I'd Rather Do Chemo Than Clean Out the Garage (eBook)

Fran DiGiacomo employs humor and wit in this laugh-out-loud, touching account of her own strategy to surviving cancer, chemo, and the grueling road to recovery. She offers an unconventional yet effective form of support to readers facing the same challenges, and shows them the benefits of choosing laughter over tears.

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An inspiring and witty memoir by a woman battling cancerwith laughter.Fran Di Giacomo made it through one case of cancer at fortythen got hit with a worse case in her fifties. Tired of the somber, weepy books she kept getting from well-meaning friends, she stumbled upon a book that made her laugh out loudand realized that was what she'd been missing. Laughter felt goodand that was how she wanted to feel.Inspired, she wrote this unique memoir, an unsentimental, sharply funny take on her experienceincluding her favorite techniques for shamelessly exploiting the chemo lifestyle. She reveals the way that indulging her sense of humor not only kept her sane during the hardest moments, but also allowed her to continue her successful career as an artist, even through thirteen hospitalizations, ten surgeries, and constant chemotherapy. Her book is terrifically entertainingas her oncologist warns in the foreword, you should avoid reading it in the immediate postoperative period due to the risk of popping a suture. It can also help other cancer patients, or anyone dealing with hardship, to cultivate a zesty enthusiasm for life and empower themselves to keep fighting.