F You Cancer, Deborah James
F You Cancer, Deborah James
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F*** You Cancer
How to face the big C, live your life and still be yourself

Author: Deborah James

Narrator: Deborah James

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ebury Digital

Published: 10/04/2018


Synopsis

Random House presents the audiobook edition of F*** You Cancer, written and read by Deborah James.

**As seen on BBC Breakfast**

You are stronger than you know, more positive than you ever thought and you can still LIVE with cancer.

Drink more green juices, eat turmeric, walk for three hours a day... Arghh, I wanted to scream, run away and tell every well-meaning person to go and do one!! The barrage of cure cancer advice that came my way when I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer was enough to make anyone feel overloaded, let alone at a time when you are trying to get your head around having the Big C at the age of 35! I wanted hope and I wanted to feel normal, to drink wine, buy nice shoes and go to the pub – but all the advice I came across told me to cut out pretty much everything and retreat into my cancer cave.

Whilst this book doesn’t advocate throwing everything down the kitchen sink, it will help you to navigate your feelings through the big C roller coaster, remind you that it’s ok to feel one hundred different things in the space of a minute and most importantly show you that you can still live your life and be yourself with cancer.

From diagnosis (welcome to the club you never wanted to join) and surviving chemo through to how to cope with family and friends (can everyone just fuck off sometimes), managing the huge mental roller coaster, looking good (lipstick is your best friend) and feeling better (drink the wine), and celebrating milestones (drink more wine), F*** You Cancer is your up-lifting cancer coach in a book.

Packed with top tips, laugh out loud stories, insider advice and heart-warming case studies it will transform your mood and encourage you to shout #fuckoffcancer as loudly as you can!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 17, 2018

This book promises a lot and - at least from my perspective - it doesn't really deliver. I don't know Deborah James, haven't listened to the pod cast she did with two other cancer patients, and haven't read her blog so I came to this blind to her but not to her situation. In the 8 years since I had......more

Goodreads review by Kristín on February 22, 2024

Lesin fyrir vinnuna! Mjög góð! Stútfull af ráðum og reynslusögum. Sýnist hún helst hafa fengið gagnrýni fyrir að tækla of breitt svið, frekar en að einblína á ristilkrabbamein (sem Deborah var með) en ég hugsaði einmitt eftir lesturinn að það gætu örugglega allir fundið einhver nýtileg ráð í þessari......more

Goodreads review by Kate on February 05, 2019

Listened via audible. Huge fan of Deborah and what she is doing about spreading the C word! Saying I ‘enjoyed’ this audio book feels slightly wrong but really do feel that I have a better insight into how cancer can and could effect you.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 11, 2022

Read this book in an effort to help me come to terms with and understand/ relate to the struggles of those living with cancer. This is one incredible lady, and the message of this book is delivered with indelible humour and poignancy throughout. I am truly humbled.......more

Goodreads review by penelope middelboe on October 05, 2018

Deborah James you’re amazing. So is F*** You Cancer. I have metastatic breast cancer. Deborah has bowel cancer. It’s totally different. But so much is still the same: being blind sided by a scary diagnosis; dealing with altering prognoses; getting through treatment eventually; coping with the anxiety......more