CRAZY SEXY CANCER TIPS gathers the lessons learned and advice offered from Carr’s own journey, as well as the experiences of her cancer posse. Full-color photos accompany personal stories and candid revelations in this scrapbook of advice, warnings, and resources for the cancer patient. Chapters cover your changing social life, dating, sex, and appearance; essential health tips on how to boost your immune system; recipes; medical and holistic resources; and information on young survivor support groups. The resulting book is a warm, yet informative tool for any woman newly diagnosed with the disease and for those who love them.

 

 

This book is a valuable and extensive source of information about thyroid cancer and is specifically written for the patient with thyroid cancer. However, family and friends of patients who have thyroid cancer will also find this book useful.

The book discusses a wide spectrum of aspects about thyroid nodules and cancer. It is discusses the basics of the thyroid gland, the evaluation of thyroid nodules, the various types of thyroid cancer, their prognosis, and the initial diagnostic evaluation and treatment of the four major types of thyroid cancer. This includes the role of surgery and other treatments.

The book also discusses diets, hormone treatment, and thyroid cancer in children and adolescents. One chapter presents the personal stories of several patients, who have or have had thyroid cancer, as well as a discussion by a pyschologist and psychiatrist. The book concludes with chapters on additional treatment alternatives, information on clinical research trials, and additional sources of information.

 

’The Purple Butterfly’ cameos a year in the life of a thyroid cancer patient. Restrained and sparsely written, it gives the reader a deep insight into the mind of someone who is balancing on the edge of hysteria, yet still feels an obligation to ‘put on a brave face’. A 'must-read' for anyone supporting a friend or relative through a serious illness - this book tells you what he or she never will.

The volume also contains ‘Flying with the Purple Butterfly, which is a manual for those about to undergo radioactive iodine treatment. Based on personal experience.

‘The Purple Butterfly’ is not a work of fiction. It is the real diary kept by Susan from March 2003 to February 2004, and charts her personal thoughts and feelings from before diagnosis, through four operations, and two bouts of intensive radio-iodine treatment. Although the book ends on a positive note, it was not until two years later that Susan’s blood results fell within normal limits. She is now able to look with optimism towards the future.

This book will appeal to a variety of audiences including thyroid cancer patients who want to see how someone else has coped with the disease, friends and families of anyone with a serious medical condition, so they can get an insight to what they might be thinking or feeling and anyone interested in unusual medical procedures, who will like the details of a treatment which involves drinking radioactive liquid and being confined to a lead-lined room for four days.