100 Delicious Recipes to Support You During Cancer Treatment: Family-Friendly Meals to Help You Cope

Thorne Hamstring: Bought this for my cousin who is staying ahead of stage 4 lung for nearly 3 years now. She was directed to this book, so and God (through me) provided. She says the book is perfect for her needs on diet, tips, advice and how to manage therapies. Given my cousin is a stubborn fighter and has been winning, I think I can recommend this book highly.

United States on Sep 11, 2021

Lee D: Love that this categorizes recipes by symptoms ! Great pictures!

Canada on Jan 05, 2019

mikado48: This book has been a godsend during my chemotherapy. I have Stage 1b breast cancer and have an aggressive form requiring aggressive drugs with really bad nausea and diarrhea as side effects. This book is organized by side effects, making it very easy for me or my mom or husband to quickly find a recipe that is going to help me on a given day in a given moment. Other books have good recipes, but you have to hunt for what works for what you need. This one is organized around what you need. My only request would be that the section on diarrhea could have more recipes, but we have found plenty to help us out. And these recipes are truly easy and family friendly. Even ones you think sound complicated are simple and quick. If you are or will be going through chemo, this book should be in you toolbox by or before Day 1 so you and you support team can plan well and be well.

United States on Dec 15, 2018

Carolyn C.: I bought this book thinking it would help me keep my wife's nutrition strong while also making sure she could eat during the nausea and mouth sores. She's now through her 2nd round of chemo and these recipes have been a hit. They are easy to follow, and really yummy for both of us. Most importantly, she said, "Whoever wrote that book and recipes really knows what it's like to go through chemo." The book is organized by symptom/issue during chemo and it has seriously been an amazing resource. And, it includes detailed nutritional information for each recipe. Cancer is scary enough for the entire family to go through. These recipes are helping us with healthy food that is also "hitting the spot" for my wife's varied symptoms. THANK YOU Jeanne Besser, Kristina Ratley, Sheri Knecht, and Michele Szafranski, and Madelyn Wheeler. You are an incredible team.

United States on Apr 26, 2018

Lois Jenken: Excellent book

Canada on Aug 05, 2016

Cass: I have no idea what the printed book looks like, but the kindle version is not great.
They do have hyperlinks in the table of contents (ToC) but that is about it.

The premise of this book is that it is organized by the side effect you are trying to counteract. Each recipe applies to more than one side effect. Each side effect is designated by a color circle. In theory, each recipe has color dots to quickly show which side effects it applies to--except that the dots aren't there--at least they are not on the actual recipe pages. They are only on a chart in the front of the book AND the darn chart doesn't have hyperlinks so once you find something of interest on the chart, you can't even click on any link! You have to write it down and then go find it in the ToC. I would consider this an extremely significant flaw.

I actually have to go through and manually bookmark each recipe as they only bookmarked the ToC. Manual Bookmarking straight off is important as this appears to be the only way to jump from the reference chart in the front straight to a recipe without going back to the ToC and searching for the hyperlink in the table of contents.

Oh yes, one more...

United States on Oct 13, 2012

HMH1990: This book is a great resource to find foods that satisfy what symptom you are suffering from. Much of the time when I am on a treatment week I never feel up to anything but the book shows some great tasting recipes that I like to eat. Another great feature of the cookbook is that for each symptom listed they give you possible roots of why it is like that and other suggestions of what foods to eat and avoid when suffering from those symptoms. The book also gives other types of advice like what to order while at a restaurant or when takeout food should be an option. I would recommend it to anyone who is going through treatment and has trouble deciding what to eat.

Canada on Apr 15, 2012

Kindle Customer: I first saw this book at a cancer support group shortly after being diagnosed. It was highly recommended by the Nurse Advocate who is one of the leaders of the group. I knew it was something I wanted to try - even for just the ideas on what you can eat for the different side effects of chemo. Once I received it and really started looking at it, there are a LOT of recipes I want to try. Probably more than any other single cookbook I own -and I own a LOT of cookbooks. I took this cookbook to my chemo treatment so my mother could look at it and there are several recipes she wants to try also.

I tried the Individual Shepard's Pies today and they are wonderful. I found I cannot taste peas and carrots since starting treatment. When I prepared the Shepard's Pies today according to the recipe, I could actually taste the peas and carrots. Tomorrow night (since I have leftover mash potatoes) will be Mashed Potato-Chicken Patties, then maybe Pumpkin-Ginger Mini Muffins for dessert.

This book has so many wonderful recipes and they are categorized by side effects patients may be experiencing. There are also dozens of helpful hints in this book. This book is a wonderful resource...

United States on Jan 05, 2011