The Astrocytoma Diaries

Author : Ken Mooney
Publisher : Brave Gods Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781386300151

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The Astrocytoma Diaries by Ken Mooney Pdf

23rd May 2014. The day I was diagnosed with a brain tumour. I faced diagnosis. I faced surgery (awake!) I faced radiotherapy. I faced chemotherapy. I got my treatment and I'm still here. During treatment, I tried to keep a diary, a place to share my hopes and frustrations. It was also a place to discover a lot about myself, where humour and movies and music made the experience all the more bearable. This is not something anyone should ever have to go through. But this is how I came this far and tried to kick its ass. Some of the proceeds for this book will go to charities and services that helped me through this war, and the international charities that encourage other people to keep up the good fight: Beaumont Hospital Foundation, The Friends Of St. Luke's, The Irish Cancer Society, FCancer & Stand Up To Cancer.

Author : Ken Mooney
Publisher : Breakwater Harbor Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781393623892

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The Hades Contract by Ken Mooney Pdf

Ken Mooney brings the demons and the Greek gods back to our world in the exciting sequel to Godhead. Olympus has been restored, and demons ravage the world once more. Aphrodite, ally to the demons for so long, has eaten of the sacred tree, her full powers restored; Hannah Noakes, daughter of Hera, claimed her birthright with a bloody murder that may be the loss of her soul. And Unity Vaughan has risen from the dead with the power to defeat a goddess. To a dead god-king, they are all part of a bigger plan, a plan that is older than the city, older even than the gods. Deep beneath Olympus, bound by the crystal roots of an impossible tree, the Father of Demons stirs.

Author : Ken Mooney
Publisher : Brave Gods Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798201915087

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Apocalypse...Whenever by Ken Mooney Pdf

The end is nigh! But just how nigh? And who on earth uses that word anyway? Apocalypse…Whenever looks at just some of the ways our world and our lives might come to an end, all from the safe space of knowing it just hasn't happened…yet. Ken Mooney travels from the dinosaurs of the distant past to the future of an exploding sun, visiting AIDS to zombies, with some stops for whacky weather, divine destruction and villainous viruses. Not to mention the horrible humans determined to destroy us all. Be scared. Be amused. And be prepared!

Author : Jeff Henigson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525647904

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Warhead by Jeff Henigson Pdf

An often hilarious and always relevant memoir about one teen boy's battle with brain cancer and his Starlight Children's Foundation wish: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia and plead for nuclear disarmament and world peace. It's 1986, and Jeff is an average fifteen-year-old: he thinks a lot about dating, he bounces around with his friends, and he's trying his hardest to get a car. Conversely, the world around him feels crazy: the United States and the Soviet Union are at glaring odds, with their leaders in a standoff, and that awful word, "nuclear," is on everyone's mind. Then, boom--Jeff learns that he has brain cancer and it's likely terminal. Well, that puts a damper on his summer plans and romantic prospects, doesn't it? Jeff's family rallies around him, but they are fiercely complicated--especially Jeff's father, a man who can't say "I love you" even during the worst of Jeff's treatment. So when the Starlight Children's Foundation offers to grant Jeff a wish, he makes one certain to earn his father's respect: he asks to travel to Moscow and meet with Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss nuclear disarmament and ending the Cold War. Nothing like achieving world peace to impress a distant father, right? Jeff has always been one to aim high. Jeff's story is dark, but it's also funny, romantic, and surprising. As his life swings from incredibly ordinary to absolutely incredible, he grapples with the big questions of mortality, war, love, hope, and miracles. "A sweet but unsentimental account of a truly fascinating nuclear childhood. Henigson had me at 'Gorbachev.'" --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Little Failure and Lake Success "It's a tale well-told--always gripping, often heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting." --Booklist

Author : Cameron Fulljames
Publisher : Janus Publishing Company Lim
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781857565782

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On a Wing and a Prayer by Cameron Fulljames Pdf

In stark, personal detail, Cameron Fulljames tells the story of his diagnosis of, fight against, and victory over cancer. Assembled from his diaries and written throughout the experience, this book documents the career he had to put on hold and the challenge he and his doctors had before them: a tumor that covered nearly one-fourth of his brain. Faced with the nightmares that accompany a brain tumor—seizures, paralysis, memory loss, deterioration, and death—Fulljames gathers his strength and chooses hope. He faces depression, despair, and overwhelming odds as he goes through treatment, and finds little in reference material to assuage his confusion and helplessness. Fulljames’ story is inspiring for cancer patients and survivors, their families, and others who believe in the power of sheer will to overcome a seemingly certain death.

Author : H. L. Bailey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 9780595317639

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Sam's Diary by H. L. Bailey Pdf

Author : Kevin Brooks
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781541577602

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The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks Pdf

I can't believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The elevator is the only way in or out. What's he going to do to me? What am I going to do? People are really quite simple, and they have simple needs. Food, water, light, space, privacy. Maybe a small measure of dignity. A bit of freedom. What happens when someone simply takes all that away?

Author : Ingela Oberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319767475

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Management of Adult Glioma in Nursing Practice by Ingela Oberg Pdf

This contributed book focuses on the nursing care and considerations for the most common type of malignant brain tumours – gliomas, out of the 150 different types of brain tumours . The reader will gain specialist knowledge in understanding the disease trajectory of malignant gliomas and gain a deeper understanding of the presenting symptoms and varying treatment options of this highly malignant tumour. High grade malignant gliomas impact significantly on prognosis, with an average life expectancy of 18-24 months from diagnosis, given maximum treatment options including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This book takes you through all current treatment options with their associated risks and intended benefits. Brain tumours affect not just the patient, but their family and carers too and this important aspect of holistic nursing care is not to be overlooked. This book encompasses first hand experiences of both a brain tumour patient living with a glioma and aspects from a carer. The structure of this book follows a typical patient pathway from presenting signs / symptoms through to MDT (multidisciplinary team) discussions to surgical techniques and radiological investigations, right through to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and palliative care including end of life care. It provides a distinct overview of the holistic needs spectrum encompassing the entire patient journey and equips the reader with learning objectives set at every chapter. Although this book is primarily aimed at Nurses working at ward level within neuro-oncology, this book is also intended to benefit professionals new to the field of specialist nursing – in particular those working with adult brain tumours and neuro-oncology.

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Childhood Cancers and Disability
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309683491

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Childhood Cancer and Functional Impacts Across the Care Continuum by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Childhood Cancers and Disability Pdf

Since the late 1960s, the survival rate in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer has steadily improved, with a corresponding decline in the cancer-specific death rate. Although the improvements in survival are encouraging, they have come at the cost of acute, chronic, and late adverse effects precipitated by the toxicities associated with the individual or combined use of different types of treatment (e.g., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy). In some cases, the impairments resulting from cancer and its treatment are severe enough to qualify a child for U.S. Social Security Administration disability benefits. At the request of Social Security Administration, Childhood Cancer and Functional Impacts Across the Care Continuum provides current information and findings and conclusions regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of selected childhood cancers, including different types of malignant solid tumors, and the effect of those cancers on childrenâ (TM)s health and functional capacity, including the relative levels of functional limitation typically associated with the cancers and their treatment. This report also provides a summary of selected treatments currently being studied in clinical trials and identifies any limitations on the availability of these treatments, such as whether treatments are available only in certain geographic areas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080553575

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Stories of Success by Anonim Pdf

This book is the latest volume in the highly successful series Comprehensive Biochemistry. It provides a historical and autobiographical perspective of the developments in the field through the contributions of leading individuals who reflect on their careers and their impact on biochemistry. Volume 45 is essential reading for everyone from graduate student to professor, placing in context major advances not only in biochemical terms but in relation to historical and social developments. Readers will be delighted by the lively style and the insight into the lives and careers of leading scientists of their time. * Contributors are distinguished scientists in the field * Unique series of personal recollections * Presents scientific research in a historical perspective

Author : Christina Costa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736643428

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Kiss Your Brain by Christina Costa Pdf

Author : Miriam Kalamian
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : COOKING
ISBN : 9781603587013

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Keto for Cancer by Miriam Kalamian Pdf

A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Practitioners Although evidence supporting the benefits of ketogenic diet therapies continues to mount, there is little to guide those who wish to adopt this diet as a metabolic therapy for cancer. Keto for Cancer fills this need. Inspired by the work of Dr. Thomas N. Seyfried, PhD, nutritionist Miriam Kalamian has written the first book to lay out comprehensive guidelines that specifically address the many challenges associated with cancer, and particularly the deep nutritional overhaul involved with the ketogenic diet. Kalamian, a leading voice in the keto movement, is driven by passion from her own experience in using the ketogenic diet for her young son. Her book addresses the nuts and bolts of adopting the diet, from deciding whether keto is the right choice to developing a personal plan for smoothly navigating the keto lifestyle. It is invaluable for both beginners and seasoned users of the ketogenic diet, as well as for health-care professionals who need a toolkit to implement this targeted metabolic therapy. The book guides readers to a deeper understanding of the therapeutic potential of the ketogenic diet--which extends well beyond simply starving cancer--emphasizing the powerful impact the diet has on the metabolism of cancer cells. Nutritional nuances are explored in sections such as "Fasting Protocols" and "Know What's in the Foods You Eat" while meal templates and tracking tools are provided in "Preparing Keto Meals." Kalamian also discusses important issues such as self-advocacy. Readers of Keto for Cancer are empowered to "get off the bench and get in the game." To that end, Kalamian offers tips on how to critically examine cancer-care options then incorporate what resonates into a truly personalized treatment plan.

Author : Jürgen Gehring
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783759780683

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My way through life by Jürgen Gehring Pdf

The autor grew up as a child of war in a little town in Vogtland, the southern part of Saxony. His father, a Luftwaffe officer, was killed in an airbattle against American bombers and fighterplanes, experienced the retreat of the defeated German Army and the occupation by American and Soviet troops, the tranformation of the East German soviet zone to a socialist country with a kommunist school system. He was a member of the kommunist youth organisation but later joined the christian youth community, witnessed the uprise of East German people on June 1953, he fled to West Germany with his mother to a completely foreign world, wih a western school system. After graduation from College he studied medicine in Munich, Vienna and passed the Medical State Examination in Heidelberg After passing the ECFMG he got married to Franziska and started internship and residency in New Jersey and Philadelphia PA for two and a half years. After returning to Munich he continued his medical education as intern and resident in internal Medicine and cardiology.

Author : Eric Nofzinger,Pierre Maquet,Michael J. Thorpy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107018631

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Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Disorders by Eric Nofzinger,Pierre Maquet,Michael J. Thorpy Pdf

An up-to-date, superbly illustrated practical guide to the effective use of neuroimaging in the patient with sleep disorders. The only book to date to provide comprehensive coverage of this topic. A must for all healthcare workers interested in understanding the causes, consequences and treatment of sleep disorders.

Author : Carol Mattson Porth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1608312984

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Porth by Carol Mattson Porth Pdf