Laura Jensen Walker - Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter

2000 by Laura Jensen Walker

Published by Revell

a division of Baker Publishing Group

P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

www.revellbooks.com

Spire edition published 2012

Previously published under the title Thanks for the Mammogram!

Ebook edition created 2012

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ISBN 978-1-4412-4016-3

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Praise for Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter

Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter will give anyone going through breast cancer what they need most: courage, hope, and some much-needed laughs! By sharing her story, Laura Jensen Walker reminds all of us that while cancer is not funny, life often is, and sometimes laughter really is the best medicine!

Olympic skater Peggy Fleming Jenkins, breast cancer survivor

Very informative, but also most definitely positive and uplifting for all women who have to face the terrible trials and tribulations of breast cancer. [The authors] genuine sense of humor shows how keeping a positive attitude is so important. I also really enjoyed the chapter penned by her husband. Certainly we husbands go through our own trauma with breast cancer when it affects our wives and those close to us.

Greg Jenkins, MD, husband of Peggy Fleming

I couldnt put this book down. A powerful demonstration of a patients ability to defeat a disease we all hate. The authors approach needs to be deeply incorporated in treatment plans offered by conventional therapies. A must-read for patients, physicians, and all those involved in the care of breast cancerthis book will bring peace to those so desperately in need of it.

Ernie Bodai, MD, creator of the Breast Cancer Awareness postage stamp

One of the most powerful and effective tools in the cancer war chest is humor. And Laura Jensen Walker is masterful at wielding this painless and indispensable weapon in her wonderfully written book, Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter . She doesnt gloss over the weightier issues of the cancer battle, she simply brings balance to them through her use of humor and truths in Gods Word.

Jan Dravecky, vice president, Dave Draveckys Outreach of Hope, National Cancer Ministry

The best medicine for what ails us is often a hopeful, hilarious, compassionate survivor/companion to hold our hand through the dark valley. No one need walk through breast cancer alone. Laura is the perfect bosom buddy for the journeyvia the laughter, tears, and helpful information in Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter .

Becky Freeman, national speaker and author of Worms in My Tea

Living through Breast Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Laughter isnt for every woman. Its only for those whove experienced cancer, loved someone with cancer, met someone with cancer, worried about getting cancer, saw a made-for-TV movie about cancer once, read about cancer on a bus poster... in other words, honey, this book is for you. What an uplifting, uproarious approach to an otherwise serious, scary subject. Buy a copy for every woman you know!

Liz Curtis Higgs, author of Help! Im Laughing and I Cant Get Up and Bad Girls of the Bible

We dont always understand the twists and turns in our journey through this life, but in this book Laura Jensen Walker reminds us that faith in God and a good sense of humor help to keep us on the road and out of the ditch. If you or anyone you know is facing a challenge, this book is an epistle of encouragement... and a lot of laughs, too.

Martha Bolton, comedy writer and author of I Love You... Still

Laura has pulled off an almost impossible featassaulting cancer with a massive dose of humor. And she won! This is an incredibly real, sensitive, gritty, hopeful book, woven through and through with Lauras signature brand of humor. It is far more than good entertainmentit is good medicine.

Dave Meurer, author, The Daze of Our Wives: A Semi-Helpful Guide to Marital Bliss

I never thought of the word thanks before in regard to my mammogram until Laura Jensen Walker readjusted my thinking. Now, Im saying thanks to Laura for reminding us how very funny life can be even in the midst of its most devastating interferences.

Sue Buchanan, speaker, author of Im Alive and the Doctors Dead... Surviving Cancer with Your Sense of Humor and Your Sexuality Intact , and breast cancer survivor