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Is the defendant fit for trial? This question is answered in many courtrooms by mental health professionals, prosecuting attorneys and judges who believe that a person who is delusional and incoherent, but presents no apparent violent threat, is fit for trial. Those with little to no financial and legal resources watch helplessly as their loved one is shuttled within the penal system. This book discusses the problem from the perspective of one mother who watched her son become part of the thousands of incarcerated who are not criminals but are mentally ill. This family joined many others in experiencing the anguish of helplessness and hopelessness against a system that seems too large to fix and too fixed to care. There are no easy answers, but many of the symptoms of mental illness are dismissed, ignored and vilified by society. The results are the incarceration of many whose crimes are due to a misunderstanding of mental illness symptoms. Add to the misunderstanding poverty and being a person of color, most notably African American and male, and it spells the unfolding of a national tragedy.

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be a paradox. You feel fine, but you have a life threatening illness. You have supportive family and friends, and yet you feel alone. You have experts all around you and yet you feel confused and unsure. Written by a woman who went from hearing the words "you have cancer," to being frustrated and confused at having to navigate her care on her own, to being chief of staff of her own team and inspired to help others who have the job that no one wants to have-being CEO of your own, personal cancer fighting company. Cancer Is Not the Boss of Me will:* Answer your questions and provide a guide for you to be the boss of your cancer fighting team* Provide comfort and humor during this frightening and confusing time as only a girlfriend can do* Give insight and advice as only one who has "been there" can