How do you cope with bad news when you've never had bad news? If you've led a life with no fractures, what is the best way to deal with brutal surgery, a tough recovery and invasive doses of radiotherapy? I had to find answers to these questions to face my rare and complicated cancer head on. Set in rural Ireland, England and America, Dancing with Dolores explores how all the things I learned at school and experienced at work only really happened to get me ready for what was ahead of me. Of course no one wants to be told they have a cancer; having cancer is not nice, but it is possible to turn bad news into a positive, valuable, learning experience that wakes up the brain to create vivid memories that last forever. This is the memoir of an adrenaline junkie.