After the Diagnosis: A Guide for Living

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Corinna Underwood

39 months ago at 3:58 PMJune 21, 2022 at 3:58 PM

Are you newly diagnosed with cancer? Dive into this guide for living after your diagnosis that provides a path forward for avoiding anxiety and living well, no matter how long you will live. This is a great read for anyone looking for hope after a tough diagnosis.

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Regardless of our age or status, any one of us could be faced with a diagnosis - it might be a curable sickness or a chronic disease, a serious condition or a terminal illness. In the 21st century, dying is, more often than not, an elongated process that may stretch out for many years. And since all of us will, eventually, die, the question is, how do we live well while dying? How can we avoid being bullied by the obsessive inner voices of anxiety and fear that leave us self-absorbed and disconnected from the very life we hope to save? In this book, we'll share a rare slice of heaven that can be grasped on this side of the grave, at any point along the path of living and dying. A place beyond acceptance. A place of transformation in which we can realize, in the fullest, purest way, what our life's purpose has been, and what an amazing gift we can entrust to those we'll leave behind. We can learn to embrace mystery, to understand that our suffering can be transformative. Our legacy can become one of love - pure, powerful, and eternal. It's never too early to embark on this work of living and loving that begins and ends with God. Healing work that deepens faith and enriches relationships, inspires open, honest, and loving conversations, and frees us from the burdens of our ego selves. As inspirational as it is practical, this book is intended for patients and caregivers, friends and family - anyone struggling to live life wholly and joyfully during the challenges of sickness, dying, and death.

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1981230459
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1981230457
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.87 x 9 inches

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Amanda Pool

I have had this on my reading list for a while but I haven't been able to bring myself around to reading it. This is clearly a topic that rings true for all of us, no matter if we are patients or caregivers, but I haven't been able to confront the reality of death. It's easier for me to just pretend like it doesn't exist.

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Anne Young

Love this book!!! This is my new favorite book. This book is not only applicable to the end of life but it is an open and honest conversation about a subject that relatable to everyone in the world. We have all suffered at some point in our lives in one-way or another. This book is a guide that will help not only to live while dying after a diagnosis or terminal illness, but even if you are dealing with a different type of suffering, this is an inspirational and referential book we all need to read. This is a transformative book that will strengthen and motivate you, regardless of what path you are on and what you are suffering from. Thank you Father Tom Lynch and Barbara Mariconda for bringing this insightful and profound message of love through suffering that reader’s worldwide can benefit from.

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Sid Mahoun

This is a practical manual prepared by a duo of authors who have spent face time at the bedsides of many ill and dying people where words without solid truth behind them wilt faster than cut flowers in the desert sun. Coming through with clarity is their intention to support and comfort those human angels, professional and familial, to whom it falls to care for the sick during the final vigil. Their advice to be applied in the most critical of life situations is delivered with exquisite care and reverence for both patient and caregiver. That Rev. Lynch and Barbara Mariconda succeed, as the numerous testimonials proclaim, puts their book in that growing and vital library , which includes the works of the likes of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Eben Alexander, which addresses the supremely important but largely avoided subject of our mortality.

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John Cameron

This book is not only for individuals and their caretakers facing end of life stories, but also for those who are living life in present good times, and want to understand how to do that better. Fr.Tom and Barbara explain in powerful and poignant ways how to live and die well, how to see the mystery of our life in relation to others and to our God. I gave the book to each of my daughters, and asked them to read it, either sooner or later, with the admonition that sooner would help them live more fully in the "now." I highly recommend this wonderful and enlightening book!

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Betty Oliver

I was given this book as a gift many years ago and it has been one of the foundations of what I have used to ground myself. If you're looking for a practical but inspiring read this is it.

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