A caregiver’s brutally honest account of the emotional tolland practical challenges of caring for a loved one with terminal liver cancer

“Medicine is so advanced these days. This treatment is going towork,” my father insisted, even as his doctor had just explained that theliver cancer treatment was about life extension, not a cure.

What followed was a year and a half of navigating his care while he refused toacknowledge he was dying. Family tensions surfaced that we had spent decadesavoiding. Singapore’s healthcare system excelled at treatment but struggledwith the human side of terminal illness. And I discovered that caregivingsomeone in denial is nothing like what anyone prepares you for.

This book peels back the sanitized narratives around illness and death. Itlooks at how terminal diagnoses can reignite unresolved trauma and force us toconfront what we’ve avoided in ourselves, our families, and our cultures. Foranyone who has faced loss and found themselves asking what really matters inthe end.

About the Author

Stephanie Chuis a former civil servant whotraded government meetings for deadlifts when she started her own fitnessbusiness. A literature major who once taught in secondary school (which feelslike several lifetimes ago), she has spent her career helping people indifferent ways, first through education and the civil service, then throughmental-health-focused fitness.