Dancing with the Enemy: Letting the Good Outweigh the Bad

Meg Brown

ISBN 10: 0981852513 / ISBN 13: 9780981852515

Editore: Motivated Proformance Inc., 2008

Codice articolo 0981852513-3-35638755

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Dancing with the Enemy is an authentic memoir of four years in the life of a young woman. Shortly after completing her eligibility as a University of Texas Longhorn basketball player, Meg recorded her date with cancer in a funny, poignant, emotionally honest journal record. In this book, she adds to that record the lessons she learned as she endured a year of treatment culminating in a peripheral stem cell (bone marrow) transplant in 2002. Following two years of recovery from that procedure, Meg is now back to a life in full swing.

Informazioni sull?autore: Meg Brown author, cancer survivor, and celebrated speaker tells her passionate, remarkable, and spellbinding story of how she overcame a life and-death battle with cancer turning devastation and adversity into an uplifting, life-transforming experience with dignity and grace. She reveals the secrets of her survival from a nearly fatal bout with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.Beginning in February 2002, Meg endured over 100 days in hospitals undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. In November 2002, she had a peripheral blood stem cell transplant one of the toughest medical procedures to withstand. Then in May 2003, this articulate and charming young woman began to share her emotional message, what it taught her, and how being a cancer survivor is part of the woman she is now. With her honest and sincere approach, Meg reports her compelling anecdotes of courage and perseverance to thousands of people. Her audiences learn her secrets and valuable skills that helped her survive and thrive in the midst of hardship; and she challenges them to examine their own lives for those skills. Meg has been invited to speak and graciously has told her story of hope and triumph at many venues across the country, including events benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and The American Cancer Society.Noted for her enthusiasm and humor, she is an exceptional role model to countless people. In her talks, Meg holds her audience both old and young in the palm of her hand. Bring this captivating, moving speaker to inspire your group. Call on Meg!

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Titolo: Dancing with the Enemy: Letting the Good ...
Casa editrice: Motivated Proformance Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 2008
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good
Edizione: seconda edizione