Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook: Understanding

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