Survivor: Taking Control of Your Fight Against Cancer

Shortly after her thirty-seventh birthday, Wall Street Journal reporter and editor Laura Landro was told that she had chronic myelogenous leukemia. Survivor is the remarkable account of her battle against this devastating, potentially fatal cancer-- and her successful struggle to take control of her own case. <P>At first almost paralyzed with fear when diagnosed with this form of blood cancer, Laura Landro resolved to use her journalistic training to seek out the treatment that would give her the best shot at surviving. Noting that most Americans spend more time researching what kind of car to buy than they do their health care, she shows how and why all patients can-- and must-- arm themselves with the facts, learn to understand medical jargon, get doctors to answer all their questions in laymans terms, weigh conflicting medical opinions, and make the difficult choice among the options open to them. <P>Survivor is a moving, deeply personal account of a life-and-death experience. In it, Laura Landro tells of a fight to live that brought her to the brink of death-- and to a despair that at times made her wonder if the struggle was

Author: Laura Landro

Language: English

Edition: 1St Edition

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 240

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 1998-10-02