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I just finished this book: WONDERFUL! beautifully written

lindaprocopio — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:32:16 -0400

I just finshed this book, and encourage anyone who has had cancer to read it, especially those who have had 'optimal debulking surgery' or any other big cancer surgeries or hospitalizations because I think this author really hones in on that experience so beautifully. This is a great book for caregivers to help them understand the emotional roller coaster of cancer treatment.

here's quote from it:

"Take a deep breath and invite your solitude in, as close as possible. Nestle into it, take yourself there, and breathe. Find the quiet and settle into it like a seed in the warm dark earth. Honor it for the strength of its darkness, for the hidden space it provides. Have faith in yourself and take shelter there. Trust that spring will come. You can be in the dark for a while. You can look at this, at your possible death. You just about have to, in order to revisit your life. You have yourself, and you are everything you need."
(Carrie Host, 'Between me and the River')

I ordered it.

lindaprocopio — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:22:54 -0400

After that rave review, I had to have it! Got it for less than $7 through Amazon. Thanks for the idea!

Thank you

bluerose — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:42:53 -0400

Thank you for passing along the name of this book, it sounds very interesting indeed. I am a 20 year survivor of non hodgkins lymphoma and can identify, as I'm sure most can on here, who have taken this journey with cancer. I think your idea of med students and doctors reading this kind of book is fabulous as so many times we, as survivors, feel so misunderstood and invalidated. I will pick up a copy of the book, it sounds terrific. Thanks again for bringing it to our attention, you hit on alot of common situations just in that short blurb you wrote here about the book, things we all deal with sooner or later that affect us deeply. Take care. Blessings, Bluerose

Best book I have ever read by a cancer survivor that deals w/ the emotional issues of surviving, coping + recovering from cancer

ramonafez — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:19:03 -0400

I would like to get the word out to the cancer community about an amazing book written by a Carcinoid Cancer survivor called "Between Me and The River" by Carrie Host.

I am an oncology nurse and this is simply the best book about surviving, coping and recovering from cancer that I have ever read.

This book is so beautifully written and so amazingly accurate and insightful. I wept throughout the whole thing. It covers so many of the emotions that my patients have expressed to me over the years, and it is exactly how I know I would feel if I were in the author's shoes. It is outstanding.