I'm Not Lance!: A Cancer Experience and Survival Guide for Mere Mortals [Paperback]

Scott P. Alcott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2009

I'm Not Lance! is for cancer patients and their supporters. It takes you on a tour of the physical, practical, social, and psychological challenges that face cancer patients. It's an experience and survival guide for regular people.

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"I'm Not Lance! hooks me from the opening line and keeps me turning pages until I finish the final chapter and close the book with a satisfied smile on my face."--OncoLink, The Web's First Cancer Resource

From the Author

All proceeds from sales of I'm Not Lance! are donated to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative. I am a 5-year survivor of a rare sarcoma and found a great deal of help and support from the organization and people behind the Liddy Shriver Initiative. I'm pleased to be doing something useful with an otherwise difficult cancer experience; it's been very rewarding that this book touches and helps many patients and their supporters.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (November 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449986323
• ISBN-13: 978-1449986322
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #541,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT book for those battling cancer and their loved ones, January 4, 2010

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Norma Brown (Carson, va USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is for anyone touched by cancer (patient or loved one). My son is a bone cancer survivor, and this book expressed my fears as well. Although this book was years late for me (I had to find my way without the insight from this book), it would have provided me a perspective of what my son (age 21 when diagnosed) was going through. As a mother of a child facing cancer, treatment, hospitalization every two weeks for 3-5 days at a time, plus hospitalization for infections, not to mention the fear or stopping his life for an extended period of time, the pain, the mental anguish, etc. etc., all of this for almost a year, it took a toll on everyone. This book is for everyday people faced with this all-too-common disease. It is an excellent 'first' book if you or a loved one is recently diagnosed, as it provides much needed perspective, and advice on what to do (keeping a log of treatment, how to relate with specialists and nurses, etc.). I hope you do not need to read this. But if you do, it is a tool you could use from day-one. You might also want to know that the author (Scott Alcott) is donating all proceeds to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, which improves the quality of life for people dealing with sarcoma, and provides funds for research. What more can you ask for? Yes, a cure, of course. But until then, read this book. Thank you, author Scott Alcott, for helping so many people in so many ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANK YOU.........., February 24, 2010

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R. Szigety "RjS" (Ridgewood, NJ, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Not Lance!: A Cancer Experience and Survival Guide for Mere Mortals (Paperback)

Scott,
Thank you for sharing your battle.
As a father of a 15 year old who is in remission since his stem cell transplant
back in 2006 ( this after an initial round of several months of chemo and radiation),
your book provides keen insight in what it takes to develop each individual's Cancer Inc.
Your recommendations are right on; keeping records, not being afraid to question your doctor,
making sure you are comfortable with your medical team and making sure that you are an integral part of that team are terrific pieces of advice for anyone that will battle this disease. I am 110% certain that anyone who will read your story will come away in a much better position to take on their fight.

Also thank you for sharing your fears, feelings and personal thoughts. Congratulations to you;
Congratulations to your family and I wish you all the very best in the days ahead.

You may not be Lance; but I would not want to face you in a bike race; you make for a very strong and worthy opponent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and articulate, January 4, 2010

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Keith Johnson (Winter Park, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I had the privilege of hearing Lance Armstrong speak a couple of years ago and his presentation opened with, "I'm not even going to ask this audience to raise their hands if they know someone who has Cancer. I know everyone knows someone who is affected by this disease".
From the perspective of supporting a family member going through the Cancer battle, this book provides invaluable insight as to what the patient is experiencing as well as important guidance to the caregiver's role. Anyone going through the journey or supporting the patient, should read this book and realize the role of "advocate" as a necessary role. Scott maps the course for you in a generalized way, not only specific to his own experience. This is very clear, uncomplicated and witty. This is a must read as we all know someone contending with this disease.