Madhulika Sikka
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A Breast Cancer Alphabet door Madhulika Sikka
I received this book from a friend who got it as an Advance Reader's Edition. The book consists of 26 sections, each of which are only a few pages. Each section concentrates on a particular aspect of the cancer journey. It is part memoir and part informative. In one sense, I wish I had had it to look through while I was going through treatment, but on the other, cancer takes up so much of your life, that most of the time, the last thing I wanted to do was be reading about it too.
During this month of October, I felt it was especially appropriate to share this book. A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET isn't just for the person with cancer, but for those who love and care for the person with cancer. I would even offer that even though this book focuses specifically, in certain chapters, about breast cancer, this book could be helpful to anyone with any form of cancer.
While working as a producer with NPR, Sikka found out she had breast cancer. As she traveled through chemo and hair loss, surgeries and sickness, she found there wasn't a book to tell you exactly what you wanted and needed to hear while going through the days of cancer. Sikka wrote this book to remind those with cancer and their families and friends that you can still smile, life still goes on and most importantly, you have every right to feel the way you do.
The book is laid out exactly as you would expect. Each chapter begins with a letter of the alphabet that explains a part of living with cancer. In the "A is for Anxiety" chapter, you will find that anxiety isn't a feeling experienced just during the waiting game after a lump is found, but a part of life that continues years after you are "cancer free". The anxiety during your treatments is just as real as the anxiety you feel in the back of your mind, always wondering if your cancer will come back. In the "E is for Epiphany" chapter, Sikka explains that all those dreams and wishes you had in your "pre-cancer" life are nothing compared to the dreams you have in your "after-cancer" life. Realizing that your life was pretty great just as it was may be the epiphany you needed. There are also practical chapters like "P is for Pillows" in which the author shares the practicality and necessity of a three-by-six-inch pillow.
I found A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET to be a practical, yet emotional book. Just because I am a woman makes me a large target for the wretched breast cancer beast. Reading this book made me fearful, yet encouraged. I get my annual mammograms. I perform monthly self-checks. But, I also have a family history of breast cancer. I know the risk for me is high and I found comfort in the pages of this book. Sikka was honest, thorough, and creative in her informative book. I am more aware of how cancer patients feel, physically and emotionally, because of her honesty. This is a book that should be shared with every woman you know. We can become better patients, caregivers, and friends with the knowledge in this book.… (meer)
While working as a producer with NPR, Sikka found out she had breast cancer. As she traveled through chemo and hair loss, surgeries and sickness, she found there wasn't a book to tell you exactly what you wanted and needed to hear while going through the days of cancer. Sikka wrote this book to remind those with cancer and their families and friends that you can still smile, life still goes on and most importantly, you have every right to feel the way you do.
The book is laid out exactly as you would expect. Each chapter begins with a letter of the alphabet that explains a part of living with cancer. In the "A is for Anxiety" chapter, you will find that anxiety isn't a feeling experienced just during the waiting game after a lump is found, but a part of life that continues years after you are "cancer free". The anxiety during your treatments is just as real as the anxiety you feel in the back of your mind, always wondering if your cancer will come back. In the "E is for Epiphany" chapter, Sikka explains that all those dreams and wishes you had in your "pre-cancer" life are nothing compared to the dreams you have in your "after-cancer" life. Realizing that your life was pretty great just as it was may be the epiphany you needed. There are also practical chapters like "P is for Pillows" in which the author shares the practicality and necessity of a three-by-six-inch pillow.
I found A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET to be a practical, yet emotional book. Just because I am a woman makes me a large target for the wretched breast cancer beast. Reading this book made me fearful, yet encouraged. I get my annual mammograms. I perform monthly self-checks. But, I also have a family history of breast cancer. I know the risk for me is high and I found comfort in the pages of this book. Sikka was honest, thorough, and creative in her informative book. I am more aware of how cancer patients feel, physically and emotionally, because of her honesty. This is a book that should be shared with every woman you know. We can become better patients, caregivers, and friends with the knowledge in this book.… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.A nice quick read. A good start for anyone with this disease and a good stopping point for people who dont want to know more
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.When Elizabeth Edwards died of breast cancer in 2010, the author of this book was in the White House with an NPR crew to interview the President. Pretty Christmas tree? New Rug? Sikka couldn’t tell you because, in the forefront of her mind, she was awaiting a phone call that could (and did) change her life.
Breast Cancer! Scary news! I know this because this past September I received the same phone call. Plans to be planned, decisions to be decided, life goes on but on a totally different course. If only I’d had this book. Seriously. Ms. Sikka writes in woman-speak, tells it as it is and offers some great ideas along the way.
I loved the format of this book: A-Z with each chapter getting a page or so. I loved her references to Cancerland (I live there, too!) and to let yourself be YOU. Most important. No one can do that for you, although they can (and, if they offer, should) do darn near anything else.
Coming out in February, 2014, I hope this shows up in Dr. offices and hospital libraries because it can help – a lot.… (meer)
Breast Cancer! Scary news! I know this because this past September I received the same phone call. Plans to be planned, decisions to be decided, life goes on but on a totally different course. If only I’d had this book. Seriously. Ms. Sikka writes in woman-speak, tells it as it is and offers some great ideas along the way.
I loved the format of this book: A-Z with each chapter getting a page or so. I loved her references to Cancerland (I live there, too!) and to let yourself be YOU. Most important. No one can do that for you, although they can (and, if they offer, should) do darn near anything else.
Coming out in February, 2014, I hope this shows up in Dr. offices and hospital libraries because it can help – a lot.… (meer)
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