Chicken Soup for the Cancer Survivor's Soul (39 page)

Bernie Siegel, M.D.,
is the author of the bestselling
Love, Medicine and Miracles, Peace, Love and Healing,
and
How to Live Between Office Visits.
Dr. Siegel is deeply involved in humanizing medical education and making the medical profession and patients aware of the mind-body connection. Bernie and his wife, Bobbie, have five children and reside in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1978 Bernie started ECaP, Exceptional Cancer Patients, located at 2 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06519.

Kimberly A. Stoliker
is a two-and-a-half-year survivor of inflammatory breast cancer. She corresponds with women from all over the country who have or have had this type of breast cancer. She is very involved with The Greater Capital District Coalition for Cancer Survivorship in Albany, New York. She is hoping to have a book published that follows her day-to-day treatment in order to help other women who will undergo autologous bone marrow

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transplants. Kimberly can be reached at 173 Middletown Rd., Waterford, NY 12188 or by calling 518-235-9930.

Sybil Taylor
is an author/journalist born in Paris. Some of her works include
The Tellington Touch, The Last Run
and
Ireland’s Pubs.
Her most recent article, on Santa Fe, New Mexico, appeared in the May/June 1995 issue of
Endless Vacation.
Sybil remains infinitely grateful for and aware of the precious gifts of life, health and love she continues to enjoy.

Sister Sue Tracy, O.P.,
is a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister who has been pastoral care director at Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, since 1989. Prior to this she was a high school teacher, vocation director, religious education director and liturgist. Sister Sue has coped with breast cancer twice and regularly provides public speaking about these experiences. She focuses on being a cancer thriver and not just a survivor. She can be contacted at Mercy Hospital, 2200 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, OH 43624, or call 419-259-1413.

Anne C. Washburn
is the cancer patient education coordinator at the North Carolina Clinical Cancer Center in Chapel Hill. She plans, implements and evaluates cancer education and psychosocial programming for oncology patients and their families. In 1988, a year after her mother’s death, she decided to volunteer with hospice so she could assist other terminally ill patients. Her personal experience, volunteer time, and academic background in public health led her naturally into oncology. After completing a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Communications, she was fortunate to find a position where she is able to help meet the psychosocial needs of cancer patients and families every day. She can be reached at 919-966-3097.

Bob Westenberg
is a leading direct-mail and fundraising copywriter and consultant. He can be reached at 95 Devil’s Kitchen Dr., Sedona, AZ 86351, or call 520-284-1111.

Norma Yamamoto
resides in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, Albert, and daughter, Amy. She is happy to report that her son, Brian, is now a sophomore at UCLA and the latest MRI has shown that the tumors are gone and he is in remission! This story was submitted to
Coping
magazine in 1994, and Brian was chosen as the 1995 Coping Cancer Survivor of the Year. Norma can be reached at 17401 Wildrose Ln., Huntington Beach, CA 92649.

American Brain Tumor Association
2720 River Road, Suite 146
Des Plaines, IL 60018
800-886-2282

American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329 800-ACS-2345

American Institute for Cancer Research
1759 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20069
202-328-7744

American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-265-5642
212-315-8700 (fax)

R. A. Bloch Cancer
Foundation, Inc.
The Cancer Hotline
4410 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-932-8543

Bone Marrow Transplant
Family Support Network
P.O. Box 845
Avon, CT 06001
800-826-9376

Bone Marrow Transplant
(BMT) Newsletter
1985 Spruce Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
708-831-1913

Burger King Cancer Caring Center
4117 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-622-1212

Cancer Care, Inc.
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-221-3300

Cancer Conquerors Foundation
P.O. Box 238
Hershey, PA 17033
800-238-6479
717-533-6124

Cancer Research Institute
681 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-688-7515
800-992-2623
212-832-9376 (fax)

Cancer Support Network
Esse House, Suite L10
Baum Blvd. at South Negley Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-361-8600

Cancervive
6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310-203-9232

Candlelighters Childhood
Cancer Foundation
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460
Bethesda, MD 20814
800-366-2223
301-657-8401

ChemoCare
231 North Avenue West
Westfield, NJ 07090
800 55-CHEMO (outside NJ)
908-233-1103 (inside NJ)

The Chemotherapy Foundation
183 Madison Avenue, Suite 403
New York, NY 10016
212-213-9292

Children’s Oncology Camps of America
75 Richland Memorial Park
Suite 203
Columbia, SC 29203
803-434-3533

City of Hope Development Center
208 W. 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
800-835-5504

City of Hope National Medical Center
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
818-359-8111

Coping Magazine
P.O. Box 682268
Franklin, TN 37068-2268
615-790-2400
615-794-0179 (fax)
E-mail: [email protected]

Corporate Angel Network (CAN)
Westchester County Airport
Building 1
White Plains, NY 10604
914-328-1313

ECaP
Exceptional Cancer Patients
2 Church Street South
New Haven, CT 06519
Families Against Cancer (FACT)
P.O. Box 588
DeWitt, NY 13214
315-446-6385
315-446-5326 (fax)

Friends Network
P.O. Box 4545
Santa Barbara, CA 93140
805-565-7031

International Myeloma Foundation
2120 Stanley Hills Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90046
800-452-CURE

Leukemia Society of America
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-573-8484

Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Inc.
2318 Prosser Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310-470-4912

Make Today Count
Mid-America Cancer Center
1235 E. Cherokee
Springfield, MO 65804
800-432-2273

National Alliance of Breast
Cancer Organizations
9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-719-4154

National Bone Marrow
Transplant Link (BMT Link)
29209 Northwestern Hwy., #624
Southfield, MI 48034
800-LINK-BMT

National Brain Tumor Foundation
785 Market Street, Suite 16
San Francisco, CA 94103
800-934-CURE

National Breast Cancer Coalition
1707 L Street NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 21036
202-265-6854
202-296-7477 (fax)

National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service
Building 31, Room 10A16
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
800-4-CANCER
301-402-5874 (CANCERFAX)

National Cancer Survivors
Day Foundation
P.O. Box 682285
Franklin, TN 37068-2285
615-794-3006
615-794-0179 (fax)

National Coalition for
Cancer Research
426 C Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-544-1880

National Coalition for
Cancer Survivorship
1010 Wayne Avenue, 5th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-650-8868

National Lymphedema Network
221 I Post Street, Suite 404
San Francisco, CA 94115
800-541-3259

National Marrow Donor Program
3433 Broadway Street NE
Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55413
800-MARROW-2

Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments
1143 Parmelee NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616-453-1477

Ronald McDonald Houses
One Kroc Drive
Oak Brook, IL 60521
708-575-7418

The Skin Cancer Foundation
245 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2402
New York, NY 10016
212-725-5176

Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc.
P.O. Box 53
Locust Valley, NY 11560
516-759-5333

The Wellness Community
2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 1040
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-314-2555

Y-ME
National Breast Cancer Organization
212 W. Van Buren, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
800-221-2141

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The Soul Menders.
Excerpted from her book
Animals as Teachers & Healers:
True Stories & Reflections,
by Susan Chernak McElroy. © 1996 New Sage Press.

From on Chemo to on Camera.
Reprinted by permission of The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. © 1995 by
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Youth Newsletter.
All rights reserved.

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks.
Reprinted by permission of Howard J. Fuerst, M.D. © 1996 Howard J. Fuerst, M.D.

The Boy and the Billionaire.
Reprinted with permission from the October 1991
Reader’s Digest.
© 1991 by The Reader’s Digest Assn., Inc.

Hope.
Reprinted by permission of Commune-A-Key Publishing. © 1994 William Buchholz, M.D.

Wild Bill.
Reprinted by permission of Mary L. Rapp. © 1995 Mary L. Rapp.

Kids with Cansur.
Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc. © 1992 Geralyn Gaes, Craig Gaes, and Philip Bashe.

Cancer Has Been a Blessing.
Reprinted by permission of Kimberly A. Stoliker. © 1995 Kimberly A. Stoliker.

Cancer and Career Choices.
Reprinted by permission of Robert H. Doss. © 1995 Robert H. Doss.

It Is the Best of Times.
Reprinted by permission of Joanne P. Freeman. © 1995 Joanne P. Freeman.

Up the Down Slope.
Reprinted with permission from
Guideposts Magazine.
© 1988 by Guideposts, Carmel, NY 10512.

Never Give Up!
Reprinted by permission of Prentice Hall/Career Development. Excerpted from
Speaker’s Sourcebook II
by Glenn Van Ekeren. © 1993 Glenn Van Ekeren.

Not Without a Fight.
Reprinted by permission of Mary Helen Brindell. © 1995 Mary Helen Brindell.

Nintendo Master
and
My Hero.
Reprinted by permission of Katie Gill. © 1995 Katie Gill.

Fighting Back—One Man’s Battle with a Brain Tumor.
Reprinted by permission of Reverend Robert Craig. © 1994 Reverend Robert Craig.

Dare to Dream.
Reprinted by permission of Manuel Diotte. © 1994 Manuel Diotte.

Fulfilling My Dreams.
Reprinted by permission of Marilyn R. Moody. © 1995 Marilyn R. Moody.

Chris—One Special Fifth-Grader!
Reprinted by permission of Louise Biggs. © 1995 Louise Biggs.

Keep on Keeping On.
Reprinted by permission of Erik Olesen. © 1995 Erik Olesen.

The Container.
Reprinted by permission of The Putnam Publishing Group. Excerpted from
Kitchen Table Wisdom
by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. © 1996 Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

The Best Day Of My Life.
Reprinted by permission of Gregory M. Lousig-Nont. © 1995 Gregory M. Lousig-Nont.

Love Is Stronger...
and
To the Nurses of the World.
Reprinted by permission of John Wayne Schlatter. © 1995 John Wayne Schlatter.

The Power to Choose.
Reprinted by permission of Angela Trafford. © 1995 Sharon Bruckman.

Laugh!
Excerpted from
You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
by Peter McWilliams. Reprinted by permission of Peter McWilliams. © 1995 Peter McWilliams.

The “Wee” Nurse
and
The Value of Laughter.
Reprinted by permission from Penguin USA. Quoted excerpt from
Head First: The Biology of Hope
by Norman Cousins. © 1989 Norman Cousins.

Until Tomorrow Comes.
Reprinted with permission from
Guideposts Magazine.
© 1976 by Guideposts, Carmel, NY 10512.

Head First.
From
Head First:The Biology of Hope
by Norman Cousins. © 1989 Norman Cousins. Used by permission of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA, Inc.

I’ve Just Got to Make That Man Laugh!
Reprinted by permission of Hanoch & Melody McCarty. © 1995 Hanoch & Melody McCarty.

The Prosthesis Intruder.
Reprinted by permission of Maureen J. Khan-Lacoss. © 1996 Maureen J. Khan-Lacoss
Having an Attitude.
Reprinted by permission of Commune-A-Key Publishing. © 1994 Robert Lipsyte.

The Centerfold
and
The Power of Laughter.
Excerpted from
The Healing Power of Humor
by Allen Klein. © 1989 Allen Klein.