Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook: Understanding the Disease, Treatments, Emotions, and Recovery From Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook: Understanding the Disease, Treatments, Emotions, and Recovery From Breast Cancer by Kneece, Judy C.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781886665095.

Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook is the only book designed to be given to patients by their health care provider as a comprehensive guide to understanding treatment options and self-care. No treatment advice is given, allowing the treatment team to offer final recommendations. Instead, the patient is guided through the experience with graphically illustrated explanations of surgical options, treatments and self-care. A concise glossary empowers her to understand the language and participate in discussion about her care. Sixteen tear-out worksheets serve as a tutor for information collection. Reasuring remarks appearing throughout the book from survivors show that others have faced and met the challenge of breast cancer. Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook takes a patient from diagnosis through recovery. Discussions include: *the emotional impact and response of patients *how to manage the fears of a diagnosis *how to communicate with mate, children and family *types of surgical and reconstruction options *pre-and postoperative procedures and self-care *understanding a pathology report *chemotherapy, radiation therapy *care of surgical arm, exercises and lymphedema *breast self-exam after breast surgery *how to determine normal versus clinical depression *sexual issues *diet and exercise *sources of support, help and much more