I’m Alive. Now What?

By Geoffrey Rogow
Expected in 2026

“I’m Alive. Now What?” aims to be the great connector. To show you all that has changed in your life and then what is possible after cancer. It then aims to connect you – survivor, survivor’s family or friend – with everything that is out there to help. 

It focuses on a full view of your post-cancer life: your money, your career, your family, your health and your purpose. As a cancer survivor and award-winning journalist, I hope I’m the right person to be your guide.

In 2013, I wrote an essay for The Wall Street Journal about my cancer diagnosis and treatment. I expected that essay to be a capstone on my cancer journey. 

It has not been. Cancer continues to change so much of my life. I have tried and failed repeatedly to get term life insurance – the most popular insurance product in America – and this means I’ve had to build a different financial plan. Other survivors have told me about changes to their own lives. Because health insurance in America is tied to your employer, many in remission haven’t felt comfortable changing jobs. And forget about moving cities, there’s no way you can leave your medical team.

Throughout the years, I have kept close contact with these survivors. I have also spoken with medical experts, financial planners, company executives, and researchers. All are examining the issue of survivorship in different ways and providing new tools to help you live better.This book is primarily written for cancer survivors and their support network of friends and family. It will offer relevant details for anyone dealing with cancer between the ages of 15 and 70.

But the book will also help doctors and other medical professionals better understand the 360 degree view of patients in the decades after they ring the remission bell on a cancer unit. It will also help financial professionals, estate planners and human resource professionals get a better understanding of the physical, psychological and behavioral toll that cancer takes on us that will help them give better advice. 

After treatment, there is a mountain to conquer. But it is not insurmountable if you are given the right tools. You are your own best advocate and I’m here to help you be the best advocate you can be.