What Matters Most

"You have cancer." The words hit M. A. Levings hard. She later wondered if the nurse could perhaps have couched the news in gentler language. But no-there is no good way to deliver a cancer diagnosis.

For Levings, her diagnosis launched a frightening journey that is familiar to all cancer patients. Fear and denial dominated her early emotions, coupled with a deep need for a second opinion. As these feelings began to subside, she realized she was about to make the most important decisions of her life. The medical options she chose-and her attitude-would determine her treatment outcome. She had to decide what mattered most to her and focus on that.

What Matters Most: Navigating Your Cancer Diagnosis and Beyond is a short, honest, ultimately uplifting account of the author's experiences as a cancer patient, describing how she answered the questions all cancer patients must ask-from selecting the appropriate cancer treatment facility to determining therapy options that are right for you.

Taking an active role in your own treatment gives you the focus you need to get through your personal cancer journey. With sensitivity and insight, Levings shows you how she handled this deeply personal process.