Cocoon of Cancer

<div>Love and intimacy inspire this book as well as inform those diagnosed with cancer their caregivers families and staff. The essays and poems reflect an attitude of wonder defiance acceptance and beauty through the painful journey. Sometimes raw the letters to friends voice the unspeakable. The scientific tone of Jim the patient comes through when he has the energy to speak. His wife and caregiver Abbe witnesses and documents the signs of distress gains losses and the new equilibrium that forges deep love. More than anything this is an invitation to feel and find comfort. “Caregiver Tips” “Questions I Still Ponder” and “Questions for the Reader to Ponder” are included at the end of the manuscript.</div>