Its Not All Peaches And Roses

Life as an unhealthy person is not all peaches and roses.... Wednesday I wroteabout Claire the amazing woman with CF who is full of energy and fun and talks about things we don ' t want to talk about - like dying. Anyway, she says she wants to wrote a book but not one about a ' happy sick person ' . There are a lot of books out there about ' happy sick ' people but reading them doesn ' t necessarily make you feel happy for them.Honestly who can put a perky spin on being sick? One of the many downsides of life with chronic illnesses is that a little thing becomes a big thing. You have no idea.Anyway, the world is papered with books about being cheerful, finding yourself, eating better, or walking/riding/hiking thousands of miles or something unimaginable to me.After my first cancer diagnosis, I picked up your basic paperback fiction romance novel and found out it was about a woman who had some sort of heart defect and how she lived with it. I was not ready to read it and threw it across the room. Eventually a few years later I finished it and like it.Later, after breast cancer I was older and more adventuresome in my reading. I read and liked ' Crazy Sexy Cancer ' by Kris Carr. (I highly recommend thatbook andwebsite and movie - hint, it ' s all about attitude). What I did like was the fact that her life was not all peaches and roses when she was diagnosed. She showed us how to cope and accept and develop the cancer attitude for making life good again - I mean w...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments books coping Source Type: blogs