Everybody Reads a Poem: For Healing from Cancer, Hurt or Pain

By Mary L. Henry

In EVERYBODY READS A POEM, Mary Leah Cornish-Henry gracefully chronicles her astonishing story of her fight against cancer facing the many gruesome effects of chemotherapy, and staying caner free two months after surgery, and remaining so 5 years later. Leahs fight started when she discovered a lump under her arm, and on May 23, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Although Leah practiced a fairly healthy lifestyle of diet and exercise, the diagnosis showed a stage three breast cancer. Within the few weeks following the diagnosis, Leah started facing a debilitating fear Fear of dying!
Along Leahs pathway to healing, she was a patient at a Natural lifestyle center in Euchee Pines Lifestyle center in Alabama. Her health improved at the end of the treatment period, but the cancer was still active in her body. In August of 2007, she had surgery, and then moved on the Immune Recovery Foundation to continue her treatment in conventional and naturopathic medicine. Although Leahs treatment included only 10% chemotherapy, and 90 natural treatments, she was plagued with immeasurable amount of side effects. The one side effect that taunted her the most was the ugly stain of depression.
In the midst of these treatments, Leah remained faithful to her God, and accepted the help of many good friends. Though she could barely shun the depression that led her to antidepressant and a week in the hospitals psychiatric ward, she did do one thing WRITE! So for the next 5 years, Mary Leah Cornish-Henry has written over one hundred poems which bring her joy and healing from the terrible disease of cancer. In May of 2012, Ms Henry resigned her job as a public school teacher to devote 100% of her time towards her health. Leah has overcome numerous suicide ideations, and has chosen life instead of death. She has taken the time to share her cancer healing poems with you, in an attempt that you may find Joy and healing from your pain and loss!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781479767335

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Copyright © 2014 by Mary L. Henry. 127104

Library of Congress Control Number:

2013902267

Illustrated by Nick Cornish-Tomlinson

ISBN:

Softcover   978-1-4797-6732-8

EBook   978-1-4797-6733-5

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Rev. date: 09/27/2014

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Acknowledgment

More than seven years ago, I discovered a solid lump under my left arm, and on May 23, 2007, it was confirmed that I had the most aggressive form of breast cancer. I would share how I found the lump, but my children would say, Eeuu Mama! So I won’t share it now; not in this book at least! In the poem No, Not Me, I describe my first reaction to the cancer diagnosis.

Over the years, I have written poem after poem in an attempt to allow the written words to aid