WHEN YOUR WIFE HAS BREAST CANCER

A story of love, courage and survival

by MARK S. WEISS

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New hardcover book with dustjacket, published 2006, 157 pages. With foreword by bestselling author Linda Fairstein.

When Mark Weiss' 38 year old wife Cathy was diagnosed with breast cancer, he quickly realised that they needed a plan - and that every plan had a goal. Their goal became disease-free survival. Mark and Cathy drew their strength from the love they had for each other, and their determination from the life they shared and cherished.

In this wonderfully candid book, Mark Weiss discusses his challenges, insecurities, anger, and his focused desire to help make Cathy well. He details how his total support for Cathy included overseeing all the necessary financial arrangements and child care arrangements, participating in medical decisions that might profoundly alter their relationship, and finding some kind of outlet for his own denial, his own frustration, his own vulnerabilities. He discusses the fears he harbored for himself, his wife and his children during this time of uncertainty. He offers insight into medical opinions, insurance discrepancies, and the toll a serious illness can take on such things as intimacy, professional standing, and financial security.

Weiss recognised the genuine need for literature that reflected the impact the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can have on a husband. He was compelled to tell the personal journey that he and Cathy experienced as a way to reach out to others facing similar feelings of despair and frustration.

When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer is incredibly honest and informative, and is a primer for anyone in a relationship whose partner is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

Chapters include:

• Introduction - December 12, 2002. Our rainy day
• Choosing a surgeon
• Talking to your young children about Mummy's cancer
• Surgery - It's not an amputation
• Chemotherapy - How to deal with the Chemo Shark
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Sex and intimacy - will it ever be the same?
• The personal finances of breast cancer
• Faith and friendships
• Helpful comments people say
• Life after cancer and a painful look in the mirror

About the author

Mark S. Weiss is an Executive vice President of a large commercial real estate company. He lives with his wife Cathy and two youngest sons in New York City.

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When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer - Mark S Weiss