Gideon D Burrows

Broschiertes Buch

Glioblastoma - A guide for patients and loved ones

Your guide to glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumours

Beschreibung

Glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma are two of the most common form of brain tumours in adults. Too often they can be life changing, even life limiting for patients, wreaking devastation on their families. This readable, moving and non technical guide is your comprehensive patient focussed guide to these obstinate brain cancers. It covers everything from getting an accurate diagnosis, to dealing with the physical, mental and emotional impact of the disease. From treatment options and how to cope with their side effects, to newly developing techniques and future research. This book presents an honest and realistic picture, with a personal approach. Featuring dozens of personal testimonies from those with these high grade brain tumours and their loved ones, the book offers information, reassurance and support on these, the most complex of brain tumours. In this patient centred book, you will discover everything you might like to know: About these brain tumours; Detecting brain tumours; Diagnosis; Treatment; Changes and challenges; Family and friends reaction; Prognosis; Dealing with death; Trials and research.

Autor

Gideon Burrows is a writer and independent publisher, a cycling fanatic, bike mechanic and brain tumour patient. Somehow he manages to write about all of these things, and occasionally weave them all together, into books that routinely receive great plaudits from reviewers. His first full length novel, Portico, is a thrilling page turner which will challenge how you think about the future, and what you might need to sacrifice to get there. Gideon has spent his life writing, starting off as a journalist on social care, then becoming a copywriter for charities. Turning to books, he was author of two books on writing and marketing in the charity sector. In 2012, Gideon was diagnosed with a life limiting brain tumour. His response? To write about it. The result were three patient centred books about living with a brain tumour: Living Low Grade, Glioblastoma and This Book Won't Cure Your Cancer. On the way, he's also written a Amazon category topping book about men and childcare, Men Can Do It, which won writing magazine's Self Published Book of the Year 2017, and a humourous travelogue about the wacky world of chilli growing and eating across the UK, Chilli Britain. He has appeared on BBC breakfast TV, BBC Radio 4, and local radio stations, to talk about his books. They have also been featured in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and many more media outlets. Gideon is a fierce advocate of independent publishing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ngo.media
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781838261801
• ISBN-10: 183826180X
• Artikelnr.: 60619351