{"product_id":"living-with-breast-cancer-9781421444437","title":"Living with Breast Cancer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour complete resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer treatments.   At the time of diagnosis, breast cancer patients are faced with many overwhelming decisions about possible treatments. Living with Breast Cancer provides you with an overview of what to expect from testing and treatment, which cancer specialists you may need to see, and common terms to use to help communicate your needs to your team. This empathetic resource full of relatable stories teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care. The authors explain how to minimize the symptoms and side effects of treatment and outline coping strategies to deal with the stress of breast cancer treatment, including the changes in your body from cancer and its therapies. The book helps readers make sense of their diagnosis set goals and prepare for treatment understand the different types of therapies, tests, and scans manage the symptoms and side effects of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One. Making Sense of Your Diagnosis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. How Am I Going to Get Through This?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. Setting the Goals for Treatment\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. Local Therapies in Breast Cancer\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. How to Prepare for Systemic Treatment\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. Tests and Scans in Treatment\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. How Am I Supposed to Cope Emotionally?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven. How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two. Managing Symptoms and Side Effects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight. Managing the Side Effects of Hormonal Therapy\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine. Controlling Nausea\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten. Managing Constipation and Diarrhea\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven. Minimizing Pain\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve. Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen. What If I'm Gaining or Losing Weight?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen. What If I Have a Sudden Fever?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen. Clotting and Bleeding Issues \u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen. Why Am I So Exhausted? When Will I Have Energy Again?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen. Why Do People Keep Asking Whether I Am Depressed or Anxious?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen. How Does Cancer Affect My Brain?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three. Dealing with Progressing Cancer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen. They Tell Me the Cancer Is Progressing\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty. Living and Hoping with Advancing Cancer\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-One. What about Practical Concerns?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Two. My Doctor Says Cancer Treatment Is No Longer Effective\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Three. My Body Feels Like It's Shutting Down\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Four. What Is a Good Death?\u003cbr\u003eA Final Note\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408146702679,"sku":"9781421444437","price":18.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421444437.jpg?v=1730501758","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/living-with-breast-cancer-9781421444437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}