Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

Anne Alcock writes… How do you go through all the "stuff" that life throws up for you? Do you talk? Do you walk? Do you draw? Do you journal? Do you pray? Do you look for a book? When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I did all of those things, and this book was my way of bringing it altogether and maybe helping anyone who would also like to journal and reflect creatively about their own life-experiences. Anything. Not just illness.. Even in the midst of family and friends, many journeys have to be taken alone, and as someone living on her own, I have always found writing prayers to a companioning God, very helpful. These prayers are included, alongside actual diary entries and journaling questions for the reader… I wish you peace, I wish you hope… Life is always for living…"

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Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

Anne Alcock writes… How do you go through all the "stuff" that life throws up for you? Do you talk? Do you walk? Do you draw? Do you journal? Do you pray? Do you look for a book? When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I did all of those things, and this book was my way of bringing it altogether and maybe helping anyone who would also like to journal and reflect creatively about their own life-experiences. Anything. Not just illness.. Even in the midst of family and friends, many journeys have to be taken alone, and as someone living on her own, I have always found writing prayers to a companioning God, very helpful. These prayers are included, alongside actual diary entries and journaling questions for the reader… I wish you peace, I wish you hope… Life is always for living…"

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Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

by Anne Alcock
Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

Cancer: A Circle of Seasons

by Anne Alcock

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Anne Alcock writes… How do you go through all the "stuff" that life throws up for you? Do you talk? Do you walk? Do you draw? Do you journal? Do you pray? Do you look for a book? When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I did all of those things, and this book was my way of bringing it altogether and maybe helping anyone who would also like to journal and reflect creatively about their own life-experiences. Anything. Not just illness.. Even in the midst of family and friends, many journeys have to be taken alone, and as someone living on her own, I have always found writing prayers to a companioning God, very helpful. These prayers are included, alongside actual diary entries and journaling questions for the reader… I wish you peace, I wish you hope… Life is always for living…"


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782183181
Publisher: DUFOUR
Publication date: 01/17/2018
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Spring

I notice something different 3

Seeing the G.P. 7

First consultation 11

The mammogram squeeze 15

Ultrasound and more 19

Living with dying 23

Out of sorts 27

'Oh, I can manage!' 31

Diagnosis day 35

Clearing my mind 39

Forgiving today 43

MRI Symphony 47

All change! 51

Summer

Oncology appointment 57

The challenge of the jug 61

Committing to the process 65

Gathering myself together 69

First chemo day 73

Not quite myself 77

Warming up 81

The chuckling taxi driver 85

My hair's gone 89

Good energy day 93

Tiny triumphs 97

Coughs and kindness 101

Honestly 105

No voice 109

Accepting my limits 113

Just; now 117

Autumn

All together before the hospital gate 123

Surgical steps 127

On the operating table 131

Hospital toast 135

Ward wit 139

Your presence is enough 143

R & R & R, and R 147

My body knows 151

Winter

Radiotherapy 157

Breathing normally 161

Routines 165

Pilgrimage 169

Spring

The circle turns 175

Afterword 181

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