Us Against Breast Cancer: A Husband's Journal of His Wife's Journey

Cancer is a club nobody wants to join, and yet membership is too high. Dealing with the fog of being diagnosed, and the treatment that follows is an intimidating experience. There is a lot of "fear of the unknown." Everyone is different. Every case is different. Prescribed treatments are different. But many aspects of the family journey through breast cancer are similar.This is the story from the husband's view supporting his wife, Penny diagnosed with breast cancer. She was thirty-nine with three young kids when she noticed a strange new lump on her left breast.The story of this journey takes the reader along some common phases: 1.Oblivious: Life is normal and great, and health taken for granted.2.Life Happens: Cancer comes uninvited. This is the start of a daunting journey through the fear of the unknown.3.Picked Up by Love: You learn that you are not in it alone and see people at their best sharing a wonderful circle of love and support.4.The First Big Steps: Heading into surgery to remove the cancer, followed by healing and reconstruction.5.Boxing Chemo: The start of post-surgery treatment. There are good days, and bad days dealing with the body's reactions to chemo. 6.Resurrection: The light gets brighter at end of the tunnel and the world starts to get back to a new normal wrapped in an appreciation that life is a gift.This quick read book will leave you more informed, more appreciative of those around you, and hopeful for a better tomorrow.