On August 17, My Cancer Place is hosting a teleconference with Dr. Bernie Siegel who will be discussing how to be an exceptional cancer patient and the healing journey of a cancer survivor. Listeners will be able to call in and ask questions. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, one of the world's foremost physicians, best-selling authors, and motivational speakers, is a compassionate, caring and loving advocate for individuals who want to take an active role in their own healing process, founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, ECaP, in 1978.
ECaP's philosophy holds that life is to be celebrated, everyone's healing journey is unique, health and healing are a process, we are all teachers and students, we are here to learn and share our experiences, and love heals.
If you cannot attend the teleconference, the recorded conference will be posted at My Cancer Place.
One of the first books I read after my breast cancer diagnosis was issued in hardback in 1986 -- 20 years ago -- and then was published again and reissued and reprinted in 1990, 1998, and 2002.While the cover has changed and perhaps some wording too, the message in this book -- 
