{"product_id":"life-blood-lessons-from-one-woman-who-survived-serious-illness-against-the-odds-paperback","title":"Life Blood: Lessons from one woman who survived serious illness against the odds - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Koning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI decided to call my cancer the little c rather than the Big C. I wasn't giving it that much power over my life! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e- Cathy Koning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy has been feeling unwell for some time. Eventually her worst fears are confirmed with the shock diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Cathy has a deep-seated aversion to medical procedures but without immediate treatment she will not survive - not a great combination. Maybe this is not going to end well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy's moving, unflinchingly honest and often humorous recollections and reflections chart her experience from diagnosis to cure and beyond. Along the way, she is admitted to ICU and placed in an induced coma, her mother dies, she undergoes a lifesaving but risky stem-cell transplant and marries her partner of 37 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy chronicles her cancer journey for readers seeking a better understanding of what it's like to be patient trying to survive against the odds. It's for family and friends supporting a loved one, medical practitioners and patients themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife gave her lemons but Cathy decided to ask for something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy Koning likes to re-invent herself. She briefly worked as a secondary school teacher after graduating with an arts degree from La Trobe University. As a theatre production photographer she toured Europe with Nigel Triffitt's \u003cem\u003eMomma's Little Horror Show\u003c\/em\u003e and captured shows at the Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant in Melbourne. After a stint as a cinema publicist she founded a successful gardening business and then ran a Sustainable Communities Program for two rural shires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything changed in 2012 with a leukaemia diagnosis. During her long recovery Cathy turned her hand to writing and \u003cem\u003eDainty Diva\u003c\/em\u003e, the biography of Dorothy Rudder, a Sydney soprano and vaudeville artist was the outcome. \u003cem\u003eLife Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, the story of her cancer journey, gave her the chance to reflect on what it meant to be confronted by a frightening diagnosis and the comfort she found in family, friends and access to an excellent public health system. She is currently researching her next book about a notorious American con-man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword by Dr Russell Harris bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Happiness Trap \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241663918354,"sku":"9780994324412","price":18.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/ypjEw7Bw3L9780994324412.webp?v=1777904099","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/life-blood-lessons-from-one-woman-who-survived-serious-illness-against-the-odds-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}