Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day [Paperback]

Yvonne Ortega (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2007

Cancer touches nearly everyone, whether firsthand or through the life of a loved one. Counselor and teacher Yvonne Ortega discovered this when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and began her journey to recovery. In Hope for the Journey through Cancer, she shares with readers her personal triumphs and setbacks with humor and refreshing candor, always reminding us of God's desire to meet us exactly where we are. These sixty devotions are divided into sections--diagnosis, surgery, treatment, and recovery--each incorporating Scripture into daily life. Ortega's attention to even the most basic hopes and fears that a cancer patient faces each day offers encouragement that can come only from one who has been there herself.

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From the Back Cover

Cancer isn't the last word. Hope is. When you've been diagnosed with cancer and you're in the midst of hospital visits and treatments, you may wonder, Where is God? Where is his love and mercy? Yvonne Ortega knows how you feel--she's a cancer survivor herself. Through sixty inspirational readings, she walks alongside you with encouragement and compassion gleaned from God's Word. There will be triumphs and setbacks in this journey from diagnosis to recovery. But Ortega reminds us that even when it looks like we are alone, God is there every step of the way. "A wonderfully honest and uplifting book. Those who walk through the valley of the shadow of cancer no longer have to travel alone."--Donna Partow, author, Becoming the Woman I Want to Be "Yvonne Ortega's honesty will create a bond with readers and encourage them to face their own pain and fear armed with the 'Hope Builders' from God's Word that sustained her."--Marlene Bagnull, author, My Turn to Care "Boldly honest, marvelously comforting, and desperately needed. Yvonne Ortega clearly and unashamedly brings the struggles and, yes, the joys of surviving cancer to light."--Louise Bergmann DuMont, author, Faith-Dipped Chocolate "This book can help women as they go through their experience with cancer, but it's equally helpful for families and caregivers."--Cecil Murphey, coauthor, 90 Minutes in Heaven Yvonne Ortega is a certified domestic violence and abuse counselor and a five-year cancer survivor. She lives in Virginia.

About the Author

Yvonne Ortega is a certified domestic violence and abuse counselor and a member of the Virginia Board of Counseling. She is also a five-year cancer survivor. Ortega lives in Yorktown, Virginia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Revell; 1 edition (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800731867
• ISBN-13: 978-0800731861
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A BOOK FOR EVERYONE, June 25, 2007

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Darlene Franklin "Writing at the Crossroads o... (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day (Paperback)

Author Yvonne Ortega received the word that no one wants to hear: she had breast cancer. As her plans went on hold and her life took daily trips into pain, fear, and doubt, she discovered the healing power of hope.



Hope for the Journey through Cancer offers two months of short devotionals, with Yvonne's honest assessment of her experiences, related Scripture passages and prayers. The devotionals are bite-sized but full of power, easy to read even on the days when a cancer patient feels the worst.



Although Hope speaks specifically to cancer, it also ministers to anyone whose life has taken unexpected turns. Facing fear, making decisions, accepting help, overcoming obstacles--all of these themes are part of the universal human experience.



Buy Hope for the Journey through Cancer for everyone you know who has been diagnosed with cancer. Buy it for yourself. God will use Ms. Ortega's book to speak to you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Marked Almost Every Page, June 9, 2007

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Emily Walls Ray (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day (Paperback)

As I read Yvonne Ortega's 157-page book, Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day I began marking pages I might want to share with friends suffering diverse kinds of pain. After I read the book in one sitting, I saw I had marked almost every page. Ortega has produced what she longed for herself upon learning of her diagnosis of cancer--"a book that would address all those (gamut of) feelings within a context of Scripture and prayer" (38). Throughout Ortega's frank and alternating confessions of fear and hope, I realized she was helping me work through a non-life-threatening pain; a cherished young friend's unwanted divorce. I began substituting the word "pain" for "cancer" and knew why Ortega's message touched me so; we need hope through every journey of pain. We need the kind of hope only God through messengers like Ortega can give. God will bless many people--cancer patients, families, friends, and all strugglers through Ortega's powerful little book. Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day will be a popular Bible study, book group, and support group choice, easing the journey for all who disciver it. Of particular interest will be her practical "Hope Builder" passages.--Emily Walls Ray

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From another cancer survivor..., June 26, 2009

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Kathi Macias (Homeland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hope for the Journey through Cancer: Inspiration for Each Day (Paperback)

Oh, how I wish I'd had this excellent book forty years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer! A young wife and mother, pregnant with my second child, I was devastated and terrified of what the cancer diagnosis meant to me and my family. Thank God for Yvonne Ortega, who has written this book with such humility and candor, offering hope to those who so desperately need it. An excellent resource!