Description
Book SynopsisThis practical, compassionate, and inspiring book helps people with cancer navigate the often complex and difficult journey from diagnosis through treatment and life after disease. It illuminates the challenges associated with a cancer diagnosis and provides inspiration and guidance to help you not only to find the right doctors and care plan but also to cultivate hope and purpose. In Cancer with Hope, former CEO Mike Armstrong chronicles his experience with leukemia, prostate cancer, near-fatal sepsis, and a crippling autoimmune disease. Mike shares how his often difficult journey from humble beginnings to leading some of the world's top corporations taught him the importance of hope and purpose, tools that proved invaluable throughout his cancer journey. More than the tale of one man's experience with cancer, this important book includes expert advice and vetted resources to help patients best manage their disease, as well as compelling stories from a wide range of cancer patient
Table of ContentsForeword, by Theodore DeWeese, MD
Prologue
Chapter 1
Patient Story: Christine Hogdon
Chapter 2
Patient Story: David Gobin
Chapter 3
Physician Story: Dr. Nilo Azad
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Patient Navigator Story: Jill Mull
Chapter 6
Patient Story: David Gobin
Chapter 7
Patient Story: Christine Hogdon
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Nurse Story: Anna Ferguson
Chapter 10
Patient Story: Gillian Lichota
Chapter 11
Patient Story: Leslie Reis
Chapter 12
Patient Story: Christine Hogdon
Chapter 13
Patient Story: David Gobin
Chapter 14
Caregiver Story: Vonda Cowling
Chapter 15
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Resources
Glossary
Sources Cited
Index
