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Summary: Choices
Review: As a breast cancer survivor featured in the book, I would encourage everyone to read "Not Just One In Eight". When I first heard that I had breast cancer, it literally took my breathe away. I was asked by doctors to make multiple decisions about medical procedures that would affect my life forever. The reason I highly recommend Barbara's book to any person that is going through this emotionally charged time is that the book's stories offer choices that are available to women with breast cancer. I was offered only the traditional procedures. After finding information on alternative treatments which aligned with my own belief system, I felt enormous relief that I could choose what felt best for me. "Not Just One In Eight" is a very timely and important book for people who want insight into the cancer journey. Make an excellent choice and read the book.
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Summary: A unique perspective.
Review: As a physician who specializes in breast disorders of which cancer is obviously the most important one, I can highly recommend this book to families and friends of women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Ms Stevens insight into the emotional issues those of us close to someone with breast cancer experience are enlightening, intelligent and always helpful. We can all learn from this book.
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Summary: Important for all!!
Review: Barbara Stevens takes a candid look at the way breast cancer attacks men and women in many walks of life in this riveting book. Not Just One in Eight is written with heart and compassion and will touch every reader. One cannot help but feel for each of the victims and their families as their lives are laid bare. Truly a must read for everyone.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS FOR EVERYONE!
Review: Everyone knows someone who has/had breast cancer. My best friend went through it 10 years ago, so I thought I knew all about it. Recently, as a 6th friend shared her battle, I realized I knew very little about breast cancer. That's when I picked up a copy of Barbara Stevens' book, "Not Just One in Eight." Today, I purchased my 8th or 9th copy to give to someone who is afraid to get a mammogram. I have given this book to friends with other friends who have breast cancer, mothers of daughters with breast cancer, husbands of women with breast cancer, and my own sister. This book gives everyone who is touched by this disease the most important gift of all: knowledge. And knowledge is the power to fight back. I had information from 6 very emotional sources before I read "Not Just One in Eight". Now I have an arsenal of information from 20 detailed and individual accounts. Both the mystery, and the fear, is gone. I don't have breast cancer, and we have no family history, but I feel confident that I now know how to recognize, meet and defeat this "boogey man" should it ever come calling. Every woman alive today should sleep better after reading these stories and accumulating the combined wisdom Barbara Stevens shares with us. Every man with a mother, sister, wife or daughter would also find valuable knowledge and power by investing the time needed to read this book. This book IS for everyone!
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS FOR EVERYONE!
Review: Everyone knows someone who has/had breast cancer. My best friend went through it 10 years ago, so I thought I knew all about it. Recently, as a 6th friend shared her battle, I realized I knew very little about breast cancer. That's when I picked up a copy of Barbara Stevens' book, "Not Just One in Eight." Today, I purchased my 8th or 9th copy to give to someone who is afraid to get a mammogram. I have given this book to friends with other friends who have breast cancer, mothers of daughters with breast cancer, husbands of women with breast cancer, and my own sister. This book gives everyone who is touched by this disease the most important gift of all: knowledge. And knowledge is the power to fight back. I had information from 6 very emotional sources before I read "Not Just One in Eight". Now I have an arsenal of information from 20 detailed and individual accounts. Both the mystery, and the fear, is gone. I don't have breast cancer, and we have no family history, but I feel confident that I now know how to recognize, meet and defeat this "boogey man" should it ever come calling. Every woman alive today should sleep better after reading these stories and accumulating the combined wisdom Barbara Stevens shares with us. Every man with a mother, sister, wife or daughter would also find valuable knowledge and power by investing the time needed to read this book. This book IS for everyone!
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Summary: Not Just One in Eight
Review: I am a 4th year medical student-Intern in Seattle, WA. I see many breast CA patients and they always present with the understandable anxiety and emotional lability concerning their situation. The patient is bombarded with information in the form of ideas and supposed "cures" from multiple sources. This is why I recommend this book to patients. It helps them sift through all the information and make informed decisions. They are NOT the disease--they just happen to have the disease. This book has all the information my patients need to understand what is going on, including personal stories which they can identify with. It also presents the options available and educates patients on the pro's and con's. But most important it gives them peace of mind, which is critical when dealing with a life threatening disease. It helps them move through the journey more centered and with a focus, which, in my opinion has a significant impact on outcomes.
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Summary: Just "Fine"
Review: I participated as an interviewee for this book. I found it to be a cathartic experience to actually sit down and go through my journey again. It helped me to focus and make more clear my thoughts and feelings about the physical and emotional things that I had to endure and how it affected those close to me. It is absolutely true that everyone involved with a breast cancer patient often goes on the same emotional roller coaster but with not the same intensity because for them it is not really life or death but pretty close. I would suspect that the others who were interviewed also felt a relief to talk to a sympathetic listener. I more fully understood the other women in the book and could really empathize with them. I would recommend the book to those who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer and have been through treatment.
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Summary: Personal journeys in a public forum.
Review: With much talent and compassion, Ms. Stevens has shared her own story with breast cancer, but also the stories of other women and men. Recognizing the impact this type of diagnosis means for the individual, but also the family and friends surrounding them, Ms. Stevens shares each of their stories from their own perspectives. A wonderful book where you can learn from those who have traveled the paths before you.....
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