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Summary: Wish this book was available 23 years ago!
Review: I have been a survivor of ALL Leukemia for 23 years now, and really wish there were books like this then. But now is when all these books are coming out, I am trying to find a book or information on how long term survivors can cope with the long term issues we face.
Topics like planning for college, buying a home, saving for retirement. These are issues my mother addressed with me, and now it is too late to start addressing these issues for me. For others it is not to late. We are surviving longer, and this is a new arena for the doctors and social workers need to address.
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Summary: A wonderful reference.
Review: I have referred to this many times throughout my daughter's long treatment. The information in it is easy to read and comprehend which I think is important because it is often hard to understand all of the information that is thrown at you after your child has been diagnosed with cancer. I didn't need to buy any other books for more information because this one had all that I needed. I am so thankful that we received this book from Candlelighters when my daughter was diagnosed 2 years ago. It is pretty dog-eared and rumpled now! Since my daughter is almost done with treatment I am going to buy Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future also by Nancy Keene to help guide us through the future.
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Summary: Childhood Leukemia A guide for Families, Friends and Caregiv
Review: I received an enormous amount of information from the hospital, clinic and family. This book whom I received from a family member was the easiest to read and understand. It explained things in terms that made sense. We are not yet through our termoil yet and I will continue to use this book as a guide and a comfort.
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Summary: A Lifesaver ffor a parent with a child with leukemia
Review: I refer to the information in this book almost daily!I think it is a must have for ALL parents of children with leukemia. It is priceless!!!!
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Summary: You Need This Book
Review: I wish I had this book when my two year old son was diagnosed
with ALL. Even though we received information from the doctors
and health care staff, it was nice to see it validated in a book
that you could go back to and refer to later. The book also
helped in allowing the family to ask the right questions once the
shock of the diagnoses wore off. If you or someone you know is
dealing with childhood leukemia get his book now!
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Summary: The most useful book I have ever bought.
Review: In 1993, my son Brian was dx with ALL. He went throught treatment until Dec. 1996. In 1997 he relapsed. Since then, I have joined an online support group and had many questions. Nancy's book was recommended to me. This book has explainations on what leukemia is, how the blood works in the body, and things to expect from your child as a cancer patient. It is a book that is written in a style that is very understandable, especially to the newly diagnosed parents. You don't have to be a doctor to be able to understand the information.
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Summary: Most informative book I have read regarding Leukemia.
Review: My family and I have been trying to cope with our 4 year olds diagnosis with Leukemia. This book describes from the diagnosis to the outcome and everything in between. I have shared this book with my whole family and even my daycare provider. I would recommend this to any family who has come in contact with this deadly but curable disease.
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Summary: "Childhood Leukemia" - best practical guide for parents
Review: Nancy Keene's book, "Childhood Leukemia", is the best book in print for parents and other caregivers who have a child facing the arduous but very successful treatment for a once incurable disease. "Childhood Leukemia" bridges the gap between the hoodoo of inspirational books and the voodoo of medical texts. Using her background in biology, Nancy dispels the terror that the word cancer engenders - a terror that needn't be, now that over 85 percent of children with leukemia are cured -- by describing medical terms and procedures in lay terms, and offering practical methods for coping with pain, boredom, depression and uncertainty, as well as childhood development after cancer. This book is organized so that one can read and assimilate only what's meaningful and absorbable at a given stage, yet its comprehensive scope insures that this will be the book you check first to find the answers you need. Nancy pays special attention to the emotional aspects of coping with childhood cancer, merging many first-person accounts from parents who have found unique ways to handle each obstacle that has arisen. Indeed, this book would serve well as a reference for anyone coping with any childhood cancer.
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Summary: "Childhood Leukemia" - best practical guide for parents
Review: Nancy Keene's book, "Childhood Leukemia", is the best book in print for parents and other caregivers who have a child facing the arduous but very successful treatment for a once incurable disease. "Childhood Leukemia" bridges the gap between the hoodoo of inspirational books and the voodoo of medical texts. Using her background in biology, Nancy dispels the terror that the word cancer engenders - a terror that needn't be, now that over 85 percent of children with leukemia are cured -- by describing medical terms and procedures in lay terms, and offering practical methods for coping with pain, boredom, depression and uncertainty, as well as childhood development after cancer. This book is organized so that one can read and assimilate only what's meaningful and absorbable at a given stage, yet its comprehensive scope insures that this will be the book you check first to find the answers you need. Nancy pays special attention to the emotional aspects of coping with childhood cancer, merging many first-person accounts from parents who have found unique ways to handle each obstacle that has arisen. Indeed, this book would serve well as a reference for anyone coping with any childhood cancer.
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Summary: It wasn't what I was looking for
Review: This book may be useful, especially to friends or grandparents who want to better understand what it means to have a child diagnosed with leukemia, but it is not the definitive guide that the other rewiews led me to believe. When my child was first diagnosed I wanted to learn everything I could. The other reviews led me to believe that this would be a good resource. However, there is very little scientific information and I found the personal accounts to be very anecdotal and for the most part not to apply to our experience. One area that I was particularly interested in finding out more about was the long term side-affects of the drugs commonly used in chemotherapy such as learning disabilities and heart damage and this book didn't touch those issues in very much depth. Also, the section which discussed dealing with the death of a child was not the best thing for me to read when my daughter was newly diagnosed. It is my opinion that something like that cannot be addressed with in a relatively short chapter and would be best dealt with in its own book. All that said, I gave this book 3 stars because I do think many people would find emotional support reading about other people's experience dealing with childhood leukemia. It just wasn't the book that I was looking for.
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