Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer.
Product Description
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men today, closely following lung cancer. About one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. But only one in 35 will die from it. More than two million men in the United States who have been diagnosed at some point are still alive today. I am one of them. My book, Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer, chronicles my own experience with this terrible disease. From early diagnosis, fear, and panic, to shopping for the best treatment, to surgery and subsequent recovery, I trace not only the physical journey of getting my stamina and good health back, but also the psychological and sexual implications. My format includes an interweaving of my own story of prostate cancer with other men’s stories, along with open-ended questions at the end of each chapter to keep men and their partners talking late into the night. There’s also a resource list to provide support for a lifetime. Although concise and easy to read, my book doesn’t hold back any personal details. Readers will learn what to expect in regard to diapering oneself post-surgery, working through debilitating depression, and forging the uncharted territory of a different kind of sexual intimacy. More importantly, they’ll hear about learning to accept support from loving friends and how to talk to God in a whole new way. Rarely does a reader find an account of experiencing God’s overwhelming love and grace in the same chapter as explicit details on how to give oneself penile injections to overcome erectile dysfunction!
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I received a copy of this book at a prostate cancer support group meeting. I began reading the next day and could not put it down until finished. I also went through the prostate cancer journey as a 48 year old man with advanced cancer (spread to lymph nodes). I wish I had read this book during my treatment and I would have better known what to expect, especially the depression during 18 months of hormone therapy. It was nice to know I wasn’t the only one to suffer through this terrible side of the disease.
Rating: 5 / 5
Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer.
Kreps takes the reader through a very personal journey, not only through the steps of his diagnosis and treatment and recovering from prostate cancer and laser surgery, but also through the deep places in his own heart and soul struggles with the disease and its ramifications. While an informative book, Kreps is obviously a skilled story-teller, and engages the reader in a well-woven story/journey. I think this book would be helpful to any man wanting to keep his heart and soul honestly engaged in his journey through cancer, and helpful to any spouse or friend or child wanting to know the spoken or unspoken struggles of soul and body one going through this life-disrupting and life-threatening disease may be facing.
Rating: 5 / 5
Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer.
A well written, easy to read and compelling account of the journey through the fearful stages of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. A must read for all men, and their ladies too.
Rating: 5 / 5
Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer.
Kreps shares what doctors don’t. He tells of his anxiety about the unknown. Wondering what to do when told he has cancer, what to do when his body does not respond as expected after surgery and wondering about his mental atitude. Now, with good test results, he moves forward with a reinforced faith in God and realigned focus for his life.
Rating: 5 / 5
Cancer is a Four-Letter Word: A Pilgrimage into the Emotional, Sexual, and Spiritual Aspects of Prostate Cancer.