The book “Cancer on Five Dollars A Day” is the kind of book you can easily devour on a weekend. He uses comedy, yet brutally honest, sarcastic and defiant.
While you are reading this book, you absorb it instantly.
The author makes you know that just because you have cancer doesn’t mean you have to lose your sense of humor. This book is a funny book and his lesson about cancer and life are right on target, it is very real for anyone who has gone through chemotherapy and will help the person in strengthening up.
Cancer on 5 dollar a day is a great humor book, especially if you have just come off months of therapy for cancer, it gives a vivid picture of most cancer patients upon diagnosis and during watch and wait.
You need this book: It is inspirational and totally life enhancing, the book tells the story of Robert treatment and recovery following his cancer diagnoses in June.
He was no stranger to cancer. He lost his son, Derek, to brain cancer at age 11. Going through his memoir shows how He never lost his sense of humor through his trying periods. His continual laughter even in the face of death, help him pull through from the cards dealt to him by life.
To show his high level of humor, even as his hairs was falling out, Robert bantered with wig salesmen, inquiring about the possibility of a wig for his pubic region.
The lesson from his memoir is that without a strong sense of humor during the tough times of life, including being diagnosed of cancer or already being afflicted with cancer, it is very hard for one to pull through..
Remember “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do”
If you think a little sense of humor and the experience of one who conquered cancer through humor will do you some good, then look up the book here:Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life
