Rickie Redeemed Chronicle Of A Cure by Trudi Knoedler

50-year-old fitness addict Rickie Lennox does not see herself as a likely candidate for breast cancer; but in Rickie Redeemed, cougar Rickie has her comeuppance as the “Big C” thrusts her into the next phase of her personal evolution. Between mammograms, sonograms, and waiting-room jitters, she reveals the story of her dream date with Swedish actor Rolf Halverson and its shocking denouement when he discovers a lump in her perfect left breast. Her life post-Rolf quickly descends into a vortex of diagnostics, chemotherapy, and the attendant discomforts; but her relentless belief in self-healing also provokes her to explore alternative remedies, meditation, and chiropractic—as well as doses of supportive bonding with friends and family members. When her course of treatment is almost over she encounters a new challenge in Ian Shamano, the radiation therapist to whom she is irresistibly drawn, though he sees her damaged breast on a daily basis. The outcome is a testimony to both her survival and the real cure she achieves in Rickie Redeemed.