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Anita Gayton was living her best life until she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, a terminal illness. This book chronicles her sudden deterioration and extensive treatment, whilst exploring the emotional impact of it all, the accompanying loss of identity and effect on family and friends. It is relentlessly realistic, but also told with optimism and humour.  It is a story of hope.  Staying Alive: My Ride with Ovarian Cancer is for all those who may be going through something similar and those who love and care for them.

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Anita Gayton is a retired clinical psychologist. Leaving behind her varied career working with people with severe mental health problems, she enjoyed spending time with her adult sons, her partner and her family. She loved studying, travelling and keeping active, exercise sessions in the park and had just taken up walking football. She had always wanted to write a book. This was not the book she had in mind, but it was the book she felt she needed to write.

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