny and I feel honored to have read it. I know anyone who picks it up will feel the same way. -Jessica Podoshen, The Oprah Magazine Mary Ann Wasil's hilariously touching account of her battle with breast cancer will have you laughing even as you're reaching for the tissue box. -Meg Cabot, Author of The Princess Diaries and Size 12 and Ready to Rock At the time of my diagnosis, I scoured the bookstores and internet for stories that would lift me up, tell me this was do-able. I found very few. My story is your story, as long as your story is filled with unflinching hope. Since I cant be right beside you to hold your hand and tell you you can do this, I hope this book will be the next-best-thing.

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The Glass Castle meets The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in this dazzlingly honest and provocative family memoir by former child actress and current Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis. When Melissa Francis was eight years old, she won the role of lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother (played by young Jason Bateman) by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, living a charmed life, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother, as fame and a mother's ambition pushed her older sister deeper into the shadows. Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter is a fascinating account of life as a child star in the 1980's, and also a startling tale of a family under the care of a highly neurotic, dangerously competitive "tiger mother." But perhaps most importantly, now that Melissa has two sons of her own, it's a meditation on motherhood, and the value of pushing your children: how hard should you push a child to succeed, and at what point does your help turn into harm?

Cancer. It came out of nowhere and totally changed everything, affected every aspect of life. Anyone who experiences a serious illness can relate to this story. As parents we know how to fix a scraped knee, but what do you do when your 14-year-old daughter goes to the doctor for a pain and the diagnosis is bone cancer? What do you do when a friend has a life changing experience? You want to do something...anything to help. But what? This book takes you through our story of getting a cancer diagnosis through treatment, written from both the daughter's and mother's points of view. It shares insights and tips for family and friends. This is it...join us on our journey. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Author Biography: Hailee Fritz As a cancer survivor, Hailee Fritz has a unique perspective on life. Since declared cancer-free, Hailee has graduated high school with her class and obtained a bachelor's degree in Recording Arts and Sound Engineering. She hopes that sharing her journals and experiences will ease someone else's life journey. Hailee currently resides in Michigan and is kicking ass at mixology and life in general. Author quote: Hailee Fritz ''Most of this is taken from journal entries written at that time. Just getting through the day was hard. I was documenting the reality of the experience from the first-person perspective. It wasn't to be morbid or dark, it was to give me an outlet when no one else could understand even though they were there with me.'' Author Biography: Margaret Fritz Co-author and mother of Hailee, Margaret Fritz shares her experiences with the hopes of helping others that find themselves in a similar situation. Wishing there was some guidance for her at that time, she wrote this book with her daughter. Although the journey began in Michigan, Margaret now resides in South Carolina. Author quote: Margaret Fritz Often when there is a critical illness diagnosis, we are struck dumb. There is no guidebook for ''your 14-year-old has a life altering cancer diagnosis.'' I wrote this to give some insights that I wish I would have had when I went through it. AUTHOR HOME: Novi, MI / Taylors, SC