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From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer (vuoden 2010 painos)

Tekijä: Jackie Fox

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"When Jackie Fox was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, her doctor explained that DCIS is very early state--so early it's classified as stage O. That was the good news. The bad news is it can become life-threatening if not treated, and treatment is the same as for more aggressive cancers. When Fox's oncologist tried to reassure her by saying it's not 'real' cancer, she said, 'It's close enough. Somebody sign me up for the fake mastectomy.' 'From Zero to Mastectomy' grew from a series of essays Fox wrote for the Omaha World-Herald about her experience..."--P. [4] of cover.… (lisätietoja)
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Teoksen nimi:From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer
Kirjailijat:Jackie Fox
Info:Honyocker Press (2010), Paperback, 132 pages
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From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer (tekijä: Jackie Fox)

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This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways.
I received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book from the author and thank her for her generosity in sharing this book with me.

I didn't read this as a guide for dealing with breast cancer, I read it as a memoir. As a memoir (or even as a guidebook to those newly diagnosed), it's a very powerful book because Jackie Fox's authorial voice is strong and her writing is engaging. It doesn't sound quite right to say, "I enjoyed the book," given the subject matter, but yes, I really enjoyed reading it. It's very short (my uncorrected proof copy is 117 pages) and so well-written that I tore through the book in no time, but after finishing it, I felt as if I had just walked a year or so in the author's shoes.

As Fox explains, many of the chapters in this book are based on non-fiction essays she wrote about her experience, essays that were published in the Omaha World-Herald; by compiling them and extending them, she wrote this book to de-mystify some of the language, procedures, and experiences of being diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer and treating it. Like Fox, I didn't know that there was such a thing as "stage zero breast cancer" -- explaining what this means is one of the ways Fox translates the "language" of breast cancer into everyday language.

Her writing is full of compassion and patience for the readers but also for her past self who stumbled through this journey, blind-sided and tangled in a mess of emotions. I especially appreciated her dry sense of humor because it left me such a strong impression of who Jackie Fox is -- I liked that quirky sense of humor with all the pop-culture references!

By the time I finished the book, I felt like I had just met someone at a party who had just told me about this significant experience in her life, and I was glad to have met her.

~bint ( )
  bintarab | Oct 19, 2019 |
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This is a very readable and useful book. Jackie Fox chronicles her recovery from a Stage 0 cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ. As her prognosis and treatment evolve, she faces many decisions. How she arrived at her decisions, and which ones she regretted, provide a very useful guide to anyone in a similar situation. Not a technical guide for the patient, this book deals exceedingly well with the social aspects of her diagnosis and treatment. How she dealt with doctors, work, family, and her own fears are well-chronicled. This book is useful and inspirational for all cancer patients. ( )
  WaltNoise | Nov 27, 2010 |
When I found an e-mail in my in-box asking me if I would be interested in reviewing this book, my first instinct was to say no. I mean, I like to bury my head in the sand whenever possible so reading a book about one woman's experience hearing the diagnosis of breast cancer and then undergoing treatment went against every molecule of my being. So I did what every self-respecting fan of denial does, I was wishy-washy in my response, punting the decision whether she wanted to send me the book back onto the author. Decisive, that's me. But Ms. Fox didn't give up and the book landed in my mailbox. I placed it on a shelf and eyed it warily for rather a long time. I've finally read it and while I am still hopeful that I can ignore the statistics about breast cancer and women, I am starting to be touched by these terrible numbers in ways I would never wish. First, a friend of mine was recently diagnosed. And now I've found a small lump in my own breast so I suspect I'm headed to my first mammogram (which was coming like a freight train anyway as I'm closing in on a rather significant numbered birthday). Much too close for comfort. And while I imagine that things are fine (I come from lumpy-breasted women who also worry terribly so this won't be posted until after I have more info to allay their fears), it certainly makes the sand my head is currently buried in a lot more translucent than I would like.

Subtitled What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage Zero Breast Cancer, this memoir tells of Fox's experience from diagnosis through treatment. It also has a final chapter made up of questions and answers from Fox's own team of doctors. Stage zero cancer is DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) and while it is the most curable form of breast cancer, it is still cancer and diagnosis with this carries with it all the emotional freight of cancer in other stages. Jackie Fox was not entirely surprised to get the diagnosis but she certainly wasn't ready for it either. And she wasn't ready for the roller coaster ride that she would shortly take both emotionally and physically as a result. This book is the result of her ride and her desire to share her experience with other women. It is, of course, intensely personal and uniquely her own but it has advice and wisdoms universal enough to share.

The short chapters in this book definitely recall the newspaper essays that were the original form of this "mammoir" as they are fairly self-contained. The writing is conversational and Fox directly addresses her readers on many occasions. She offers her experience and her suggestions, making this a sort of hybrid memoir/self-help combination. I personally would have prefered straight memoir and think it would find a bigger audience as such but Fox's stated objective in writing this was not straight memoir and so any perceived failing is on my part. Who knows? Perhaps after my doctor's appointment this week I'll be very grateful for the advisory parts of the book. I sure hope not though! ( )
  whitreidtan | Nov 14, 2010 |
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There is so much that most people are not aware of despite the fact that Breast Cancer is all around us. It will claim the lives of around 40,000 people in the United States alone this year. Stage Zero Breast Cancer? I didn't know there was a Stage Zero. So maybe in the back of my mind when I first read this books title, I figured it wouldn't be ... well let's just say sometimes I'm a real ignoramus.
This book really opened my eyes. Jackie Fox has shared her personal journey through her own eyes as it happens, taking notes and asking questions and becoming proactive. Mastectomy was the last thing she expected or even considered after being diagnosed as Stage Zero. Cancer doesn't have to follow the rules. Breast Cancer isn't just for women either. ( )
  lauren.nagel | Aug 26, 2010 |
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Hello, I thought that Jackie's book was brilliant. I believe every woman and MAN should read this book.I say this because when us women are going thru something like this most of us clam up and dont say much. On the other end Our husbands,and/or boyfriends,sometimes do not know what to say to their life mate. Our men do not know what we are thinking if it is not talked about. Jackie Fox made it possible to talk to her husband so he knew what she was going thru.
I do not care how strong of a women you are,you should never go thru Breast Cancer or any kind of Cancer ALONE. Jackie I commend you on everything you have done and are going to do. This book was heartwrenching, sad,mad,breathtaking,joyful,and great all rolled into one.Your style of writting is very powerful and discriptive.... Awesome

Jackie Fox I want to know when your next book is comming out...... ( )
  joycedlee | Aug 10, 2010 |
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"When Jackie Fox was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, her doctor explained that DCIS is very early state--so early it's classified as stage O. That was the good news. The bad news is it can become life-threatening if not treated, and treatment is the same as for more aggressive cancers. When Fox's oncologist tried to reassure her by saying it's not 'real' cancer, she said, 'It's close enough. Somebody sign me up for the fake mastectomy.' 'From Zero to Mastectomy' grew from a series of essays Fox wrote for the Omaha World-Herald about her experience..."--P. [4] of cover.

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