{"product_id":"second-wind-thriving-with-cancer-paperback","title":"Second Wind: Thriving With Cancer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDann Wonser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Don't you ever get tired of being so positive?\" my niece blurted out one day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe question shocked me, five years into my fight with lung cancer. Was my enthusiasm about remaining treatment options so disheartening that even someone normally upbeat struggled to see the hope in my situation? Was the way I was thinking that foreign to how other people think?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOver the next year, I came to understand that having cancer had changed more than my body. It had changed how I think. I had grown. Not in spite of cancer, but because of it. Now I treasure every new part of this adventure, as I have learned to not only survive with lung cancer, but to thrive with it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SECOND WIND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the most thoughtful and useful books I've read, and certainly a must-read for anyone in the health professions. Beyond that, it is an amazing book for any of us trying to live consciously on this planet... I loved reading this    I laughed out loud several times  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dawn Doutrich, Ph.D., RN, CNS Emeritus, Washington State University College of Nursing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond Wind\u003cem\u003e is an emotionally gripping story of one person's commitment to thrive with a cancer diagnosis. Each chapter provides coping tools to be successful on your own journey. The building blocks to assure thriving are all outlined.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is a rare intimacy as Dann leads readers through his journey. The book is hard to put down. As a survivor I found myself saying, \"I felt that, too \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Charlotte de Renne, Breast Cancer Survivor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDann's heartfelt, sincere account of his cancer journey touched me deeply. I experienced many thoughts and emotions as I turned each page. His work is inspirational and positive  The Challenge Exercises will help the reader create a path for living your best life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm going to buy three copies when it is published. One copy will be for me, one for a friend that was newly diagnosed with stage IV cancer, and one for my oncologist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Ginny Hicks, Stage IV Survivor and Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDann is an extraordinary writer. He has clarity of thought and a level of introspection that rings true, and I believe encapsulates the experience many of my patients have. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Sandip Patel, MD, Oncologist, UCSD Moores Cancer Center\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is engaging, thought provoking and emotionally charged. Learning to meet and accept life with joy on life's terms is no small task. From the plethora of emotions to managing relationships, and from fighting the stigma to becoming your own health care advocate, the writer shows us his roadmap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI commend this writer for sharing his journey with truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Bill Hogan, Cancer Caregiver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis story is a very good map for beating cancer. It is also an excellent map for living an authentic, fulfilling and loving life. In some of the most intimate ways, Dann reveals who he is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Charles Brown, DC DABCN, Chiropractic Neurologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis writer invites you inside all aspects of his emotional, spiritual, and practical life as he goes toe-to-toe with cancer, and comes out a winner.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book is authentic and packed with take-aways. Anyone, with or without cancer, can benefit from reading Second Wind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Linda Wolff, OTR, Occupational Therapist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an uplifting read for anyone dealing adversity of any kind. 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