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Navigating Cancer from Both Sides: A Nurse's Memoir as Patient, Advocate, and Guide When a nurse becomes the patient, the journey changes-but the calling to heal remains. Deb Bailey was a marathon runner, a vegan, a non-drinker, and a lifelong healthcare professional. So when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40, she did what few expected: she chose surgery, but walked away from chemotherapy and radiation-turning instead to alternative therapies, deep inner work, and fierce self-advocacy. Thirty years later, a second diagnosis-this time of head and neck cancer-brought her back into the fight, once again navigating fear, medicine, and healing in a system she thought she knew. Part memoir, part guidebook, Navigating Cancer from Both Sides weaves personal story, professional insight, and spiritual wisdom into a powerful invitation: to ask questions, trust your instincts, and reclaim your voice in the face of illness. With over 40 years as a nurse, professor, healthcare executive, and lobbyist, Deb offers readers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of modern medicine-revealing both its strengths and its blind spots. This is not a one-size-fits-all survival story. It's an honest, hopeful roadmap for patients, caregivers, and anyone seeking to walk their own healing path with clarity and courage.

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Deborah Robinson Bailey RN, BS, BSN, MSN is a retired nurse executive, professor, healthcare lobbyist, and two-time cancer survivor whose career has spanned nearly five decades. She served as Vice President of Nursing and later Executive Director of Governmental Affairs at a large healthcare system, where she played a key role in shaping public health policy, securing millions in healthcare funding, and advancing patient advocacy across Georgia. Deb's diverse experience includes psychiatric nursing, academic teaching, international consulting, and co-authoring award-winning psychiatric nursing textbooks. She has been appointed by three Georgia governors to multiple state healthcare boards, and has received numerous honors including the Inaugural Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals' ""Healthcare Woman of the Year."" Also an accomplished artist and published writer, Deb blends clinical expertise with lived experience in her work-advocating for compassionate, informed, and empowered care.

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