October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The person with breast cancer is the perceived victim, and with good reason.
Meet the Silent Victim
But there is a silent victim: the support person, not always but more often than not a man. Feel especially for those young men who think toxic masculinity is the way to be a real man.
My book, Your Partner Has Breast Cancer: 21 Ways to Keep Sane as a Support Person on Your Journey from Victim to Survivor, is for them. I wrote it while I was playing that role as support person for Emily and discovering that no resources were available anywhere to help me take care of myself so I could take care of her.
What Others Are Saying
I felt guilty thinking I should be doing more but not knowing what more to do. I wrote the book to help me survive the experience. Now, others can do the same. Here’s what readers have said:
“Ken has in a thoughtful and caring way shared effective ways that worked for him as he was a great husband and father supporting his wife and children in his family’s battle against breast cancer.”— Marc Heyison, President/Founder, Men Against Breast Cancer
“I read it in one sitting, then went back and read it again. The story is masterfully told, the advice lovingly conveyed,,,, Everyone whose lives have been touched by cancer should have a copy.” — Cantor Emeritus Ann Zibelman Rose, Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, Michigan
“All I can say is wow! I found this booklet helpful, informative, moving, and clearly a labor of love.”— Dr. Helen Pass, Chief of Breast Surgery at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
“I connect with you so easily and on a very personal level.”— Kristi Davis, Founder, Creative Spirit Healing
Here It Is
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I have made it available right here at a major low price. Real men experience emotional pain and recognize when they need help.
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Ken Wachsberger is an author, editor, speaker, book coach, and breast cancer support person survivor. His memoir, Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer, was released this summer and is available for purchase here.
