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The
Clarity that Comes With Cancer and Age
 Carol Ann Cole offers her
incredible
journey of the path she has walked from ages sixteen to sixty. She
writes of
the clarity that comes with age and, in her case, a recurrence of
breast cancer
sixteen years after her initial diagnosis. In 1992 Carol Ann and her
mother
both battled cancer at the same time. In 2008, Carol Ann continued to
learn
from her mother as she faced this killer disease without her mother by
her
side.
In intimate and sometimes
heartbreaking
detail, Carol Ann provides insight into a woman’s emotions and
fears following
a routine mammogram and ultimately a clean bill of health. Not taking
herself
too seriously, she shares the lighter side of her breast cancer
recurrence and
finds a way to lift your heart as you read her story. You will never
view a
mammography machine or an operating room the same way again.
The author speaks of her Comfort Heart
Initiative fundraiser that is alive and well many years after being launched
in 1996. There are now over 228,000 Comfort Hearts in the hands of people in
Canada and around the world, and some of their stories are collected here. Carol
Ann also includes stories from others who have opened their hearts to share
their challenges of retirement, cancer and mental illness. The author writes
of her own battle with depression and how she reached out for help.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
includes Carol Ann’s passion for family, honesty, helping others,
the bond of
friendship, battling and beating cancer one more time and much more. If
you are
looking for that special book that will give you hope and courage, this
is the
book for you.
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