On the Far Side of the Curve: A Stage IV Colon Cancer Survivor's Journey is cancer survivor Wayne Cooke's dramatic and comprehensive book about overcoming the odds-making it to the far side of the survival curve-moving on with his life, and his easy-to-follow lessons for coping...and surviving. Following a Stage IV colon cancer diagnosis, the author underwent three major surgeries and more than seventy cycles of chemo and infusional therapy. Six years later, he is sharing the lessons, coping techniques, wisdom, humor, and enthusiasm that supported him throughout his lengthy treatment. Whether...

At the end of 2009, Wayne Cooke published his inspirational book, On the Far Side of the Curve: a Stage IV Colon Cancer Survivor's Journey, describing his then six year fight against cancer. In the Life and Times of Papa Vark; the Memoirs of a Cancer Survivor, the author, now in his eighth post-diagnosis year, offers many of the anecdotes and events of his life that might be lost if he did not make the effort to write them down. He sets forth his personal program for survival including an analysis of the skills that he has acquired over his life, and the importance of emotional support, a...