{"product_id":"uncommonly-common-on-resilience-waiting-rooms-and-breast-cancer-levity-9798996366606","title":"Uncommonly Common: On Resilience, Waiting Rooms, and Breast Cancer Levity","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoughly 13% of us will face a breast cancer diagnosis, but when it's you, you feel very alone. \u003cem\u003eYou're not alone, friend.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUncommonly Common: On Resilience, Waiting Rooms, and Breast Cancer Levity \u003c\/em\u003eis for those who've received that unwanted diagnosis, love someone facing cancer, or enjoy reading about infusion waiting rooms, handling unsolicited advice, and offending large groups of people. It's about living with a common cancer, yet living uncommonly with resilience, hope, and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving \"real time\" writing with reflective hindsight, Karla Lewellyn's journey through diagnosis, treatments, and what follows includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilling out medical forms that no one ever looks at\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe subtle differences in pricks, pokes, and prods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDealing with Dr. Sad Sack; No Bedside Manner, M.D.; and Dr. Grim Reaper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFerocious family, stubborn friends, prayer lists, and precocious pink ribbons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDealing with \"Brain Fog\" (a\/k\/a \"Why did I walk into this room?\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurprising perks of the infusion room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootball, driving, and hurricane cancer analogies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mystery of why an 18-team conference is called \"The Big Ten\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen people tell you \"You look good!\" they really mean \"You don't look good; you just don't look as bad as I thought you would\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCampaigning for deleting the redundancy of the word \u003cem\u003einvasive\u003c\/em\u003e from i\u003cem\u003envasive carcinoma \u003c\/em\u003e(\"Tell them they have cancer. Don't patronize them.\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRinging the bell, even if you don't want to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreatment bait and switch (a\/k\/a \"You can't handle the truth!\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding beauty in the ordinary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe never-ending quest for synonyms of \"journey\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow truly beautiful the word negative can be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18626265\"\u003eKarla Lewellyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karla Lewellyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996366606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HEA\"\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Fitness\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HEA039030\"\u003eDiseases \u0026amp; Conditions | Cancer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HUM\"\u003eHumor\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HUM027000\"\u003eTopic | Health \u0026amp; Medicine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karla Lewellyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229362278697,"sku":"9798996366606","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9798996366606.jpg?v=1790356728","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/uncommonly-common-on-resilience-waiting-rooms-and-breast-cancer-levity-9798996366606","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}