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"...It is a practical 'how-to' guide useful not only to cancer patients, but to everybody during their daily routine."Nadia Malouf, MD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Local Authors Celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Book Signing at Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center
Pam Leight and Terri Schinazi, two of the authors of the recently published book Finding the”CAN” in Cancer, helped celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a book-signing event at Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center in Chapel Hill. Ms. Schinazi spoke briefly about her own experiences as a long-term breast cancer survivor and her interest in helping other patients that led her to contribute to Finding the”CAN” in Cancer.
The event took place on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:30 pm at Cornucopia House, located at 111 Cloister Court, Suite 220 in Chapel Hill, near the intersection of U.S. 15-501 and I-40. Directions are available at their website, http://www.cornucopiahouse.org/.
Cornucopia House is a special place that provides a nurturing environment where patients, families, and others can gather to share and receive support, resources, and education to cope with cancer. The authors of Finding the”CAN” in Cancer support their efforts in helping cancer survivors, their loved ones, and other caregivers.
The late Nancy Emerson, a noted motivational speaker and cancer spokeswoman, joined friends Pam Leight of Durham, the late Susan Moonan, and Terri Schinazi of Oxford to create this unique book. They emphasize how a positive attitude and outlook can transform one of the greatest difficulties one can face into a path to personal fulfillment and service. The book stresses that for all the physical and emotional difficulties of cancer and its treatment, there is an upside.
The book signing celebrated Finding the ”CAN” in Cancer and its goal of assisting cancer patients, including those with breast cancer. After Ms. Schinazi’s remarks, a reception was held for doctors, nurses, friends and supporters. The authors also had books available for signing.
