Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor
Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor

Author: Wendy Schlessel Harpham

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2010-03-30

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0393077594

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“A guide to the meaning of joy and satisfaction, and the many routes to them.”—Jane Brody, New York Times Award-winning author Wendy Schlessel Harpham, MD, offers her program to getting good care and finding happiness when you are sick. Having coined the term “Healthy Survivor” while dealing with her own chronic lymphoma, Harpham encourages people dealing with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or any prolonged illness to simultaneously do all they can to overcome disease and live life to the fullest. Harpham opens our eyes to the opportunities for happiness in life despite medical problems and even because of illness.

Be Bold
Be Bold

Author: Marilyn Willison

Publisher: Creators Publishing

Published: 2019-08-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 194967312X

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Former international journalist and Los Angeles Times Health and Fitness editor Marilyn Murray Willison approaches aging with an optimistic curiosity and an undisguised enthusiasm. Her syndicated column “Positive Aging” includes practical information—from health, to family legacy, to gratitude, to travel—inspirational stories, current events and personal anecdotes she hopes will inspire other seniors to age with grace and get the most out of each and every day. This is a collection of her columns from 2016 to 2018.

Any Day with Hair Is a Good Hair Day
Any Day with Hair Is a Good Hair Day

Author: Michelle Rapkin

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2007-10-17

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1599950898

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Cancer survivor Michelle Rapkin shares her hard-earned wisdom and encouragement to those battling the disease, and vital information that your doctor doesn't know to tell you.

Memoir of a Debulked Woman
Memoir of a Debulked Woman

Author: Susan Gubar

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0393073254

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In this moving memoir, a renowned feminist scholar explores the physical and psychological ordeal of living with ovarian cancer.

Cancer Sucks, but You’ll Get Through It
Cancer Sucks, but You’ll Get Through It

Author: Michelle Rapkin

Publisher: Broadleaf Books

Published: 2024-03-12

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1506496490

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Three-time cancer survivor Michelle Rapkin offers an unrivaled guide for anyone who has heard the words, "It's cancer." Infused with hope, laughter, and advice, this book curates personal experience with priceless learning from interviews with cancer survivors around the country. Cancer Sucks, but You'll Get Through It will equip you with the non-medical tools and tips needed to make it through cancer treatment sanely. Surviving cancer--and thriving--isn't just about medicine. It's about managing your needs, emotions, relationships, and more. Rapkin is the bedside friend who gives you the inside scoop: why your nose might start running when your hair falls out, how to organize hospital paperwork, what to do when depression rears its head, and even how to talk to your loved ones (and not-so-loved ones) about your diagnosis. There's a wealth of help in the experience of those who have been there and discovered ways to deal with the many bumps on the cancer journey. "Cancer is a cold planet," Rapkin says, but she serves as a warm guide to help you sidestep or defuse the buried bombs, both around us and within. Cancer Sucks but You'll Get Through It offers invaluable relief as you move through the scariest terrain of your life, from someone who's been there.

Frequently Asked Questions About Bone Cancer
Frequently Asked Questions About Bone Cancer

Author: Tamra B. Orr

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2007-08-15

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1435844130

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This thorough title answers questions about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and coping with bone cancer. The most common bone cancers in young people are osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma, but bone cancer is more common as a secondary cancer than as a primary one. Clear, informative and reassuring, this book is a helpful resource to a young person who has been diagnosed with bone cancer, as well as to his or her family members and friends.

After Breast Cancer
After Breast Cancer

Author: Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2008-11-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0307481204

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As women quickly discover, their life when treatment ends is very different from what it was before their diagnosis. Often exhausted, anxious, and emotionally volatile, they are beset by physical discomforts, fearful of intimacy, afraid for their children, worried about recurrence. Anticipating a return to “normalcy,” they discover that the old version of normal no longer applies. There could be no more knowledgeable guide for women embarking on this complicated journey than Hester Hill Schnipper, who is herself both an experienced oncology social worker and a breast cancer survivor. 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 more This indispensable book will help you rediscover your capacity for joy as you move forward into the future—as a survivor.

Brain Cancer
Brain Cancer

Author: Jeri Freedman

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2009-01-15

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 143585702X

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In the United States, between fifteen and twenty people out of every one hundred thousand develop brain cancer every year. When a brain tumor occurs, the ever-growing mass of cells compresses and damages other cells in the brain, interfering with brain function. The tumor pushes brain tissue around, creates pressure by pressing against the bones of the skull, and infiltrates healthy brain tissue and around nerves. Unlike other forms of cancer, which are associated with lifestyle activities such as smoking, dietary factors, or drinking, there is little known about why primary brain cancer occurs. Most brain cancer is the result of genetic mutations or changes in the genes that normally keep cells from reproducing in an uncontrolled manner. Because brain cancer is not associated with lifestyle or environmental factors that most people encounter, there is no known way to guard against it at this time, but genetic research and gene-based treatments offer great hope for a breakthrough and a possible cure of this dread disease.

Anni's Cancer Companion
Anni's Cancer Companion

Author: Anni Matthews

Publisher: Singing Dragon

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0857010441

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When Anni Matthews was diagnosed with cancer, she decided to do something really valuable with the experience: she produced a book that is a friendly companion for those who must face the disease. Of huge practical help to anyone diagnosed with cancer and those who care for them, this book is a one-stop guide to making sense and use of the orthodox treatments, complementary therapies, and psychological, spiritual and holistic options available. Subjects ranging from the most current major advances in treatments and diagnosis to the small but effective ways of relieving the side-effects are explained clearly and concisely, often with humour and always with warmth. Written by a bright, articulate woman, who was determined to have an informed say in what happened to her, Anni's Cancer Companion marks a new generation of books about cancer. It is that rare thing: a reference book that is human.