The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book

The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book
Author: Elaine Ratner
Publisher: Hunter House
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780897932691

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Addresses the emotional and psychological challenges of fighting breastancer, refutes popular assumptions about treatment and post-treatmentptions, and offers guidance for making health decisions.

The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book

The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book
Author: Elaine Ratner
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 233
Release: 1999-08-23
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1630268836

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Breaking down the taboos associated with breast cancer and its treatment, Elaine Ratner shows that this illness does not have to be a nightmare, and that most women who contract it can take charge of their experience and come out whole. She begins her book with a list of 18 insights learned from her experience with breast cancer, including: *Surround yourself with people who make you feel good *The human body is a miraculous healing machine *Nobody really knows much about breast cancer *A breast is completely expendable In addition to offering down-to-earth advice, Ratner discusses the paternalistic attitudes of the medical establishment toward women, the exaggeration of breast cancer statistics, and the way our culture shapes women's attitudes toward their bodies.

My Breast

My Breast
Author: Joyce Wadler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 179
Release: 1994
Genre: Breast
ISBN: 9780704343917

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After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1991, Joyce Wadler, a smart, savvy, forty-something New York writer, fought back with a grounded, roll-with-the-punches outlook. She took charge of her treatments, her options, her life-- and her disease. "My Breast" is her irreverently witty, fiercely personal story of facing cancer's obstacles and uncertainties with feisty courage. Read it for the first time, or read it again. In a new epilogue, meet Joyce Wadler as she is today. "My Breast" isn't the end of her journey, but a beginning...

No Less a Woman

No Less a Woman
Author: Deborah Hobler Kahane
Publisher: Hunter House
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1995
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780897931878

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Addresses the emotional and psychological issues that face women with breast cancer, especially those who lose one of their breasts to the disease. Covers femininity, sexuality, intimacy and more.

No Less a Woman

No Less a Woman
Author: Deborah Hobler Kahane
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1995-09-27
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 163026542X

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Addresses the emotional and psychological issues that face women with breast cancer, especially those who lose one of their breasts to the disease. Covers femininity, sexuality, intimacy and more.

Breasts: The Owner's Manual

Breasts: The Owner's Manual
Author: Kristi Funk
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0785218823

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A national bestseller! Breast cancer surgeon Dr. Kristi Funk offers a comprehensive and encouraging approach to breast care and breast cancer. Empower yourself with facts and strategies to understand your breasts, reduce your cancer risk, and open your eyes to interventions and treatments. Most women don’t want to hear about breast cancer unless they have it and need to make some decisions, but these days news about breast cancer—the number one killer of women ages twenty to fifty-nine—is everywhere. Chances are you know someone who has had it. But did you know that choices you make every day bring you closer to breast cancer—or move you farther away? That there are ways to reduce your risk factors? And that many of the things you’ve heard regarding the causes of breast cancer are flat-out false? Based on Dr. Kristi Funk’s experience as a board-certified breast cancer surgeon, she knows for a fact that women have the power to reduce breast cancer risk in dramatic ways. Many women believe that family history and genetics determine who gets breast cancer, but that’s not true for most people. In fact, 87 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single first-degree relative with breast cancer. This book will help you: Learn the breast-health basics that every woman should know Reduce your cancer risk and recurrence risk based on food choices and healthy lifestyle changes backed by rigorous scientific research Understand the controllable and uncontrollable risk factors for breast cancer Outline your medical choices if you're at elevated risk for or are already navigating life with breast cancer There have been few solid guidelines on how to improve your breast health, lower your risk of getting cancer, and make informed medical choices after treatment—until now. With her book available in 10 languages and in more than 30 countries, Dr. Funk is passionate about her mission of educating as many women as possible about what they can do to stop breast cancer before it starts. Praise for Breasts: The Owner’s Manual: “Dr. Funk writes Breasts: The Owner’s Manual just like she talks: with conviction, passion, and a laser focus on you.”—Dr. Mehmet Oz, Host of The Dr. Oz Show “Breasts: The Owner’s Manual will become an indispensable and valued guide for women looking to optimize health and minimize breast illness.”—Debu Tripathy, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center “Breasts: The Owner’s Manual not only provides a clear path to breast health, but a road that leads straight to your healthiest self. As someone who has faced breast cancer, I suggest you follow it.”—Robin Roberts, Co-anchor, Good Morning America

The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide

The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide
Author: Cheryl D. Holloway
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1440856095

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Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among black women. This survival guide provides tools that women—black women in particular—can use to identify and combat this all-too-common threat. This "what you need to know" guide is unique in its common sense, "laywoman's" approach and particular relevance to women of color. Its premise is simple: ignorance and lack of education about breast cancer signs and symptoms are still all too prevalent among black women. Many women are not informed about resources available for early detection screening and are not referred for mammography screening. They may also receive significantly delayed treatment—especially black women. For those reasons and more, black women with or at risk for breast cancer need an advocate who speaks for them and tells them the truth. They have that advocate in Cheryl Holloway, PhD—and in this book. A breast cancer survivor and cancer researcher, Dr. Holloway draws on her personal experience and research to offer something far different than the usual medical/oncological works. Her book provides support, current information, and practical advice for confronting and beating the disease. The book is divided into four parts. "Dealing with the Basics" explains how breast cancer hits black women harder and discusses the types of breast cancer they may develop, with an emphasis on the most dangerous. The second section offers practical information, such as how screenings work and the meaning of various breast cancer tests. Part three describes treatments, including surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, combined therapy, and other options. The final section describes how to stay vigilant after the cancer is gone and also discusses other forms of cancer for which black women are at risk, such as lung cancer, colon cancer, and cervical cancer.

Uplift

Uplift
Author: Barbara Delinsky
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2002-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0743440056

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Bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, whose life has been shaped by her mother's breast cancer as well as her own, has created the book she wished had existed when she went through her treatment. Uplift is a one-of-a-kind collection of anecdotes and advice, told in the words of everyday women of all ages who are part of the ever-growing sisterhood of breast cancer survivors. You won't find medical advice or technical matters discussed here. But you will find all the little things that only someone who's been there can tell you about. What kind of deodorant can I use during radiation? Are there certain foods that really satisfy on treatment days? How do I address my surgery with my coworkers? Is it really okay to lean on my friends? How can I still feel feminine? Is there romance after breast cancer? What can I do to feel more in control of my body and my life? But Uplift isn't only for those with breast cancer. Friends and family can read it to find out what they can best do to help. And men? Uplift contains quotes from them, too. They share what worked best and how they felt as they helped the women in their lives through it all. Practical, warm, funny, reassuring, supportive, personal...the insights by the contributors to Uplift reveal how they faced their fears and came through their ordeal ready to get on with life and love, career and family -- and how you can too. If there is one book you'll want to keep close at hand as a nightstand support group, Uplift is it.

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer
Author: Susan Diemert Moch
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1995
Genre: Breast
ISBN: 9780887376542

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This book will empower women suffering with breast cancer, with the ability to cope with the disease and to find strength amidst their suffering. It is also a helpful guide for family and friends of the women suffering from the disease.