Living with cancer : a step-by-step guide for coping medically and emotionally with a serious diagnosis

9781421422336
9781421422329

viii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index
Includes bibliographical references and index

How am I going to get through this?
Making sense of your diagnosis
Setting the goals of treatment
Understanding the biology of cancer
What is a liquid tumor?
How to prepare for treatment
Tests and scans in treatment
How am I supposed to cope with this?
How do I cope with changes in my body?
Managing symptoms and side effects
Controlling nausea
Managing constipation, diarrhea, and bowel obstruction
Minimizing pain
Should I worry about shortness of breath?
What if I'm losing weight?
What if I have a sudden fever?
Bleeding and clotting issues
Why am I so exhausted, when will I have energy again?
Why do people keep asking if I am depressed or anxious?
How does cancer affect my brain?
Dealing with progressing cancer
They tell me the cancer is progressing
Living and hoping with advancing cancer
What about practical concerns?
My doctor says that chemotherapy is no longer effective
My body feels like it's shutting down
What is a good death?

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Ryan, David P., 1966- author
Seaton, Michelle D., author