Bøger af Sharon E Sirocco

Every journey has ups and downs. By the end of Sharon Sirocco's first book, Bunches and Piles and Heaps...Oh My! the reader is impressed with the role her faith plays in adapting to childhood diabetes, kidney/pancreas transplantation, chemotherapy resistant metastatic squamous cell cancer eventuating in complete loss of her right leg with right hip disarticulation.This book, "Bumps in the Road Ahead", looks at long term concerns. The reader learns about the seeming coincidence of outstanding healthcare workers showing up as needed in different capacities-doctors, physical therapists, prosthetics, and specialized surgeons. But as Sharon points out, this is a God incident; not a coincidence.While the reader is introduced to many new things such as wound clinic, wound vac, hyperbaric chamber, phantom limb pain, caretakers etc., they are all wrapped up in related scripture and prayers. The ever-present fear of recurrent or new cancer is a lesson in how your faith doesn't eliminate fear, but shows you how to manage it. While there are multiple different concerns and needs, Sharon shows how they all condense to one belief "GOD is good"Hallelujah! And thank you, Sharon.Jeffrey W. Wilson, M.D.

When Sharon E. Sirocco was nine, she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. This was only the first of many health challenges to come. Happily, she has always known that God is her comfort and guide. After years of dealing with diabetes, Sirocco was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. She had a kidney and pancreas transplant, but the antirejection drugs she had to take made her bones fragile, and that led to painful fractures. She underwent many surgeries to fix the breaks. Sirocco then found a cancerous growth on her ankle. She had Mohs surgery to remove the cancer, but it returned again and again. She had part of her ankle removed, and then her leg was amputated below the knee. However, the cancer had already spread, and Sirocco underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Eventually, to save her life, her doctors had to amputate Sirocco's leg at the hip joint. Despite her suffering, Sirocco's story isn't one of fear and anxiety but rather hope and healing. She knows God is by her side at every doctor's appointment and during every surgery. Sirocco, with humor and warmth, shares the blessings in her life and the divine love that helped her survive.