Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips (Crazy Sexy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kris Carr
Creator: Sheryl Crow
Publisher: skirt!
Category: Book
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 10380
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1599212315
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.9940082
EAN: 9781599212319
ASIN: 1599212315
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Product Description
Actress and photographer Kris Carr thought she had a hangover, but a Jivamukti yoga class didn’t provide its usual kick-ass cure. A visit to her doctor confirmed her “liver looked like Swiss cheese,” covered with cancerous tumors. She entered trench warfare (wearing cowboy boots into the MRI machine, no less), vowing, “Cancer needed a makeover and I was just the gal to do it!” She began writing and filming her journey, documenting her interactions with friends, doctors, alternative “quacks,” blind dates, and other women with cancer—sadly a growing group. These include hip, young women such as illustrator-author Marisa Acocella Marchetto (Cancer Vixen), Glamour writer-editor Erin Zammett (My So-Called Normal Life), MTV personality Diem Brown (Real World/Road Rules Challenge), model Sharon Blynn (founder, Bald Is Beautiful), and music manager Jackie Farry, among others. The Learning Channel broadcast the premiere of Carr’s unforgettable documentary, Crazy Sexy Cancer on August 29, 2007. CRAZY SEXY CANCER TIPS gathers the lessons learned and advice offered from Carr’s own journey, as well as the experiences of her cancer posse. Full-color photos accompany personal stories and candid revelations in this scrapbook of advice, warnings, and resources for the cancer patient. Chapters cover your changing social life, dating, sex, and appearance; essential health tips on how to boost your immune system; recipes; medical and holistic resources; and information on young survivor support groups. The resulting book is a warm, yet informative tool for any woman newly diagnosed with the disease and for those who love them.
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 For all kinds of cancer August 22, 2007
Jen Singer (Kinnelon, NJ USA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
What's great about this beautifully produced book is that it's not just for so-called female cancers, but for any woman with any kind of cancer - even the kind that usually hits 60-something men. Once you've read the clinical books on cancer, pick this one up. It'll give you all sorts of fantastic tips on everything from handling losing your hair to "cancercations." Best of all, you'll feel less alone.
Great Book!! August 2, 2007
Gail E. Peeler (Atlanta, Ga)
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
As a recent Breast Cancer survivor, I can tell you that this book was my favorite "cancer" book. Like everyone who is diagnosed with cancer, I spent hours researching on the internet, and reading various "what to expect" books. After all that, I cannot tell you what a pleasure it was to read CrazySexyCancer!
As a cancer survivor, you realize while reading this book that "Oh Yeah, I have been in that exact situation" many times. Maybe, at the time, you didn't see the humor in it, but reading Kris's book you will now! Kris offers sound and practical advice from talking to your Doctor and nurse, playing the cancer card, working on your attitude, dressing up, and eating correctly. Her style is humorous and irreverent, but with a deep understanding from someone who has looked at the abyss and said, "OK, let's jump!" I especially liked the stickies, or post-it notes, throughout the book, making you feel like you really are communicating directly with the author. My all time favorite stickie is the one we can all relate to, "Why Me?"
My only criticism of this book is that it is targeted to an audience of young women. As a 54 year old breast cancer survivor, I loved reading this book and I know that women of all ages would enjoy it. Now, women my age will skip over the "Fertile Hope" section, but will still find plenty to read that applies to them. I have already bought several copies to give to friends, and to put in the Cancer Wellness Center in my area. This book is "must have" for the bookshelves of any Cancer Center. All women, whether they have had cancer or not, should thank Kris Carr for writing this book. She gives us a reason to laugh, while at the same time gives us valuable information and tips about how to cope with cancer and/or the curves that life throws you! I loved this book, and in awe of Kris' strength as she faces her life with cancer.
Inspiring story August 2, 2007
Kelly L. Johnson (Charleston, SC USA)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Kris Carr is truly amazing. After being diagnosed with a rare cancer in her thirties, she began documenting her story of survival. Rather than being one of the usual "soup for the soul" kind of book, Kris's Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips relates her experiences with humor and irreverence. I'm not a cancer survivor, but this book inspired me to live life every day to the fullest (and not wait until something tragic befalls me to start paying attention to my world)!
A Great Big Thank You to Mz. Carr August 8, 2007
Patricia Harris (Lyme, CT)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I am a 58 year old mastectomy cancer patient and could well relate to this book even though it was written with young women in mind. I found this book refreshing and "right on". Mz.Carr's attitude and turn of phrase along with her photographs was so extremely clever and funny. She did not make light of the disease but took all of the horrifying details we all had to deal with and was able to describe them in such a way that we could all say, "Yeah, that's it! That's what I experienced!" and let us laugh about it. Any cancer patient of any age would benefit from this book. I plan to order several to send to friends battling this disease. I am also giving a copy to my oncologist to suggest to her patients.
WOW! This woman can write! August 26, 2007
Karen Kelly (Milford, PA)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I ususally do not read books about illness and health calamities, but Kris Carr's book is an exception for a reason - as soon as I picked it up I was hooked. Her voice is clear, strong, funny, moving, and down right unnerving at times! It's truly a page turner, which is a funny thing to say about the book given its subject matter. I also think it is a book that anyone facing any kind of life threatening challenge or even a major life crisis will find helpful, reassuring, and yes, enjoyable.
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