Having a Mom who passed just before Mother's day this yearI can relate to what Ms. Gubar is sharing about the debulking procedures and its effects. My Mother had that endured similar peritoneal & metastatic ovarian cancer for 3 yrs. Debulking's horrific nature and the hollow it leaves behind in the corpse and spirit cannot be understated. However, please don not regret your decision, as your sacrifice is a gift to your family that they will treasure forever. The alternatives just are not there, I suppose. Whats worse is the adhesion's that form and inhibit what systems are left functional. I pains me to think another family must endure this. We must support more research for less invasive procedures to isolate tumors from the organs they bind to. Debulking with a knife is barbaric. It may be the best we have, but its NOT good enough.
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REVISED EDIT: Regarding other review comments, it appears several readers fail to comprehend the pain that the author underwent as she penned this and that the writings are infused with a lifetimes worth of reflections, anecdotes and personal comment that are fluid and diverse. The Author is a professor, and hence the excessive references and due diligence. A debulked survivor may be heavily medicated to alleviate pain and anxiety. Its is important to realize that this is a memoir of the feelings and thoughts of a survivor. Its not a medical reference nor a inspirational book - it is a unique perspective of a person who has enormous strength to put her feelings in words under the most challenging circumstances. It is herculean accomplishment that someone in this condition actually authored a book. My mom too was incredibly strong, she painted over 100 works of art reflecting her experience and perspective on life during this period. Its a true testament to human endurance and will to have more "good" days than "bad".
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Believe in Truth, not facts.
The tone of this book is insulting. Dr. Gubar`s premise is basically, "I have ovarian cancer; if you do too, abandon all hope at the door; face it, you`re going to die, and here are the facts to prove it!"Well, I have Stage IV ovarian cancer, and this is my question to the author; how do you know when I am going to die? One truth trumps all facts, the truth that no one owns tomorrow.As someone who has lived 35 years with PTSD, I know at a gut level, not just intellectually, that statement is absolute. In fact, for me to be told I might have a few years to live because of ovarian cancer, I regaled it as a Life extension. I am delighted that someone actually believes I`ll be around that long!I grant Dr. Gubar that (according to facts) I probably will not be one of the 17% of women alive after 5 years, and I`ll go her one better; it is entirely likely I`ll be hit by a car or drop dead from a cerebral aneurysm before that benchmark is reached. So why worry about it?I have had all the standard treatments and experiences; I will not toss in my peace of mind as well. Ovarian cancer does not confer immunity from life; living does not confer immunity from death.So, I recommend that each person with whatever cancer does what she or he thinks best in accordance with medical and family and self-searching conclusions, then simply live now, now is the only sure thing. Ignore doomsayers by saying the mantra, "Nobody owns tomorrow anyway, so I will enjoy today."
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