Cancer The diagnosis used to be a death sentence This is the story of my journey through diagnosis and treatment. It tells of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. It tells of visits from my family. But the true story is told in the actual email messages that were sent to family and friends along the way. There were days of despair and days of light. There were times of isolation and times of connection. This book has a beginning and an end. It is a true story. Hopefully this book is one that will touch not just the patient, but their caregivers and their medical team and all the family and friends who are touched by cancer. It is a story of hope.