Using her 21 years of personal and professional experience, the author will give readers the vital tools they need to take care of themselves while they take care of their loved ones who have cancer. When Life Becomes Precious will be the first book to: offer tips on ways to help patients, caregivers and co-workers

provide a long and diverse list of gifts that are appropriate to give to families that are living with cancer

offers reasons why fear makes people shy away from discussing cancer and techniques on how to overcome that fear

present the things that families do that doctors like and dislike When Life Becomes Precious will teach readers to assess and put into perspective, their own feelings about the disease so that they can truly help those who are afflicted with it. The use of cartoons, anecdotes and personal stories will set an upbeat and positive tone. Readers will come away fully prepared to deal with the realities of cancer.