Author(s): Kellie Nissen

Biography and Memoirs

"The year I had breast cancer was the best year of my life ?"Every time breast cancer 'survivor', Kellie Nissen, says those words out loud, people are shocked but she's not saying it for the shock value. She stands by it as her truth.Just before she was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer in January 2017, at the age of 47, Kellie had convinced herself that she was looking forward to another year of teaching. With enough leave up her sleeve, however, she didn't think twice about taking the whole year off to focus on her treatment and kicking cancer firmly in the behind. The side effect of twelve months of 'time off' was plenty of opportunity to reflect - on where she'd been and where she was heading. She didn't like what she saw. And, once the cancer was gone and her hair had grown back, she knew things had to change.In this raw and brutally honest memoir, Kellie gives a voice to Cancer, conversing with her as she reveals and acknowledges all the emotions of that year. The best year. And the worst. But ultimately, the year Kellie maintains she needed to have. Whether you connect, disagree or gain new hope, What Cancer Said will challenge you to consider other perspectives when it comes to how individuals deal with trauma and encourage you to step forward and own the way you feel.