Until the End: A Fight for Survival
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The book presents a vivid picture of how cancer affects a patient and her family during the long years of uncertainty battling a skin cancer called “malignant melanoma”. It is a book written to share real personal experiences with the purpose that the reader understands deeper the psychological dynamics that develop in any person affected by this terrible disease called cancer.
It pretends to open the eyes to the public about what are the best choices to make under these stressful times. It also makes the reader aware of how a patient can serve the Scientific Community by being pioneers in helping them to pursue in its efforts to find one day, the cure for cancer.
The book also describes the great love that the author’s wife had for her beloved husband and children. She made life and death decisions and went beyond the regular treatments to be able to extend her life as much as possible. Experiencing this ordeal, she never lost her willingness to fight this disease UNTIL THE END.
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In 1985, when a small freckle on Fanny Gutiérrez’s cheek grew to the size of a quarter and turned dark brown, the young mother sought medical advice. She soon learned she had malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer.
In Until the End, her husband, author Jesús L. Gutiérrez, shares her battle with cancer and how the diagnosis and treatment affected Fanny, Jesús, and their two young sons. It narrates the family’s very real and vivid personal experiences to show how the psychological dynamics influenced them during the nine long and uncertain years of their cancer battle. This memoir provides insight into this particular form of cancer and shows how patients can serve the scientific community by being pioneers in the search for a cure.
Until the End pays tribute to Fanny and demonstrates the deep love she held for her husband and her children. It communicates the life-and-death decisions she made in regard to her health in order to extend her longevity. Most of all, it describes how she never lost her willingness to fight against the disease until the end.
“By writing about this distressing experience, Jesús has remarkably transformed the death of his wife Fanny from a private, tragic event to an instrument to end his suffering and sorrow. At the same time, he has used it as a testimony to help others to fight this terrible disease called cancer.” —Foreword from Dr. Enrique Zuniga del Campo, PsychoanalystAbout the Author
Jesús L. Gutiérrez, PhD, earned a law degree at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon and a PhD from the University of Texas in Austin. He is currently a financial advisor for a major Wall Street investment company in Laredo, Texas. Gutiérrez and his second wife, Leonor Garcia, live in Laredo.