Award-winning authors, cancer patients, survivors and medical professionals, are all singing the praises of Me, the Crazy Woman and Breast Cancer and Stacy Shelton.
Named Oklahoma’s Best Author for her book Me, the Crazy Woman, and Breast Cancer, multi-award-winning former broadcast and print journalist Stacy Shelton, chronicles not one, but two diagnoses of breast cancer. Once diagnosed, Shelton found a new presence, which she dubbed ‚Crazy Woman, ‚ had taken up residence in her brain, wreaking havoc and forcing her to face her own mortality. As she learned to navigate the once foreign world of cancer, she realized that during the subsequent seven surgeries, including a bilateral mastectomy, several of her medical issues were falling through the cracks, leaving her even more vulnerable than she already was. Using her talents as a writer, she took the opportunity to bring to life this heroic, poignant, and enlightening work, to help others going through any life-altering journey.
Me, the Crazy Woman, and Breast Cancer, provides a roadmap to an almost impossible journey, and gives the patient, survivor, family member, and loved one, a window into the psyche of someone facing a life-threating illness. It is a timeless, and hauntingly moving memoir that will leave you knowing all of life’s lessons are to be cherished.
‚This book should be read– no it should be devoured– by anyone who has been affected by this horrible disease.‘ –Bob Burg, Best-Selling Author, “The Go-Giver”
‚I know her story will give hope to many people struggling with illness, pain, or plain old fear. Read it!’ –Libby Gill, Best-Selling Author, “You Unstuck, ” and branding mastermind behind The Dr. Phil Show
‚Astonishing…Her story is a personal journey of courage, true love, and profound hope. It offers the same for others fighting cancer, or for those who love someone with the disease.‘ –Svetlana Kim, Best-Selling Author, “White Pearl and I”
‚This book is a true work of art. One of the best features is the Do’s and Don’ts section of how to help anyone you know dealing with a life-threatening disease.‘ –Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher & Editor in Chief – WE Magazine for Women
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Crazy Woman Arrives – 1
2 Betrayal – 10
3 Alone – 21
4 Breaking the News – 27
5 Facing My Demons – 34
6 The Epiphany – 43
7 Ducks With Carcinoma – 52
8 The Confession – 58
9 The Lump – 70
10 My Death – 75
11 Life Is Too Short – 83
12 It’s Back – 86
13 Lost – 94
14 Telling Again – 98
15 A Different Avenue – 104
16 Fuzzy White Socks – 109
17 Unraveling – 112
18 Choices – 117
19 Genetic Testing – 124
20 The Waiting – 128
21 Back to Square One – 133
22 Reality Check – 141
23 Worst Fears – 145
24 Square One Again – 151
25 Lost Again – 158
26 Solving a Problem – 167
27 Saying Goodbye – 171
28 What You Don’t Know – 178
29 Misery – 187
30 Alarming Boobs – 191
31 Topless Flashier – 197
32 Trying to be Heard – 203
33 An Answer – 210
34 Pieces of a Puzzle – 214
35 Getting Away – 220
36 One Night in Paradise – 225
37 Crazy Woman Unleashed – 230
38 Wake Me From This Nightmare – 240
39 Abused – 250
40 Meeting My Match – 254
41 A Picture’s Worth – 257
42 A Night to Remember – 261
43 Exciting Nipples – 265
44 Losing What I Finally Found –271
45 Furry Solace – 277
46 Great Mistakes – 282
47 The Prodigal Daughter – 289
48 Stop Thinking and Start Thanking – 294
49 It’s Over – 297
50 Life Lessons – 302