Living with cancer
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide for coping medically and emotionally with a serious diagnosis
By: Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, David P. Ryan, MD with Michelle D. Seaton
Contributors: Ryan, David P., 1966- author; Seaton, Michelle D., author
Series: A Johns Hopkins Press health book; Johns Hopkins Press health book
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781421422329; 9781421422336
Subjects: Patients; Popular works; Life skills guides; Cancer; Care
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How am I going to get through this?; title: Making sense of your diagnosis; title: Setting the goals of treatment; title: Understanding the biology of cancer; title: What is a liquid tumor?; title: How to prepare for treatment; title: Tests and scans in treatment; title: How am I supposed to cope with this?; title: How do I cope with changes in my body?; title: Managing symptoms and side effects; title: Controlling nausea; title: Managing constipation, diarrhea, and bowel obstruction; title: Minimizing pain; title: Should I worry about shortness of breath?; title: What if I'm losing weight?; title: What if I have a sudden fever?; title: Bleeding and clotting issues; title: Why am I so exhausted, when will I have energy again?; title: Why do people keep asking if I am depressed or anxious?; title: How does cancer affect my brain?; title: Dealing with progressing cancer; title: They tell me the cancer is progressing; title: Living and hoping with advancing cancer; title: What about practical concerns?; title: My doctor says that chemotherapy is no longer effective; title: My body feels like it's shutting down; title: What is a good death?