What Doesn't Kill You...: The Highs, Lows and Unexpected Gifts of Surviving Cancer

Authors: Haynes, Rachel
Publisher: Watkins Media
BISAC/Subject: BIO026000, HEA039030
ISBN: 9781786784438, Related ISBNs: 178678355X, 1786784432, 9781786783554, 9781786784438
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 256,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Rachel Haynes survived bowel cancer, not once, but twice. There have been many unexpected consequences … this is her story. Exploring the ups and downs of treatment with sensitivity, humour and brutal honesty, Rachel reflects on the psychological impacts of survival not only on herself but on those who have supported her. 

Being diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer while bringing up two growing children, holding down a full time job, going through a break-up and having three days to adjust to a life-changing operation is far from ideal. Add to this a short period of remission, a new relationship, followed by an unexpected relapse and the whole thing starting again, and you know you are going to be in for an interesting read.
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