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Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow: Hope, Humor, and Healing after Treatment

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What a great second book. I own the first one and this is also inspiring to someone who doubts or is at the bottom due to cancer and the aftermath of it. I had the pleasure of meeting most all of the people in the previous (When God and Cancer meet) and this book. I can attest that all the stories are true (part of my story is in here) and hope that whoever reads these books will be inspired by them and see the light of Christ even in the dark times of life. Lynn may God bless you and everyone in this book. Thanks for sticking with it and writing this book.

Looking for a way to help someone who has just finished cancer treatment? Give this book.

Lynn Eib understands the power of telling a good story, and so this book has many of them. There are enough personal anecdotes about her to convince me that she knows what she is talking about. But most of her stories are about some of the others she has helped in her role as patient advocate in a busy oncologist's office.

The stories help to point people away from the discouragements common to many cancer survivors: fearing recurrence, having to face people who insist on their staying "positive", wondering whether life will ever be normal again.

She polishes her stories with inspiring quotes and suggestions that point the reader toward the future. This is a book of hope. I highly recommend it.

I read Lynn Eib's first book, When God and Cancer Meet, and found it to be the most helpful book I've ever read about dealing with cancer. I bought a case of the books and gave them out to my friends and patients who had cancer. I consider the book a "must read" for all patients with cancer.

Lynn's second bood is also excellent. It provides encouraging and helpful information on how to live during the years after receiving the diagnosis of cancer. I especially liked the chapters, "Is God Really Bigger Than Cancer" and "Living Under a Different Shadow".

As a cancer survivor, journalist, and now patient advocate, Lynn writes with skill and insight rarely seen. When patients are first diagnosed with cancer, I suggest they read When God and Cancer Meet. Six months later, as they try to return to normal life, I suggest they read Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow.

I laughed. I cried. I heard from God.

"I don't care how big the cancer was, how small your cure odds are, how little time a doctor says you or your loved one has, I have a message for you: God is bigger than cancer and His light is brighter than cancer's shadow" is what she says in the first chapter. Just reading this sentence helped me with my fear and panic, and reading the book has comforted me so much because everything she addresses in it is so relevant to what I'm going through right now. A very encouraging book, truly inspired by God

This is a great book.It is great to give someone who has finished with their treatments. It deals with the fear of cancer coming back and many other things cancer patients deal with mentally when they have finished treatment. I highly recommend it.

When you are diagnosed with cancer, knowing where to begin to find comfort and strength is a tough challenge. I strongly recommend Lynn's first book, "When God And Cancer Meet" as required reading soon after diagnosis. Then, when treatment ends, you are faced with a different set of challenges and issues - which "Finding The Light In Cancer's Shadow" addresses. Lynn is a wonderful writer who knows just what to say, and how to say it so eloquently. Her personal experiences provide her with first hand experience, her work as a patient advocate provides her with the compassion and knowledge, and her faith allows her to offer insightful verses and scripture to sooth your mind, body and soul. I have been blessed with Lynn's "light" in my life through her writing, in person as a cancer survivor and as a cancer survivor's spouse, and she has helped me through some rough times when I felt no one else would understand. God Bless all who are faced with the challenges cancer presents, and God Bless Lynn Eib for being here to help us by sharing her story, her patients' stories, and God's stories! There is "light" in the life of a cancer survivor and a more meaningful life after cancer!