Diagnosis

“Diagnosis” is the honest and emotional narration of a woman and her intense desire to live; to overcome the tragedy and the fear that the word cancer produces as a diagnosis.
The true story laid in these lines, which goes from the romantic to shivery stories – for instance, like the one of her young hospital roommate’s destination- to useful advice on facing cancer, to becoming an invitation to dream, to trusting the future, to believing in miracles –which are real and exist- but specially, it’s a glance at life itself as purpose and a glance at well-being as love-guided choice.
To the author of this book, whom I know very well since she is my older sister, I wouldn’t define her as a cancer survivor, because this would presume fatalistic dyes. Angélica writes her story like testimony to celebrate good life, because she loves each and every one of her days.
Being a witness to the diagnosis of her disease, the treatments, the recovery, the relapse, the bone marrow transplant and her current health; If I look those events outside the family frame, as a passive spectator, I may acknowledge this story as one where doors close at the same time other ones open; a transformation of a woman who became more at ease, loving and merciful out of adversity. With the same energy and devotion which she used for healing herself, she wrote these pages.
The book you’re about to read, whether you or one of your loved ones faces a cancer diagnosis or enjoys good health, could help you grasp the difficult path a cancer-diagnosed person has to go through and the persistence in living, which leads us to recognize life as a wonderful gift despite sadness or any illness.