March is Colon Cancer Awareness month and author David Ziner is donating all proceeds of his book "Z-Mail 101 or the Psychology of E-Mail" to colon cancer research in hopes of finding a cure for his sister Wendy.
The book answers the question of "why a person wants or needs to use this relatively new medium of e-mail communications". "What are the types and how do I respond to them"? Each book is $9.50 plus shipping. Momentum is building nicely so please keep it going. Perhaps yours will be the dollars to help finally send the cure to these deserving people. Ziner came up with the idea to write a book about email as he accumulated experiences with what motivates him to create or respond to the various types of emails that are out in today's world. He believes that some people take email as a license to say anything they want to someone or to use it for purposes of throwing a problem over the wall and considering it "taken care of". Often it can be a very useful medium. It is certainly quick if the recipient pays attention to it. It is most certainly not a good replacement for face-to-face contact. So, his book takes the reader through various types and uses. It comes complete with a quiz one can take to see if he/she is addicted to email. Z-Mail in the title refers to "Ziner Mail" as they are Ziner's opinions in the book.
The cancer research donation part comes in because Ziner's sister Wendy is waging a courageous battle against colon cancer Stage IV. She was diagnosed six years ago. In some respects her timing for the diagnosis has been to her benefit in that she has been able to take advantage of a couple of new drugs that have come out in Erbitux and Avastin. Currently she is participating in a trial of yet another new drug. So far it is keeping her tumors at bay with no growth detected. The problem with all of these things is that they are just what they say they are; a trial. Not enough history to know if they will end up being the "cure". The real bothersome question is how long a patient's body can stand the bombardment of the chemo therapy. That is why Ziner feels there is a sense of urgency to find a cure now before this catches up to his sister and all those like her.
She is being cared for by the wonderful Oncology Doctors at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Ziner has told them at the end of the year that all proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to them to help sponsor his sister as well as other trial participants. It costs about $20,000 per patient to participate
Take this challenge right now and go to the online booksellers like www.Lulu.com , Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Borders to make the purchase. Search "David Ziner".
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