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How To Be A Cancer Patient: A Proven Approach for Optimizing Your Role in Your Cancer Treatment
How To Be A Cancer Patient Book Description
Welcome to THE one book every single cancer patient needs to read the minute they are diagnosed.
How To Be A Cancer Patient is a must read for patients, their advocates and anyone involved with caring for cancer patients.
Cancer patients need two things – less stress and a plan to manage themselves and their interaction with the care system.
How To Be A Cancer Patient delivers universal tools, in an easy to understand format, that addresses these vital needs for patients with any type of cancer diagnosis. The easy-to-use tools and strategies were developed through the experiences of a process driven cancer survivor who endured two surgeries, 15+ days of inpatient hospital stays for chemo and complications and 15 doses of radiation. It also includes honest, raw and sometimes hilarious accounts on how these tools were developed during the course of a LOT of cancer treatment.
The book covers seven key concepts that center around three areas of
1. How To Think
2. How To Advocate
3. How to Act
Each of the key concepts are covered in a separate chapter in the book and are arranged in the order of experiences for most patients. Each of the chapters are stand-alone helpful advice, but when taken as a whole, they are also a process to be followed to get to the ultimate outcomes of less stress and optimal interaction with the care team.
Each of the tools and strategies build on the previous one - for
Before you can advocate for yourself, you really need to have the right mental orientation so you can think clearly when you engage with your care team.
Before you can fully prepare for possible side effects, you need to have an effective process to fully understand what those side effects may be and how you and your care team plan to manage them.
Who needs this book?
The book is a must have for every single cancer patient.
The book is a must read for cancer treatment professionals.
How To Be A Cancer Patient has one simple goal - Building Better Cancer Patients (TM).
Welcome to THE one book every single cancer patient needs to read the minute they are diagnosed.
How To Be A Cancer Patient is a must read for patients, their advocates and anyone involved with caring for cancer patients.
Cancer patients need two things – less stress and a plan to manage themselves and their interaction with the care system.
How To Be A Cancer Patient delivers universal tools, in an easy to understand format, that addresses these vital needs for patients with any type of cancer diagnosis. The easy-to-use tools and strategies were developed through the experiences of a process driven cancer survivor who endured two surgeries, 15+ days of inpatient hospital stays for chemo and complications and 15 doses of radiation. It also includes honest, raw and sometimes hilarious accounts on how these tools were developed during the course of a LOT of cancer treatment.
The book covers seven key concepts that center around three areas of
1. How To Think
2. How To Advocate
3. How to Act
Each of the key concepts are covered in a separate chapter in the book and are arranged in the order of experiences for most patients. Each of the chapters are stand-alone helpful advice, but when taken as a whole, they are also a process to be followed to get to the ultimate outcomes of less stress and optimal interaction with the care team.
Each of the tools and strategies build on the previous one - for
Before you can advocate for yourself, you really need to have the right mental orientation so you can think clearly when you engage with your care team.
Before you can fully prepare for possible side effects, you need to have an effective process to fully understand what those side effects may be and how you and your care team plan to manage them.
Who needs this book?
The book is a must have for every single cancer patient.
The book is a must read for cancer treatment professionals.
How To Be A Cancer Patient has one simple goal - Building Better Cancer Patients (TM).
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182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 17, 2023
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April 25, 2024
Interesting, helpful. Lots of common sense - common sense that tends to be elusive when faces with cancer, treatments and prognosis.
September 22, 2024
As I am facing my own Lymphoma journey, I found so many life affirming pieces of advice here. Many times the blogs he kept had me laughing out loud. He had an amazing support system and a great attitude. Cancer is so scary and really messes with your head, especially all of the waiting. It feels isolating so it is great to have someone share their story and give advice.
June 12, 2025
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I won the Kindle version of this book from the Goodreads Giveaways. It wasn’t too long of a read, about 182 pages. There was a lot of personal stories to explain his way of thoughts, interesting to read. I like to say that this book is for exactly what the title says, being a patient. It doesn’t really go into the details of detoxing and cleansing the body of parasites or taking herbs. (Other options to help) It tells you a lot of information about the hospital visits and how he over came all his struggles (you can tell this book was NOT AI written! So thank you sooo much for that). Would recommend for people going through the same thing. Also even so much as telling you what to take to the hospital and some recipes to cook at the end of the book.
I won the Kindle version of this book from the Goodreads Giveaways. It wasn’t too long of a read, about 182 pages. There was a lot of personal stories to explain his way of thoughts, interesting to read. I like to say that this book is for exactly what the title says, being a patient. It doesn’t really go into the details of detoxing and cleansing the body of parasites or taking herbs. (Other options to help) It tells you a lot of information about the hospital visits and how he over came all his struggles (you can tell this book was NOT AI written! So thank you sooo much for that). Would recommend for people going through the same thing. Also even so much as telling you what to take to the hospital and some recipes to cook at the end of the book.
March 4, 2024
Jeff's book is a major tool for those experiencing the journey cancer can take you through. Although I haven't had cancer myself, I have so many loved ones who have been affected and grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow to better support them. I am eager to keep a copy on my bookshelf at all times and gift to those facing this battle! Thanks Jeff for sharing this with the world - much needed!
August 25, 2024
I’m a cancer patient who is ready to start chemo treatments and reading this book was fun and interesting.
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