Title: Living in the Lightning: A Cancer Journal- Author: Natalie Robins
- List Price: $15.00
- Paperback: 103 pages
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press (May 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0813526655
- ISBN-13: 978-0813526652
- Book Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
From the Back Cover
"November 27, 1995: Late this afternoon I was diagnosed with cancer. I learned that I had a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma called 'malt,' for mucous-associated lymphoid tissue.' My oncologist, J. Gregory Mears, M.D., said that mine 'was not a bad story,' because my tumors were 'indolent,' slow-growing. Not a bad story? Doesn't just about everyone know that non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma is incurable? I have incurable cancer." So begins Natalie Robin's journal, first serialized in Self magazine, now compiled and expanded in Living in the Lightning. Robins writes frankly, with grace and realism, of her personal journey of learning to live with cancer. Her candid observations, reactions, and emotions throughout her diagnosis and treatment hit home, as she asks questions all of us might when faced with such appalling news:
About the Author
Natalie Robins is the author of eight books. Her book Savage Grace was named the best true crime book of 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America, and her groundbreaking study Alien Ink won the 1992 First Amendment Award. She is also the author of The Girl Who Died Twice: The Libby Zion Case and the Hidden Hazards of Hospitals.
"November 27, 1995: Late this afternoon I was diagnosed with cancer. I learned that I had a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma called 'malt,' for mucous-associated lymphoid tissue.' My oncologist, J. Gregory Mears, M.D., said that mine 'was not a bad story,' because my tumors were 'indolent,' slow-growing. Not a bad story? Doesn't just about everyone know that non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma is incurable? I have incurable cancer." So begins Natalie Robin's journal, first serialized in Self magazine, now compiled and expanded in Living in the Lightning. Robins writes frankly, with grace and realism, of her personal journey of learning to live with cancer. Her candid observations, reactions, and emotions throughout her diagnosis and treatment hit home, as she asks questions all of us might when faced with such appalling news:
- How should I tell my mother?
- Will my husband remarry after I die?
- What should I wear to chemotherapy?
- What would happen if I jumped off the table during radiation treatment?
- Can I ever forget I have cancer?
About the Author
Natalie Robins is the author of eight books. Her book Savage Grace was named the best true crime book of 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America, and her groundbreaking study Alien Ink won the 1992 First Amendment Award. She is also the author of The Girl Who Died Twice: The Libby Zion Case and the Hidden Hazards of Hospitals.