A formal nurse (now writer) shares about her journey having breast cancer, the before and after. Because she was a nurse she does share her history as a nurse, and she adds stories throughout the book of times in her nursing career. Since the author is based in the US, it does talk about and focus on the US health care system (which she agrees that universal health care is needed).

The book could have been made shorter if she had stopped after her post-surgery but I can understand she certain parts were kept in. All in all, a good book and if you have breast cancer, know someone who is going through it, or just wonder what the process is like for someone, then this is worth a read.

“You’re telling me I might have to wait an entire weekend to find out if I have a disease that can kill me because of paperwork that’s sitting on someone else’s desk?”

"All I wanted after my diagnosis was for someone involved in treating my cancer to sit down with me, look me in the eye, and explain my diagnosis, discuss what my prognosis looked like, and clarify my likely course of treatment. That’s it. Simple. Easy. Never happened."

"most people are able to put their fear aside during treatment because the schedule pulls them along and makes them feel they are doing something to fight the disease. When treatment nears its end and patients anticipate living their regular lives still bearing the emotional and physical weight of having had cancer, the fear returns."