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by Ruth Orr (Author)
"You have cancer."
When your doctor says these words, how do you react?
Fear often overwhelms any other response to a cancer diagnosis. What if the treatments don't work? What does the future look like? Will I die? Questions like these can lead to a tailspin of anxiety and despair. Whatever your particular journey looks like, a cancer diagnosis will forever change you.
From Fear to Faith: Surviving Cancer Six Times recounts Ruth's personal cancer journey from the fear that first gripped her through the various diagnoses, treatments, and day-to-day life. She understands the world of cancer from an up-close-and-personal viewpoint and knows what it's like to be anxious about the future and to wonder what's coming next.
Ruth was comforted by reading God's promises in the Bible. She concentrated on ways to bring a positive focus into her life and implemented strategies to help regain some control. In crying out to God, she found strength and a powerful faith. And she realized that she has an abundant life; it is her choice how she will live that life out.
An honest and hopeful autobiographical account, From Fear to Faith: Surviving Cancer Six Times provides a brief, transparent narrative of how trials and tribulation can build character and faith. It delivers some simple, practical guidelines on how to navigate a cancer diagnosis and treatment, so you can find peace in the most turbulent times.
