F*** You Cancer: How to face the big C, live your life and still be yourself
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- Create Date：2022-05-19 00:53:35
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Deborah James
- ISBN：178504205X
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Summary
**As seen on BBC Breakfast**
You are stronger than you know， more positive than you ever thought and you can still LIVE with cancer。
Drink more green juices， eat turmeric， walk for three hours a day。。。 Arghh， I wanted to scream， run away and tell every well-meaning person to go and do one！
Whilst this book doesn’t advocate throwing all advice down the kitchen sink， it will empower you to do things your way as you navigate the big C roller coaster。
Deborah James， campaigner and co-presenter of the top-charting podcast You， Me and the Big C， will take you through every twist and turn， reminding you that it’s okay to feel one hundred different things in the space of a minute and showing you how you can still live your life and BE YOURSELF with cancer。
Taking you from diagnosis （welcome to the club you never wanted to join）， to coping with family and friends （can everyone just fuck off sometimes？！）， looking good and feeling better （drink the wine）， and celebrating milestones along the way （drink more wine！）， this inspiring cancer coach in a book will transform your outlook and encourage you to shout #FUCKYOUCANCER as loudly as you can！
You are stronger than you know， more positive than you ever thought and you can still LIVE with cancer。
Drink more green juices， eat turmeric， walk for three hours a day。。。 Arghh， I wanted to scream， run away and tell every well-meaning person to go and do one！
Whilst this book doesn’t advocate throwing all advice down the kitchen sink， it will empower you to do things your way as you navigate the big C roller coaster。
Deborah James， campaigner and co-presenter of the top-charting podcast You， Me and the Big C， will take you through every twist and turn， reminding you that it’s okay to feel one hundred different things in the space of a minute and showing you how you can still live your life and BE YOURSELF with cancer。
Taking you from diagnosis （welcome to the club you never wanted to join）， to coping with family and friends （can everyone just fuck off sometimes？！）， looking good and feeling better （drink the wine）， and celebrating milestones along the way （drink more wine！）， this inspiring cancer coach in a book will transform your outlook and encourage you to shout #FUCKYOUCANCER as loudly as you can！
Reviews
Karina Henderson
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Such a brilliant book。 This book can help with any prep for an op or diagnosis， Deborah beautifully discusses mindset and different stages and processes。 It’s an honest book which I would give to any friend who needed it。
Scott MacDonald
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Brilliant。 Truly inspirational and worth the read。
Nicola
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It is difficult to write a book on dealing with incurable cancer with wit and humour but Deborah James has achieved it。 This is a must read for anyone dealing with terminal cancer and anyone who cares about someone with terminal cancer。 Tells it how it is - warts and all - but still with hope and encouragement to live life however much you have left。
Michele
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I'm currently undergoing chemotherapy for stage 4 breast cancer and feeling pretty grim。 The fact that Deborah had the energy to write this whilst going through her own treatment is remarkable so she deserves five 🌟 for that alone。That being said the focus on， wine， hair ， lipstick， shopping and wine didn't appeal。 But then it wouldn't have pre cancer so whatever floats your boat。The Fuck You Cancer thing doesn't grab me either。 It's a disease ， not a person and as such does not respond to name I'm currently undergoing chemotherapy for stage 4 breast cancer and feeling pretty grim。 The fact that Deborah had the energy to write this whilst going through her own treatment is remarkable so she deserves five 🌟 for that alone。That being said the focus on， wine， hair ， lipstick， shopping and wine didn't appeal。 But then it wouldn't have pre cancer so whatever floats your boat。The Fuck You Cancer thing doesn't grab me either。 It's a disease ， not a person and as such does not respond to name calling and prude like I'm not a fan of the F word。 However I'm living with this thing and don't want all that remains to revolve around cancer。 There's so much more to life。 Which is basically what Deborah is saying。A good book and laughter with my family， a row with friends and a run with my best beloved。 You can keep the wine ， tastes yucky on docetaxel anyway。 。。。more
Jo Weston
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A book about living with Cancer， but equally applicable to those who don't have Cancer but are supporting those who do， or just to those who need reminding how precious life is。Rock on Debs， you are an inspiration。 A book about living with Cancer， but equally applicable to those who don't have Cancer but are supporting those who do， or just to those who need reminding how precious life is。Rock on Debs， you are an inspiration。 。。。more
Kate Henderson
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Listened via audible。 Huge fan of Deborah and what she is doing about spreading the C word！ Saying I ‘enjoyed’ this audio book feels slightly wrong but really do feel that I have a better insight into how cancer can and could effect you。
Kate Kells
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I cannot praise this book more highly。 I don’t have cancer but read this as a former nurse interested in palliative care who has been medically retired due to chronic health conditions。 Deborah writes very honestly and deals with all aspects of dealing with cancer or indeed many chronic illnesses。
Barbara
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This book promises a lot and - at least from my perspective - it doesn't really deliver。 I don't know Deborah James， haven't listened to the pod cast she did with two other cancer patients， and haven't read her blog so I came to this blind to her but not to her situation。 In the 8 years since I had cancer - a type for which the advice in this book is largely irrelevant - I have read scores of cancerographies; the good， the bad and the ugly of cancer experience。 I've also been a Community Champio This book promises a lot and - at least from my perspective - it doesn't really deliver。 I don't know Deborah James， haven't listened to the pod cast she did with two other cancer patients， and haven't read her blog so I came to this blind to her but not to her situation。 In the 8 years since I had cancer - a type for which the advice in this book is largely irrelevant - I have read scores of cancerographies; the good， the bad and the ugly of cancer experience。 I've also been a Community Champion for Macmillan's online community so I've had exposure to people across the full range of cancer types。In my opinion - and it's hard to offer anything that isn't opinionated on the subject - the best cancerographies are either very specific to a cancer type and offer the kind of detailed support that a smallish group of readers really need or they are deeply personal and the cancer type is irrelevant to the reader's sense of 'Wow！ This person really has something important to say'。 F*** You Cancer tries to be a bit of both and ends up not really satisfying either camp。 I know a little about bowel cancer after supporting a friend through his wife's treatment and I got to the end of the book and realised I didn't even know what surgery DJ had or whether she had to deal with an ostomy and reversals and such-like。 I knew she liked lipstick， wine， and high heels though - boy did I know that because she told us again and again and again。Probably the best parts for me were the little extracts from other people she'd met along the way， and of course the testimonies of her two children。 I also thought some of the end of chapter notes were very good。On content and literary merit I'd be at 2-stars for this but added the third because it's incredibly well-intentioned and I don't want to be the person to tell somebody who's going through a horrible time that I didn't think her book was worthy of 3。 I wish her all the best for a long and healthy future。As an aside， I chose to respect my cancer， not swear at it。 Working on the theory that I MADE it， that it was part of me and therefore I couldn't hate IT without hating myself， I abhor the 'up yours cancer' and 'F*** you， cancer' movement。 Know your enemy but respect it too。 。。。more
Graham
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A down-to-earth， well-meaning book that is （unfortunately） relatable。 An overuse of exclamation marks plus a tendency to focus on the usage of lipstick （not my bag） and wine-drinking （not so great when nothing tastes ‘right’ any more）， but the author’s heart and intentions are definitely in the right place。
penelope middelboe
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