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———  A MEMOIR BY AN ER NURSE AND HUSBAND

 

Four words changed everything: Stage Four Lung Cancer.

 

When Becky was diagnosed, Roy found himself on the other side of the hospital bed. Broken Glass is their story, written because she asked him to.

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Broken Glass, a memoir by Roy Slootheer
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“A bond of friendship, love, loyalty, and commitment that even cancer could not break.”

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Promise me you will write our story.

 

Becky, to Roy, during her treatment in 2012

 

Roy kept that promise. Part of every book sold goes to cancer research and to families who need it.

Becky Slootheer, Roy’s late wife

———  WHERE ROY CAN HELP

 

Written by a nurse who became the caregiver

Caring for a spouse with cancer

 

What to do after the diagnosis, how to advocate in the hospital, and how to keep going.

 

Caregiver burnout: signs a nurse learned the hard way →

 

Questions to ask the oncologist →

Living with stage 4 lung cancer

 

What families can expect, explained from both sides of the hospital bed.

 

A persistent cough that turned out to be cancer →

 

Stage 4 lung cancer: what families should know →

Grief after losing a spouse

 

Grief does not follow a straight line. Roy writes about what came after.

 

Anticipatory grief: mourning while they are still here →

 

Life as a widower →

Roy Slootheer

———  ABOUT ROY

 

From the Netherlands to the ER, and to the other side of the bed

 

Roy was born in the Netherlands and moved to Iowa in 1995, where he met Becky. He worked as an ER nurse and is now a Family Nurse Practitioner in Oklahoma. He is writing two new books: one on grief and loss, and a novel.

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———  GIVING BACK

 

A portion of every book sold is donated.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

American Cancer Society

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