THE BOOK
A calm place to start. Read from the beginning, or go straight to the chapter that fits what’s happening now.
Between Appointments™The First 90 Days
What No One Hands You After a Cancer Diagnosis
Practical support for the hours, days and weeks when you are not sitting in front of a doctor, so you can understand what is happening, work through what matters and find the next useful step.
FREE PRACTICAL SUPPORT
PDF Reading Edition $17 USD · Complete System $47 USD · Buy as a gift
The part outside the consultation room
Cancer does not only happen during appointments.
It happens in the waiting, the fear, the treatment, the work, the family conversations, the fatigue and the ordinary life that still has to continue.
Between Appointments™ exists for that space: practical, honest support built from lived experience.
The First 90 Days
A look inside the Complete System
The Complete System brings the book, Practical Toolkit and browser-based Companion App together. Each part is there to do a different job.
THE PRACTICAL TOOLKIT
The full standalone Practical Toolkit gives you dedicated tools for appointments, treatment, difficult days, limited energy and the details that are easily forgotten.
THE BROWSER-BASED COMPANION APP
Works in your browser on your phone or computer. Use it to prepare for appointments, keep track of plans and hold the practical details in one place. Nothing needs to be downloaded from an app store.
Your journal stays private in this browser on this device, where Between Appointments™ cannot read it; it does not sync automatically, so use the encrypted backup and restore tools to preserve it or move it to another device.
What it helps with
Support for what is actually in front of you.
- Diagnosis shock
- Preparing for appointments
- Waiting for results
- Treatment fear
- Hormone therapy and chemotherapy
- Fatigue
- Work pressure
- Family and relationships
- Difficult days
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Keeping track of what matters
Lived experience, with clear boundaries
Support for the life around cancer.
Between Appointments was created by Niall Mullins, who writes as Daniel Kerr. The name began as a way to keep his cancer writing separate from his work in engineering at the time. It stayed.
When he was diagnosed with Stage IV prostate cancer, he went looking for something practical to help with everything that came after the appointment ended. He couldn’t find it.
So he began writing down what he was learning, appointment by appointment. That became Between Appointments™: The First 90 Days.
It grew from one person’s lived experience, but it was made for adults facing any cancer diagnosis, and for the people beside them. It does not diagnose, recommend treatment or replace your clinical team. It is practical support for the part your appointments cannot hold.
Early reader reflections
What early readers have said
“This by far is the best cancer resource I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I wish I had this book when I was going through cancer.”
“It’s a complete walk through of the emotion, confusion and tiredness, and how to deal with it in practical ways. More importantly, how to deal with those around you.”
“It is very well written and would be a fantastic help to all who have the misfortune to need it. Cancer patients, family, friends, etc. I would even go as far as to say doctors and nurses would find it helpful to help their patients.”
“It combines humour and honesty with language that connects, while letting readers go straight to the chapter they need for solace and understanding.”
“It’s honest, empathetic and comforting from the start, but also deeply practical.”
The First 90 Days
One purchase. Permanent access.
$47 USD
Total · no subscription required
For the book plus practical tools and private browser-based support to organise and navigate the first 90 days. Includes the interactive digital book, full standalone Practical Toolkit, Companion App and journal, and downloadable Reading Edition with Five Essential Resources. Permanent access. No subscription.
Because The First 90 Days is digital content supplied immediately, purchases are generally non-refundable once access has been provided, except where required by law.
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PDF Reading Edition
$17 USD
For reading the complete book: a downloadable 138-page PDF with all 20 chapters and Five Essential Resources. Does not include the Companion App, journal or full Practical Toolkit.
The five resources are short guides and worksheets for the first week, appointment questions, scan week, fatigue and hard days.
What are the Five Essential Resources?
- The First Week After Diagnosis
- When You Do Not Know What to Ask
- The Scan Week Planner
- Cancer Fatigue: An Energy Budget, Not a Motivation Problem
- The Bad Day Sheet
Your email sign-in protects access to the app. Your journal itself stays on this device. If you clear this browser's site data without making a backup, it cannot be recovered because Between Appointments™ never receives a copy.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers about what you receive, how access works and which option may be right for you.
What is Between Appointments™: The First 90 Days?
Between Appointments™: The First 90 Days is a practical, lived-experience support system for people facing the disorienting first weeks after a cancer diagnosis.
It focuses on the time between hospital visits, when questions arrive later, conversations are difficult to remember, fear and uncertainty have nowhere obvious to go, and ordinary life still has to continue.
It helps you make sense of what is happening, prepare for conversations with your medical team, work through difficult decisions, communicate with the people around you and decide what matters next.
It does not tell you how to feel or overwhelm you with generic advice. It provides calm, practical support for the parts of cancer that continue after the appointment ends.
What is included in the complete system?
The Complete System includes the interactive digital book, full standalone Practical Toolkit, private Companion App and journal, and the downloadable PDF Reading Edition with Five Essential Resources.
It costs $47 USD as a one-time purchase, with permanent access and no subscription.
What is included in the PDF Reading Edition?
The PDF Reading Edition is a downloadable 138-page PDF containing the complete 20-chapter book and Five Essential Resources.
It costs $17 USD as a one-time purchase. It does not include the Companion App, journal or full Practical Toolkit.
Which option is right for me?
Choose the PDF Reading Edition if you want the complete 20-chapter book and Five Essential Resources in one downloadable PDF.
Choose the Complete System if you also want the interactive digital book, full standalone Practical Toolkit, private Companion App and journal, downloadable PDF Reading Edition and permanent access.
Is this a subscription?
No. Both options are one-time purchases. There are no recurring subscription payments.
Can I buy it as a gift?
Yes. Both the complete system and PDF Reading Edition can be purchased as gifts.
You pay for the purchase, and access is delivered to the recipient using the email address you provide. Gift recipients are not added to marketing emails.
How will I receive access?
After successful payment through Stripe, your access details are sent to the email address provided during checkout.
For a gift purchase, the purchaser receives the payment confirmation and the recipient receives their access details.
Is the Companion App and journal private?
The Companion App is a browser app. It works on your phone or computer and does not need to be downloaded from an app store. Your email sign-in protects access to the app. Your journal itself stays on this device and is not visible publicly or to other customers.
Your journal is stored only on the device you write it on. If you clear this browser's site data without making a backup, it cannot be recovered because Between Appointments™ never receives a copy. It does not automatically sync between devices; use the encrypted backup and restore tools to move or preserve it.
The app is not a medical-record service and should not be used for urgent clinical information. Further information about how personal information is handled is available in the Privacy Policy.
Is this medical advice?
No. Between Appointments™ provides practical, lived-experience support. It does not diagnose, recommend treatment or replace advice from your medical team.
What if I lose my access email?
Complete-system customers can use the sign-in option to request a new access link. PDF Reading Edition customers can use the PDF recovery page to have their download link sent again.
Make sure you use the same email address that was used for the original purchase. For purchase or access help, email support@readbetweenappointments.com.
Free support is here too
Start with what would help today.
You do not have to buy anything to find something useful. The Free Support Library offers practical resources for diagnosis, appointments, waiting, fatigue and difficult days.
A wider support ecosystem
What comes next from Between Appointments™
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What No One Hands You When Someone You Love Has Cancer
Support for caregivers, partners, family and the people carrying cancer alongside someone they love.
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Life After Cancer Treatment
Support for the strange and often overlooked period after active treatment ends.
In development