Our journey with prostate cancer
Subtitle: empowering strategies for patients and families
By: Judith Anne Desjardins
Publisher: Spirit House Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Monica, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780990499411; 9780990499428; 9780990499404
Subjects: Prostate; Popular works; Cancer; Patients; Mental health; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Description: Writing from the unique perspective of an oncology social worker, a holistic psychotherapist, and the wife of a patient with high-risk prostate cancer, Judith shares the intimate details of their journey and the empowering strategies she devised to turn a pessimistic prognosis into improbable, positive, and hopeful results.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Dedication; In Memory and Tribute; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter One: The Shock of the Diagnosis; Chapter Two: Facing Our Immediate Fears; Chapter Three: Learning About Prostate Cancer and Its Treatment Options; Chapter Four: Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy; Chapter Five: Waiting for the First Post-Surgery PSA Results; Chapter Six: Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Radiation; Chapter Seven: Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Beyond; Reflections; References and Other Reading Material; Index; About the Author.