Medical Illnesses

These heartwarming and inspiring stories by brave women and men who have survived breast cancer are a must-listen for anyone personally or indirectly afflicted by the disease. How We Beat Breast Cancer brings together the experiences, thoughts, struggles, and victories of unique women and men from all walks of life, who tell the stories of their battles with breast cancer. Their narratives portray both the good and the bad in a real, candid language, sharing everything from diagnosis, through treatment, to life with and after cancer.

Charlotte Raven had never heard of Huntington's disease when, in her mid-30s, she discovered that her father was suffering from the illness. Life for her and her young family would never be the same again. Patient 1 is her brutally candid account of coming to terms with this inherited neurodegenerative disease, which can manifest at any time in life for people who carry the faulty gene.

1 in 8 UK males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, more than 130 new cases are discovered each day and, on average, one man dies from the disease every 45 minutes. Despite these statistics, and the fact that there are getting on for half a million men living with, or in remission from, prostate cancer in the UK, the condition is rarely discussed publicly and most men ignore the warning signs.

Almost 11,700 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumor, including 500 children and young people – that's 32 people every day. There are more than 120 different types. This book is one family's touching account of living with a brain tumor spanning over a decade.

Welcome to a very different kind of weight loss audiobook. Secrets to Lose Toxic Belly Fat shows you how you can heal your sick metabolism and lose weight without starving yourself or following difficult and dangerous diet plans.

How far would you go for someone you love...on a unicycle? Brothers and sisters often dare each other to do things – it's what siblings do. However, when Connie Johnson dared her brother, Samuel, to embark on a one-wheeled odyssey around Australia, she knew it was a big ask. But Connie knew exactly what she was doing and was sure he wouldn't say no. Not this time. Born a year apart, Connie and Samuel Johnson have always been close.

A Medical Memoir Embark on a deeply moving journey with Finding Venice, a powerful exploration of grief, resilience, and faith in the aftermath of a transformative medical event. Written with honesty and candor, this poignant narrative offers a glimpse into the profound impact of a stroke on a young woman and her family, inviting readers to witness the challenges and triumphs of caregiving, fortitude, and hope. Engaging, uplifting, and inspiring, Finding Venice is a must-read for anyone seeking solace and courage to navigate daunting challenges and embark on unexpected journeys. Scott ...

Hilarious and heartbreaking, profane and profound, It Takes a Worried Man is the true story of a young husband and father whose life is changed forever by his wife’s breast cancer diagnosis. Following Brendan Halpin’s cranky, irreverent, and lustful thoughts through the diagnosis and treatment of his wife, Kirsten, It Takes a Worried Man is an unflinching and raw look at how cancer transforms a family. It’s also the funniest book about cancer you’ll ever read.

This audiobook is not about cancer. It is about how David Lankes, professor and father, responded to being diagnosed, living with, and being treated for cancer. That is an important distinction because cancer is not funny. Cancer sucks. Cancer does not teach, cancer does not preach, cancer does not comfort, or inspire, or inform. Cancer kills. How one responds to cancer? That is a completely different matter.

Nicky, a witty, intelligent, and clever 13-year-old, was diagnosed with a rare childhood bone cancer. However, this book is about more than cancer and its treatment and the fight to survive. It's about more than a mother and her son who accepted his mortality at such a young age and the strength and love between two loving souls.

After many years of serving others in the medical field, author Miyoshi Umeki Gordon found herself in need of essential medical care. Diagnosed with myositis and breast cancer, the author felt broken and wondered how she would ever survive what she calls multiple unknown illnesses. In addition to the incurable physical diseases in her body, the author was also battling emotional abuse and the effects of living with a drug addict (her first husband). However, despite all the battles placed upon her by life, she never gave up on herself.

Life Blood, written by a renowned leukaemia physician, tells unforgettable stories of his leukaemia patients’ battles to be cured but also uniquely describes the stresses that doctors face when looking after extremely ill young people during an extraordinary time in their lives. In reflecting on his long and illustrious career, Professor Marks’ memoir offers frank descriptions of his own medical family, some personal experiences of ill-health and his relationships with colleagues and patients in the NHS. Partly written during the Covid pandemic and as he approached retirement, Life Blood offers highly informed and compassionate views on modern medicine, from a pivotal point in both the author’s own professional life and the history of healthcare.

"We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off just in time: we defuse an argument with a joke; we swerve to prevent a traffic accident. But sometimes we are unlucky enough to be on the trapdoor when the lever is pulled. My own trapdoor was hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist." When the trapdoor opened for Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a world of MRI scans, a disobedient body and the crushing unpredictability of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. But, like Alice tumbling into Wonderland, his fall did something else.

When Miranda Ward and her husband decided to have a baby, they were young and optimistic. But five years, three miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy later, she is still dealing with the ongoing aftermath of that decision and the shadow it's cast over her relationship to her partner, her body and her future. In this searing, lyrical and radically honest memoir, Ward charts her journey through the uncertain landscape of almost-motherhood, asking questions of geography on the most intimate scale.

Pain is part of human existence, but we understand very little of the mechanics of it. We damage ourselves, we feel pain, we seek help from a professional or learn to not do that bad thing again. The story of what goes on in our body is not this simple. Even medical practitioners themselves often fail to grasp the complexities of our minds and bodies and how they interact when dealing with pain stimulus. Throughout history we've tried to prevent it and mediate its affects, resulting in the current situation we find ourselves; highly medicated with a booming opiates industry.

In March 2017 Linda Nolan was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and was given the terrible news that it was not curable, though it was treatable. Her first thought was to worry about her family, still grieving the loss of their sister Bernie just a few years earlier. Her second was to think, But I'm alive, and I'm going to fight it.

This book is rocking communities nationwide, especially the ALS community. Never before has anyone gone into such great detail about what you need to survive and overcome a terminal illness. From how to boost your will to live, to the weapons you need, Elizabeth covers all the bases with her fun style of wit and humor. Loaded with biblical references, this book is a wonderful evangelical tool. This book will either help you to fight for your own life or learn to appreciate the healthy life you already have!

Bettina Greschner hat sich lange Zeit ihres Leben nicht erwünscht und nie gut genug gefühlt. Das Leben ging nicht gerade zimperlich mit ihr um. Aufgewachsen mit einem alkoholabhängigen Elternteil, der tödliche Verlust des Lebenspartners kurz vor der geplanten Hochzeit, 2011 die Diagnose "Brustkrebs" und zeitgleich die Selbständigkeit mit einem Möbelgeschäft, welche damals unter keinem guten Stern stand. Was nun? Warten bis es noch schlimmer wird und noch weiter bergab geht? Nein! Das war keine Option.

"Du har cancer Charlotta" sa läkaren. 35 år gammal fick jag aggressiv trippelnegativ bröstcancer. Mina barn var då ett, två och fyra år. Jag stekte pannkakor och planerade inför min begravning. När Charlotta får reda på att hon är gravid med sitt fjärde barn är hon redan i artonde veckan. Det är bara sju månader efter hennes senaste cellgiftsbehandling och läkarna hade sagt att hon inte skulle kunna få fler barn. Hon överväldigas av känslor. Lycka. Rädsla. Hon börjar skriva ner sina tankar, för att komma underfund med tankarna om allt det ljusa och allt det mörka.

Sieben Frauen, sieben Leben, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Doch eines haben sie gemeinsam. Wie aus dem Nichts bekommen alle Frauen die Diagnose Gebärmutterhalskrebs. Für jede ist es ein Schock, wirft aus der Bahn. Das gewohnte Leben steht auf einmal still. Jedoch bedeutet die Diagnose Krebs nicht, dass man gleich daran stirbt. Es gibt Hoffnung. Mit Unterstützung von Freunden und Familie schaffen es Jessica, Sandra, Bettina, Heike, Katja, Tamara und Rachel die Diagnose anzunehmen, die Therapie zu meistern und an der Herausforderung innerlich daran zu wachsen.