DebiLyn Smith

I was the ten year old that asked for a typewriter from Santa. It arrived in a toy form, orange plastic with a blurry blue ribbon that made all the letters doubled with shadow, but I wrote little stories on it and pretended I was a journalist for a big newspaper.

I was your typical woman in denial that I could get cancer. I was fifty, fit and staying ahead of the cancer "cooties" by using ground flax seed on my oatmeal in the morning. I was "running" from cancer instead of standing up and fighting it before it could catch up to me. Statistics say that 50% of the people who get cancer could have prevented it. That number made me determined to tell my story to wake people up! HEY! Do YOU want to go down this road? Lose your hair, parts of your body, some days your mind and your dignity? If you knew there were little things you could do to tighten your anti-cancer belt, wouldn't you?
This book is to show people what a cancer patient lives through. It will make you laugh and cry and privy to some unknown facts. It will help a cancer patient going through or coming out. It's for friends that want to know what a loved one is surviving. Or not. Complete with sample recipes, tips and websites to check out. A book for EVERY woman.