From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed with Cancer

When a doctor says three little words--"You have cancer"--you may immediately think of yourself as a cancer victim. Well, this lovely "picture book" strives to help turn you into a cancer survivor by offering a primer on how to mount a battle against the disease--using psychological, medical, and family resources.

Written by Canadian Arlene Cotter--a graphic designer and writer who overcame acute non-Hodgkin's lymphoma--From This Moment On takes you on a journey through the experience of cancer. The book is light on text, but the chosen words and concepts hit home. The tone is never condescending, always gentle, but very much to the point. Cotter uses a plethora of pleasing and comforting photographs, illustrations, paintings, and graphics to deliver her message that cancer can be lived through--and lived through well. The choice is up to you: you can opt to experience every moment you have left to the fullest, set goals for yourself and realize them, or you can choose to spend the rest of your life dying.

From This Moment On is a simple, empowering, interactive reference that guides you through the psychological stages experienced by those diagnosed with cancer--from grief to fear to acceptance. It highlights the many choices and decisions about treatment that must be made, and even considers the choice that not getting treatment may be an option for some. Above all, it conveys the idea that life doesn't have to end with a cancer diagnosis; indeed, it may just begin to be lived more fully. --Nancy Monson