From This Moment On : A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer [Paperback]

Arlene Cotter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: C D G Books Canada, Incorporated (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771576404
• ISBN-13: 978-0771576409
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,686,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful "little" book Arlene Cotter has written!, October 12, 1999

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Sarah Godfrey - See all my reviews

This review is from: From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer (Hardcover)

Arlene, wherever you are - you have written a wonderful book for cancer patients and survivors! Upbeat, pithy, quirky and right on, this collection will make you laugh and muster the strength to deal with whatever is on your plate. Inspiring and funny -- heartily recommended by our staff of clinical oncology social workers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book first if you've been diagnosed with cancer, December 28, 1999

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Becky Kinnander (Iowa, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer (Hardcover)

This book has changed my life. I received my diagnosis less than a week ago and yesterday, while I was in the library looking for reading material for after surgery, this book leapt out of the shelves to me. It's simple and comprehensive, and easy to read. It's just what you need to begin recovering from the shock of your diagnosis. More importantly, it gives you HOPE. My husband will read it next because he needs to understand what is in this book that will become my constant companion in the months to come.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I was cocky! Then I remembered.............., February 8, 2000

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Frank Cunat - See all my reviews

This review is from: From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer (Hardcover)

I was diagnosed with cancer less than a year ago and just read Arlene Cotter's book recently. At first I wondered how useful it could be, given that many of the book's affirmations have probably already occurred to many cancer patients. Then I remembered how I felt shortly after being diagnosed and realized how useful it would have been to have a book like this, filled with nonjudgemental expressions of support for the choices a cancer patient makes in living his or her own life.

For that reason, I think From This Moment On may be most useful to those who are newly diagnosed. Also, I think it would be very valuable for friends and family members of cancer patients, who often feel more helpless than the patient and could use a "window" into a cancer patient's feelings.

But I think the real affirmation has nothing to do with what's between the book's covers. Arlene Cotter was diagnosed with cancer; she then had the idea for this book, created it, and published it. That may be the ultimate inspiration here.