Life, Reconstructed - A Widow's Guide to Coping with Grief, Finding Happiness Again, and Rebuilding Your Life
Life, Reconstructed - A Widow's Guide to Coping with Grief, Finding Happiness Again, and Rebuilding Your Life

Author: Mph Teresa Amaral Beshwate

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780578311548

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Find Hope and Recreate a Good Life After Loss Struggling with grief and moving forward after losing a spouse? The problem isn't you. It's the grief that is changing the way your brain works (or doesn't). Time, in and of itself, does not heal. What does heal is: Understanding that moving forward is not the same as "moving on." Realizing that there is no requirement to leave your spouse in the past. Knowing that you don't have to "get over it" but you can incorporate your loss. Learning how to carry your grief so that it isn't a burden. Finding your way forward in a way that honors your late spouse. Life, Reconstructed is your guide to healing your life after loss. It applies the cutting-edge tools and techniques of life coaching to the uniquely difficult journey of the widowed. It's delivered with depth and compassion from someone who has experienced your struggle firsthand. There is hope. There is a way to heal and hold on to your love. There is a next version of you -- a person you can become not in spite of your loss, but because of it. Life, Reconstructed reveals the way, on your terms and on your timeline.

Life Reconstructed
Life Reconstructed

Author: Kim Harms

Publisher: Credo House Publishers

Published: 2024-07-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781625862914

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Whether facing mastectomy and breast reconstruction due to a cancer diagnosis or a genetic predisposition to the disease, the process is filled with uncertainty, difficult questions, intense emotions, and life-altering decisions that must be made in quick order. In Life Reconstructed, Kim Harms details her own experience, the experiences of others, plus extensive research, delving into the physical, emotional, psychological, and relational aspects of mastectomy and breast reconstruction, featuring: - input from medical professionals, - a detailed look at the distinct differences between breast reconstruction and breast augmentation (It's not a boob job!) - practical advice for decision-making, self-advocacy, recovery, talking with your children, a return to intimacy, and more. "Harms' journalistic skills and storytelling ability to share her own personal struggles with breast cancer make this book ex- ceptional." -Susan L. Beck, DO, MPH, Breast Surgeon and Medical Director, Katzmann Breast Center KIM HARMS is a two-time breast cancer survivor with a BA in English from Iowa State University. She has more than twenty years of experience as a freelance writer and spends her weekday afternoons working in her local library. A lifelong Midwestern girl, she lives in Central Iowa with her husband, the youngest of their three sons, and a rambunctious dog who takes her on walks twice a day.

Reconstructed Lives
Reconstructed Lives

Author: Haleh Esfandiari

Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780801856198

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Iranian women tell in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. The Islamic revolution of 1979 transformed all areas of Iranian life. For women, the consequences were extensive and profound, as the state set out to reverse legal and social rights women had won and to dictate many aspects of women's lives, including what they could study and how they must dress and relate to men. Reconstructed Lives presents Iranian women telling in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. Through a series of interviews with professional and working women in Iran—doctors, lawyers, writers, professors, secretaries, businesswomen—Haleh Esfandiari gathers dramatic accounts of what has happened to their lives as women in an Islamic society. She and her informants describe the strategies by which women try to and sometimes succeed in subverting the state's agenda. Esfandiari also provides historical background on the women's movement in Iran. She finds evidence in Iran's experience that even women from "traditional" and working classes do not easily surrender rights or access they have gained to education, career opportunities, and a public role.

The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook
The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook

Author: Kathy Steligo

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1421407833

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This guide helps women decide whether to have a breast reconstruction procedure after mastectomy—and, if so, which one. For a decade The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook has been the best resource on this topic for women who have had a mastectomy. Equal parts science and support, it is filled with stories that illustrate the emotional and physical components of breast reconstruction. Readers will find advice about choosing a doctor and a procedure, insurance and payment issues, how to prepare for surgery, and what to expect during recovery. Expert commentary by physicians and insights from patients inform this book, as does the exhaustive research by the author, a two-time breast cancer survivor who has twice had reconstructive surgery. New in this edition are discussions of • the pros and cons of saline and silicone implants • solutions for post-lumpectomy cosmetic problems • new immediate-delayed reconstruction when post-mastectomy radiation may be required • the benefits and limitations of nipple-sparing mastectomy • considerations for direct-to-implant reconstruction • newly developed tissue flap procedures • who can best apply nipple and areola tattoos and why tattoos may not last • enriching fat with stem cells so it stays in the breast • patient-controlled tissue expansion • how insurance and health care reform affect reconstruction

Life Reconstructed
Life Reconstructed

Author: Kim Harms

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1641706279

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1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, but this is not just another cancer book. Breast cancer survivor Kim Harms combines her own experience with extensive research and walks readers through the process of mastectomy and breast reconstruction, weighing the pros and cons, detailing the physical and emotional costs, and laying out the questions cancer fighters need to ask to be their own best advocate. With a foreword by the medical director of Katzmann Breast Center and chapters on everything from the vulnerable feeling of exposing your breasts to “everyone” to the distinctions between reconstruction and augmentation (trust us, it’s not a boob job!), Life Reconstructed is the compassionate, honest roadmap every breast cancer fighter needs on her journey to recovery.

I Am Restored
I Am Restored

Author: Lecrae Moore

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0310358043

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When the challenges you've faced threaten to destroy your life, how do you find your way back to the truths you thought you believed? I Am Restored tells the untold story of how Lecrae's past nearly ruined his future--until he learned that the wounds we carry can have the potential to be unlikely guides to healing and freedom for ourselves and others. Throughout I Am Restored, Lecrae documents the shattering yet hopeful story of how he faced the scars of his past--sexual abuse, physical trauma, addiction, and depression--and emerged more fully human than ever before. With remarkable transparency and vulnerability, Lecrae reveals that at the height of his professional success, his life was spinning out of control, driven by a past that he had never confronted and a religious perspective that was incapable of meeting the challenge. I Am Restored takes an unflinching look at the personal and public spaces that are too often at the societal core of our pain and heartache--culture, politics, family, church, and more--and teaches us that forgiveness can be the birthplace of the life that God has created for us. Throughout this powerful, deeply personal account, Lecrae shares the life lessons he's learned about: Confronting the pain and trauma that has shaped your story Breaking the cycle of sin and shame and embracing joy and authenticity Finding hope and healing in the midst of chaos The simple practices that can change your mental, emotional, and spiritual health Leading a life that's bursting with creativity and true freedom I Am Restored is a hopeful, inspiring charge to start your journey to lasting healing today. No matter what your past has held, God is near you, he hears you, and he's not done writing your story.

What the F*ck Just Happened? A Survivors Guide to Life After Breast Cancer.
What the F*ck Just Happened? A Survivors Guide to Life After Breast Cancer.

Author: Jen Rozenbaum

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781948604154

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Struggling to get back to normal life after breast cancer?You were diagnosed with breast cancer and beat it. Congrats! You counted down until the day you could put the journey behind you and return to your life as you knew it before cancer. That day is here and yet you are still asking yourself, "When will things be normal again?". If you have been feeling like you are struggling emotionally, physically and spiritually in your post cancer life, you are not alone. Here's the good news; You have a second chance at life and you aren't going to let it slip you by. This book is for breast cancer survivors who are truly ready to reconstruct their life and feel normal once again. Author and breast cancer survivor Jen Rozenbaum will teach you her methods to help you: Finally feel normal again after cancerGet rid of the numbness and enjoy life againStop living in fear of the cancer returningFeel sexy and feminine again Grab your copy now and get started on the path to discover and live a normal life again

Now What?
Now What?

Author: Amy Curran Baker

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

Published: 2011-12-14

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1617051012

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All the information you need after mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery so that you can focus on what matters most: healing and staying well. Why am I so tired all the time? What about these drains? Should I worry about lymphedema? Your mastectomy (with or without reconstruction) doesnít end when you leave the operating room. In Now What?, Amy Curran Baker, an occupational therapist who has had a double mastectomy and direct to implant breast reconstruction, and her co-authors, two registered nurses, answer all of your post-surgery questions in this comprehensive and empowering guide. Now What? helps you: Consider your options and make the decisions that are best for you Deal with frozen shoulder syndrome, wound care, swollen lymph nodes, and other side effects of mastectomy Organize the nitty-gritty issues of wound management post-op care with helpful charts and logs Hear real stories from other breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy

My Reconstructed Life
My Reconstructed Life

Author: Eugen Schoenfeld

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781933483115

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In My Reconstructed Life Eugen Schoenfeld tells the improbable story of his life. Born in a small shtetl in the Carpathian Mountains, Schoenfeld became a professor of Sociology at Georgia State University. The fact that a small boy from this background would become a professor is noteworthy in and of itself. What makes it remarkable, however, is that between one axis of his life-his youth in a small Jewish community in Hungary's mountains-and the other-his distinguished career at a state university-he endured and survived the Holocaust. Though each life is uniquely valuable, the course of Schoenfeld's life reminds us of the tremendous intellectual and professional losses perpetrated by the Holocaust. From Foreword by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

The Gay Preacher's Wife
The Gay Preacher's Wife

Author: Lydia Meredith

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1476788936

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The deeply personal memoir of Lydia Meredith, a woman who spent almost thirty years married to a preacher—only to have her husband leave her for a man—and how her life becomes a testimony of tolerance and a theology of love and acceptance. After being married to Reverend Dennis A. Meredith for almost thirty years, Lydia Meredith discovers a shocking truth: the love of her life left her for a man. Now, Lydia opens up for the first time about how that revelation shattered her world—and strengthened her faith. With her life turned upside down, Lydia struggled to put the pieces of her broken heart back together and that led her to pursue understanding through an accredited theological education. She wanted a way to put her family back together and she found Jesus’ ministry and teachings were “actually” about teaching tolerance and love for people who are labeled different. Candid, honest, and incredibly touching, Lydia Meredith shows that faith and perseverance can get you through any challenge life throws your way.