Product Description
Carol Ann Cole offers her incredible journey of the path she has walked from ages sixteen to sixty. She writes of the clarity that comes with age and, in her case, a recurrence of breast cancer sixteen years after her initial diagnosis. In 1992 Carol Ann and her mother both battled cancer at the same time. In 2008, Carol Ann continued to learn from her mother as she faced this killer disease without her mother by her side. In intimate and sometimes heartbreaking detail, Carol Ann provides insight into a woman’s emotions and fears following a routine mammogram and ultimately a clean bill of health. Not taking herself too seriously, she shares the lighter side of her breast cancer recurrence and finds a way to lift your heart as you read her story. You will never view a mammography machine or an operating room the same way again. The author speaks of her Comfort Heart Initiative fundraiser that is alive and well many years after being launched in 1998. There are now over 228,000 Comfort Hearts in the hands of people in Canada and around the world, and some of their stories are collected here. Carol Ann also includes stories from others who have opened their hearts to share their challenges of retirement, cancer and mental illness. The author writes of her own battle with depression and how she reached out for help. If I Knew Then What I Know Now includes Carol Ann’s passion for family, honesty, helping others, the bond of friendship, battling and beating cancer one more time and much more. If you are looking for that special book that will give you hope and courage, this is the book for you.
About the Author
Carol Ann Cole is an author, a professional speaker and the founder of the Comfort Heart Initiative. She is a member of the Order of Canada and has received numerous additional awards including the Golden Jubilee Medal, the elite Maclean’s Honour Role and the Terry Fox Citation of Honour to name a few.
