Chicken Soup for the Cancer Survivor's Soul

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by Jack Canfield


  Nancy Richard-Guilford is a professional speaker specializing in interactive workshops on self-esteem, optimum performance and creating a joyful life. No Johnny-come-lately to the field, her teaching of self-esteem dates back to 1980. Known for her humor and practical strategies, her client list ranges from metaphysical churches to the United States Navy. She is the author of the upcoming Yikes!—Time for Plan B. You can contact Nancy at P.O. Box 24220, Ventura, CA 93002 or call 805-648-6590.

  Adrienne Rivera graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in aerospace engineering in December 1992. She was a member of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team from 1990 to 1994. Adrienne competed in the 1994 Olympics in disabled alpine skiing and won a gold and a bronze medal. She was one of 12 Olympians selected to take the Olympic flame to Sarajevo on a peace mission. She made a presentation to President Clinton on behalf of the disabled teams. Adrienne is retired from racing, works as an aerospace engineer in Denver and is pursuing her master’s degree in engineering management.

  Jaime Rosenthal is a freshman at Pennsylvania State University. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 1994 and had a mastectomy and chemotherapy. In November of the same year she underwent a second mastectomy, followed by five weeks of radiation. Today, her hair has grown back completely and she looks and feels wonderful. Jaime can be reached at 848 Weber Dr., Yardley, PA 19067.

  David Roth is a singer, songwriter, recording artist (five albums), conference presenter and emcee, husband, basketball afficionado, playwright (The Gripes of Roth), and workshop facilitator (Singing for Shy People). The story of Manuel Garcia was reported by William Janz in the Milwaukee Sentinel, and the song can be found on David’s first recording “Rising in Love.” He can be reached by writing to 18952 40th Place NE, Seattle, WA 98155-2810 or by calling 800-484-2367 (pause) D-A-V-E.

  Paul Santoro is 54 years old and was raised mostly in the Western United States. He has 3 children. He has become even more thoughtful of the whole human drama since his spiritual experience. It is his feeling that our souls need and want to evolve—and that each of us is on an immense journey to reconcile our will with that of God’s. Even with all of the incredible horror of man’s inhumanity, Paul still believes in and loves us.

  John Wayne Schlatter is a speaker whose topics are inspirational, full of insight and rich with his own special brand of humor. Jack is a former speech and drama teacher as well as an author of many works. His latest book is entitled Gifts By The Side of the Road. Jack was listed in the 1990 edition of Who’s Who Among Teachers in America. He is a member of the Professionals Speakers Network. In 1993, he was honored by his peers with the prestigious Speaker of the Year Award. Jack can be reached at P.O. Box 577, Cypress, CA 90630 or by calling 714-879-7271.

  Harley L. Schwadron is a former newspaper reporter and public relations writer living and working in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been a full-time cartoonist since 1985, specializing in business, health and topical cartoons. His freelance cartoons appear in magazines around the world, and his op-ed work can be seen in such papers as The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Dayton Daily News, The Los Angeles Times and The Des Moines Register. For many years he was a regular cartoonist featured in England’s Punch magazine.

  Delva Joan Seavy-Rebin exemplifies the triumph of the human spirit. Robbed of her parents by cancer and afflicted herself, she survived despite a dire prognosis. Willpower has been the strong suit of this indomitable natural scientist, author, professor, mother and wife. Recipient of the U.S. International Ambassador Award (National Speakers Association), the Canadian Citation of Citizenship and her university’s Spirit of Youth Award, this 11th-generation North American continues to light the path for others.

  Bernie Siegel, M.D., is the author of the bestselling Love, Medicine and Miracles, Peace, Love and Healing, and How to Live Between Office Visits. Dr. Siegel is deeply involved in humanizing medical education and making the medical profession and patients aware of the mind-body connection. Bernie and his wife, Bobbie, have five children and reside in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1978 Bernie started ECaP, Exceptional Cancer Patients, located at 2 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06519.

  Kimberly A. Stoliker is a two-and-a-half-year survivor of inflammatory breast cancer. She corresponds with women from all over the country who have or have had this type of breast cancer. She is very involved with The Greater Capital District Coalition for Cancer Survivorship in Albany, New York. She is hoping to have a book published that follows her day-to-day treatment in order to help other women who will undergo autologous bone marrow

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  transplants. Kimberly can be reached at 173 Middletown Rd., Waterford, NY 12188 or by calling 518-235-9930.

  Sybil Taylor is an author/journalist born in Paris. Some of her works include The Tellington Touch, The Last Run and Ireland’s Pubs. Her most recent article, on Santa Fe, New Mexico, appeared in the May/June 1995 issue of Endless Vacation. Sybil remains infinitely grateful for and aware of the precious gifts of life, health and love she continues to enjoy.

  Sister Sue Tracy, O.P., is a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister who has been pastoral care director at Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, since 1989. Prior to this she was a high school teacher, vocation director, religious education director and liturgist. Sister Sue has coped with breast cancer twice and regularly provides public speaking about these experiences. She focuses on being a cancer thriver and not just a survivor. She can be contacted at Mercy Hospital, 2200 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, OH 43624, or call 419-259-1413.

  Anne C. Washburn is the cancer patient education coordinator at the North Carolina Clinical Cancer Center in Chapel Hill. She plans, implements and evaluates cancer education and psychosocial programming for oncology patients and their families. In 1988, a year after her mother’s death, she decided to volunteer with hospice so she could assist other terminally ill patients. Her personal experience, volunteer time, and academic background in public health led her naturally into oncology. After completing a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Communications, she was fortunate to find a position where she is able to help meet the psychosocial needs of cancer patients and families every day. She can be reached at 919-966-3097.

  Bob Westenberg is a leading direct-mail and fundraising copywriter and consultant. He can be reached at 95 Devil’s Kitchen Dr., Sedona, AZ 86351, or call 520-284-1111.

  Norma Yamamoto resides in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, Albert, and daughter, Amy. She is happy to report that her son, Brian, is now a sophomore at UCLA and the latest MRI has shown that the tumors are gone and he is in remission! This story was submitted to Coping magazine in 1994, and Brian was chosen as the 1995 Coping Cancer Survivor of the Year. Norma can be reached at 17401 Wildrose Ln., Huntington Beach, CA 92649.

  American Brain Tumor Association

  2720 River Road, Suite 146

  Des Plaines, IL 60018

  800-886-2282

  American Cancer Society

  1599 Clifton Road, NE

  Atlanta, GA 30329 800-ACS-2345

  American Institute for Cancer Research

  1759 R Street NW

  Washington, DC 20069

  202-328-7744

  American Lung Association

  1740 Broadway

  New York, NY 10019

  212-265-5642

  212-315-8700 (fax)

  R. A. Bloch Cancer

  Foundation, Inc.

  The Cancer Hotline

  4410 Main Street

  Kansas City, MO 64111

  816-932-8543

  Bone Marrow Transplant

  Family Support Network

  P.O. Box 845

  Avon, CT 06001

  800-826-9376

  Bone Marrow Transplant

  (BMT) Newsletter 1985 Spruce Avenue

  Highland Park, IL 60035

  708-831-1913

  Burger King Cancer Caring Center

  4117 Liberty Aven
ue

  Pittsburgh, PA 15224

  412-622-1212

  Cancer Care, Inc.

  1180 Avenue of the Americas

  New York, NY 10036

  212-221-3300

  Cancer Conquerors Foundation

  P.O. Box 238

  Hershey, PA 17033

  800-238-6479

  717-533-6124

  Cancer Research Institute

  681 Fifth Avenue

  New York, NY 10022

  212-688-7515

  800-992-2623

  212-832-9376 (fax)

  Cancer Support Network

  Esse House, Suite L10

  Baum Blvd. at South Negley Avenue

  Pittsburgh, PA 15206

  412-361-8600

  Cancervive

  6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500

  Los Angeles, CA 90048

  310-203-9232

  Candlelighters Childhood

  Cancer Foundation 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460

  Bethesda, MD 20814

  800-366-2223

  301-657-8401

  ChemoCare

  231 North Avenue West

  Westfield, NJ 07090

  800 55-CHEMO (outside NJ)

  908-233-1103 (inside NJ)

  The Chemotherapy Foundation

  183 Madison Avenue, Suite 403

  New York, NY 10016

  212-213-9292

  Children’s Oncology Camps of America

  75 Richland Memorial Park

  Suite 203

  Columbia, SC 29203

  803-434-3533

  City of Hope Development Center

  208 W. 8th Street

  Los Angeles, CA 90014

  800-835-5504

  City of Hope National Medical Center

  1500 E. Duarte Road

  Duarte, CA 91010

  818-359-8111

  Coping Magazine

  P.O. Box 682268

  Franklin, TN 37068-2268

  615-790-2400

  615-794-0179 (fax)

  E-mail: [email protected]

  Corporate Angel Network (CAN)

  Westchester County Airport

  Building 1

  White Plains, NY 10604

  914-328-1313

  ECaP

  Exceptional Cancer Patients

  2 Church Street South

  New Haven, CT 06519

  Families Against Cancer (FACT)

  P.O. Box 588

  DeWitt, NY 13214

  315-446-6385

  315-446-5326 (fax)

  Friends Network

  P.O. Box 4545

  Santa Barbara, CA 93140

  805-565-7031

  International Myeloma Foundation

  2120 Stanley Hills Drive

  Los Angeles, CA 90046

  800-452-CURE

  Leukemia Society of America

  600 Third Avenue

  New York, NY 10016

  212-573-8484

  Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Inc.

  2318 Prosser Avenue

  Los Angeles, CA 90064

  310-470-4912

  Make Today Count

  Mid-America Cancer Center

  1235 E. Cherokee

  Springfield, MO 65804

  800-432-2273

  National Alliance of Breast

  Cancer Organizations

  9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor

  New York, NY 10016

  212-719-4154

  National Bone Marrow

  Transplant Link (BMT Link)

  29209 Northwestern Hwy., #624

  Southfield, MI 48034

  800-LINK-BMT

  National Brain Tumor Foundation

  785 Market Street, Suite 16

  San Francisco, CA 94103

  800-934-CURE

  National Breast Cancer Coalition

  1707 L Street NW, Suite 1060

  Washington, DC 21036

  202-265-6854

  202-296-7477 (fax)

  National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service

  Building 31, Room 10A16

  9000 Rockville Pike

  Bethesda, MD 20892

  800-4-CANCER

  301-402-5874 (CANCERFAX)

  National Cancer Survivors

  Day Foundation

  P.O. Box 682285

  Franklin, TN 37068-2285

  615-794-3006

  615-794-0179 (fax)

  National Coalition for

  Cancer Research

  426 C Street NE

  Washington, DC 20002

  202-544-1880

  National Coalition for

  Cancer Survivorship

  1010 Wayne Avenue, 5th Floor

  Silver Spring, MD 20910

  301-650-8868

  National Lymphedema Network

  221 I Post Street, Suite 404

  San Francisco, CA 94115

  800-541-3259

  National Marrow Donor Program

  3433 Broadway Street NE

  Suite 400

  Minneapolis, MN 55413

  800-MARROW-2

  Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments

  1143 Parmelee NW

  Grand Rapids, MI 49504

  616-453-1477

  Ronald McDonald Houses

  One Kroc Drive

  Oak Brook, IL 60521

  708-575-7418

  The Skin Cancer Foundation

  245 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2402

  New York, NY 10016

  212-725-5176

  Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc.

  P.O. Box 53

  Locust Valley, NY 11560

  516-759-5333

  The Wellness Community

  2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 1040

  Santa Monica, CA 90405

  310-314-2555

  Y-ME

  National Breast Cancer Organization

  212 W. Van Buren, 4th Floor

  Chicago, IL 60607

  800-221-2141

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  From on Chemo to on Camera. Reprinted by permission of The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. © 1995 by The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Youth Newsletter. All rights reserved.

  You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks. Reprinted by permission of Howard J. Fuerst, M.D. © 1996 Howard J. Fuerst, M.D.

  The Boy and the Billionaire. Reprinted with permission from the October 1991 Reader’s Digest. © 1991 by The Reader’s Digest Assn., Inc.

  Hope. Reprinted by permission of Commune-A-Key Publishing. © 1994 William Buchholz, M.D.

  Wild Bill. Reprinted by permission of Mary L. Rapp. © 1995 Mary L. Rapp.

  Kids with Cansur. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc. © 1992 Geralyn Gaes, Craig Gaes, and Philip Bashe.

  Cancer Has Been a Blessing. Reprinted by permission of Kimberly A. Stoliker. © 1995 Kimberly A. Stoliker.

  Cancer and Career Choices. Reprinted by permission of Robert H. Doss. © 1995 Robert H. Doss.

  It Is the Best of Times. Reprinted by permission of Joanne P. Freeman. © 1995 Joanne P. Freeman.

  Up the Down Slope. Reprinted with permission from Guideposts Magazine. © 1988 by Guideposts, Carmel, NY 10512.

  Never Give Up! Reprinted by permission of Prentice Hall/Career Development. Excerpted from Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Van Ekeren. © 1993 Glenn Van Ekeren.

  Not Without a Fight. Reprinted by permission of Mary Helen Brindell. © 1995 Mary Helen Brindell.

  Nintendo Master and My Hero. Reprinted by permission of Katie Gill. © 1995 Katie Gill.

  Fighting Back—One Man’s Battle with a Brain Tumor. Reprinted by permission of Reverend Robert Craig. © 1994 Rever
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  Dare to Dream. Reprinted by permission of Manuel Diotte. © 1994 Manuel Diotte.

  Fulfilling My Dreams. Reprinted by permission of Marilyn R. Moody. © 1995 Marilyn R. Moody.

  Chris—One Special Fifth-Grader! Reprinted by permission of Louise Biggs. © 1995 Louise Biggs.

  Keep on Keeping On. Reprinted by permission of Erik Olesen. © 1995 Erik Olesen.

  The Container. Reprinted by permission of The Putnam Publishing Group. Excerpted from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. © 1996 Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

  The Best Day Of My Life. Reprinted by permission of Gregory M. Lousig-Nont. © 1995 Gregory M. Lousig-Nont.

  Love Is Stronger... and To the Nurses of the World. Reprinted by permission of John Wayne Schlatter. © 1995 John Wayne Schlatter.

  The Power to Choose. Reprinted by permission of Angela Trafford. © 1995 Sharon Bruckman.

  Laugh! Excerpted from You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought by Peter McWilliams. Reprinted by permission of Peter McWilliams. © 1995 Peter McWilliams.

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  Until Tomorrow Comes. Reprinted with permission from Guideposts Magazine. © 1976 by Guideposts, Carmel, NY 10512.

  Head First. From Head First:The Biology of Hope by Norman Cousins. © 1989 Norman Cousins. Used by permission of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA, Inc.

  I’ve Just Got to Make That Man Laugh! Reprinted by permission of Hanoch & Melody McCarty. © 1995 Hanoch & Melody McCarty.

  The Prosthesis Intruder. Reprinted by permission of Maureen J. Khan-Lacoss. © 1996 Maureen J. Khan-Lacoss Having an Attitude. Reprinted by permission of Commune-A-Key Publishing. © 1994 Robert Lipsyte.

  The Centerfold and The Power of Laughter. Excerpted from The Healing Power of Humor by Allen Klein. © 1989 Allen Klein.

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