Monday, July 19, 2010

Going public with colon cancer story

As a one-year colorectal cancer survivor, I found Colon Cancer Survivor's Handbook, by Curtis Pesmen, riveting and informative. This isn't a subject that is fun to read about but the book is packed with helpful information as well as the very personal story of the author who was diagnosed at age 43 with Stage 3 rectal cancer. Doctors thought he'd already had the cancer for 5 years. He survived to write about it in Esquire and later publish the book which is now in its second printing. I recommend it to anyone who has been diagnosed with colon cancer and also to their family and friends. There are some good tips on what to say and what not to say to the patient!

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