Everything Changes

According to Rosenthal, the 'survivorship experience' has become a cultural phenomenon used to advance cancer on a national political level, increase awareness, and to rally for needed psychosocial support services. Survivorship stories have also created a public identity of who a cancer patient - even a young adult cancer patient, is: vocal, outspoken, sassy, sexy, insightful, spiritual, grateful, empowered. Through this book, she hopes to rip young adult cancer patients from the confines of these limited descriptors and perceptions and reveal who they are not in simple definitions but in the complexities of their real daily lives; what they think about lying in bed at night, what they wish they could tell their lovers but are too afraid to, the ways in which they feel vulnerable, tender, and utterly uncertain of what to do with themselves, the times when cancer is not a fight but just a hard circumstance with which to live. This book is for these young people who are living with cancer each and every day.

1. The Economics Of Illness

"Resources: Health Insurance and Financial Resources"

2. When God Things Happen To Sick People

"Resources: Spiritual Questions and Critical Paperwork"

3.Single

"Resources: ""Dating, Relationships, and Sexuality and Body Image"

4. Human Spectacles

"Resources: Clinical Trials and Family Matters"

5. Malignant and Indignant

"Resources: Employment Issues and Peer Support"

6. Something In The Air

"Resources: Cancer and the Environment"

7. Mortality Bites

Resources: Building Support Systems and End Of Life

8. The Myth of Eternal Optimism

"Resources: Emotional Support" "and Coping with Pain"

9. It Girl

"Resources: Young Adult Caregivers and College Student Resources"

10. The Pragmatist's Approach

"Resources: Working The System"

11. Off The Map

"Resources: " "Alternative Medicine and Self Care Practices"

12. Naked In The Streets

"Resources: Making a Difference"

13. Fluke

"Resources: Conducting Research and Fertility and Adoption"