Oncology Buddies Bookcase

About the book  Slaying Cancer Together is a deeply intimate recollection of events in Lindie Liebenberg’s life, focusing on her breast cancer journey, undergoing surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy for several types of cancer. Lindie shares her experiences honestly and from the heart, telling her story chronologically and from many levels; medically, emotionally, motivationally, and inspirationally. [...]

About the book  This guide is written with the love and care of a palliative nursing sister to help ease the journey for patients and their loved ones. It’s a subject so often spoken about, yet with little practical information easily available. Urged by the many people whose lives she has touched as a palliative [...]

About the book  A leading and popular Cape Town women’s rights lawyer, arts patron and doting patriarch, Peter Truman finds his utopian world turned upside down. Usually adept at coping, the pressures mount whilst caring for his beloved wife, Amanda, in her cancer recovery, and still being the perfect father to their daughter. Extended to [...]

About the book  This memoir recounts Amanda’s journey through triple-negative breast cancer treatment in South Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Facing challenges in navigating misinformation on social media, she accentuates the double-edged nature of online information for cancer patients. The Sum of the Parts is a compelling story that highlights the importance of evidence-based knowledge [...]

About the book  Poetry in motion is a compilation of Anita Meyer’s English poems that she wrote during her breast health issues. About the author Anita Meyer has walked a long journey with several health challenges. Last year was the worst when she had a breast disease scare; she was lucky that she got it checked [...]

About the book  Coping with the Six Letter Word Cancer takes the reader through the journey with prostate cancer from testing to diagnosis to treatment to aftercare and follow-up. This is a powerful and candid first-hand account of one man’s journey which is written from the heart with no holds barred. Informative and pure, this [...]

About the book  Eight years ago, during a period Dr Frances le Roux thought everything was under control, she suddenly had to face a diagnosis of breast cancer. It was a dramatic change in her life as a physiotherapist running a busy private practice. She suddenly had to face a mastectomy and chemotherapy. During her [...]

About the book  Cat Therapy is an anthology of diary entries written by Gail Gilbride during her cancer treatment, which coincided with the coronavirus pandemic. Emotionally rich and shedding light on one of the most challenging experiences anyone might encounter, it’s beautifully written with honesty, humour, playfulness, and enduring optimism. Gail’s voice is warm, strong, [...]

About the book  This true life story of Allen Michael Tiffin, who has had three kidney transplants, will change the way you think and teach you to be grateful for your own life. Allen has received countless obstacles and miracles throughout his life that he has overcome and his message to the world is that [...]

About the book  What does it take to win at the Olympic Games? How many years of hard work and dedication does it take to prepare for such a feat? How many disappointments do you have to endure on this journey? Danielle Brittain has walked this journey over and over again, her two sons won [...]

About the book  In a world ever awakening to higher consciousness and heightened awareness of our planet’s tender interdependence, we find ourselves amid the COVID pandemic. We live in a time when 85% of the global workforce is not engaged in their ideal occupation, and there is a palpable and urgent hunger for meaning and [...]

About the book  Written by a three times cancer survivor, Philip Robson, this book is a must-read for anyone facing and fighting cancer as well as for their caregivers. Called from a scientific background into Christian ministry, Philip has the ideal background to furnish valuable factual advice and spiritual counsel to his readers. He shares […]