After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553384252 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Often exhausted, anxious, and emotionally volatile, they are beset by physical discomforts, fearful of intimacy, afraid for their children, worried about recurrence. This comprehensive handbook provides jargon-free information on the wide range of practical issues women face as they navigate the journey back to health, including: •Managing physical problems such as fatigue, hot flashes, and aches and pains•Handling relationships: your children, your partner, your parents, your friends.•How to regain emotional and sexual intimacy•Coping with financial and workplace issues•Genetic testing: why, whether, when •How to move beyond the fear of recurrence•And much moreThis indispensable book will help you rediscover your capacity for joy as you move forward into the future—as a survivor.. As women quickly discover, their life when treatment ends is very different from what it was before their diagnosis. Anticipating a return to “normalcy,” they discover that the old version of normal no longer applies.There could be no more
A Customer said A Must-Read for Women Who've Lived Through Breast Cancer. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my early A Must-Read for Women Who've Lived Through Breast Cancer I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my early 30's. While the shock of diagnosis and the rigors of treatment proved difficult to manage, nothing has compared to the strain of dealing with life after breast cancer. Anyone who's been diagnosed will tell you: having breast cancer is a transformative experience. It is emotionally overwhelming to assimilate all the information, intense feeling and change that comes after living th. 0's. While the shock of diagnosis and the rigors of treatment proved difficult to manage, nothing has compared to the strain of dealing with life after breast cancer. Anyone who's been diagnosed will tell you: having breast cancer is a transformative experience. It is emotionally overwhelming to assimilate all the information, intense feeling and change that comes after living th. The One "After Breast Cancer" Book to Read noni stearns This is the book I wish I had been able to offer women being treated for breast cancer during my years as an oncology social worker and the one I wish had been available when I completed my own treatment for the disease. It presents the ongoing challenges of survival while offering the reader practical, common sense advice and solid support. Ms. Hill allows her own vulnerability and compassion to emerge but the reader is alway. I wish I had ordered this weeks earlier. It I wish I had ordered this weeks earlier. It completely validated the emotions and thoughts I was having. It really is a must read!
Schnipper, a breast cancer survivor and an oncology social worker, helps prepare women for life after breast cancer by imparting information and advice in an intimate and direct manner. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. As Schnipper writes, "Our lives have been changed in many ways and we have tried to be understanding and flexible about our possibilities. She covers all aspects of the experience, including physical recovery, coping with family members who expect everything to go back to normal immediately, fertility and fear of recurrence. . While many outsiders assume that the end of treatment brings only relief, women who have had breast cancer know that the post-treatment chapt