Download or read book Reflections of the Breast written by Francis P. Arena and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses images from art going back to ancient Egypt to trace what was known about breast cancer through the centuries.
Download or read book Just a Lump in the Road written by Debbie Leifert and published by Just a Lump In The Road.... This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, approximately one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer-and many will be under the age of fifty. There are currently more than 250,000 breast cancer survivors in the United States who are just forty-five years old or younger. They are daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and friends, whose illness and subsequent treatment affect entire families and communities. And they face issues wholly unique to their age group.A collaborative effort by six young breast cancer survivors, Just a Lump in the Road shares the kind of candid information, insight, and inspiration that only girlfriends who have "been there" can deliver. Each story is as diverse as the women themselves, and modesty is hurled aside as they discuss dating and mastectomies, children and mortality, and treatment and hair loss. Together with the doctors and healthcare professionals who continue to care for them, the women also provide an overview of the many types of breast cancer treatments now available.Giving a much-needed voice to the young survivor, Just a Lump in the Road offers validation, comfort, and encouragement for not only the thousands of young women battling breast cancer, but also their spouses, bosses, children, babysitters, friends, boyfriends, and significant others yet to come.
Download or read book Strength Renewed written by Shirley Corder and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing can sap a person's strength and hope quite like a cancer diagnosis--unless it is the energy-stealing chemotherapy and surgeries faced in the fight against cancer. But one can find hope and strength in the pages of Scripture and in the experience of someone who has been there. Strength Renewed is an encouraging devotional for those living in the valley of cancer. Meditations combine Scripture and stories from the author's own experience and can be read in sequential order to move the reader through a typical cancer journey from diagnosis through treatment. Each devotion also stands on its own, so readers can go directly to the entry that speaks to their need. Each devotional includes a short prayer and a Scripture verse for encouragement.
Download or read book The Breast Book written by Emma Pickett and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fine Black Lines written by Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a breast cancer survivor and hailed by professionals and patients as an excellent resource, loved by its thousands of readers, the award-winning "Fine Black Lines" provides courage, comfort, and hope through its introspective journal entries, startling photographs, succinct poetry, and reflections.
Download or read book A Complex Delight written by Margaret R. Miles and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Complex Delight is the work of a seasoned and mature scholar offering us a careful and nuanced study that pushes us into a new territory of reflection while providing an exciting way of looking at the subject. The work will make a vital contribution to the historical analysis of culture and religion. This book is a wonderful intellectual and visual romp that will spark the imagination and satisfy the mind's quest for fresh historical understanding."—Wilson Yates, Professor Emeritus of Religion, Art and Society, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities "Margaret Miles' interdisciplinary study of the 'concealing and revealing' of the breast in art during the Renaissance and Baroque styles weaves together relevant issues in the history of art and theology. She offers a study grounded in solid research with informed commentary and her handling of the textual and visual evidence from these cultures is objective, respectful and decorous. This book will be of considerable interest to students of the visual culture, religious imagery, and social history of Early Modern Europe."—Heidi J. Hornik, Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History, Baylor University
Download or read book The Shadow of Trepidation written by Keith T Hardeman and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the American Cancer Society, cancer diagnoses in the U.S. take place at a rate of over 1.8 million per year, or roughly one every 17.5 seconds. One out of every three women and one out of every two men in this country will get cancer in their lifetimes. Therefore, the odds of you or someone in your family getting cancer are fairly significant. From diagnosis to the impacts of treatment, The Shadow of Trepidation bluntly discloses one of those physically and emotionally agonizing cancer stories from the perspective of a spousal caregiver. It sheds valuable light on the twists and turns of cancer and comfortably addresses sensitive cancer and caregiving issues. The book also provides some basic, understandable medical explanations, experiential wisdom, and offers numerous tips with vital interpersonal communication strategies for families navigating their own cancer fights.
Download or read book Red Sunshine written by Kimberly Allison, M.D. and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Kimberly Allison diagnoses breast cancer for a living. But as a 33-year-old healthy new mother, she never expected to find herself looking at her own malignant cells under the microscope. Like many others diagnosed with cancer, Dr. Allison was starving for stories of other survivors. She wanted to hear someone’s tale, to feel their experiences and look for hidden clues to what her own future might hold. Ultimately, the story that Dr. Allison was looking for was found in her own life. Red Sunshine is a memoir about Dr. Allison’s sudden journey from physician to patient and her attempt to make the most of this terrifying and unexpected ordeal. Her experience reflects the incredible power of the bonds of friendship and family. It is about paying attention to the magic that is waiting to be uncovered in everyday life. Red Sunshine is an uplifting story of survival in which Dr. Allison shares all the intimate details of her emotional journey with both humor and honesty.
Download or read book Before I Say Goodbye written by Ruth Picardie and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-09-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, letters, and personal recollections in which Ruth Picardie records her feelings in the year before she died of breast cancer.
Download or read book Breasts and Eggs written by Mieko Kawakami and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel that “considers the agency . . . women exert over their bodies and charts the emotional underpinnings of physical changes . . . with humor and empathy” (The New Yorker). On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo, where her sister Natsu lives. She is in the company of her daughter, Midoriko, who has lately grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated with adolescence. Over the course of their few days together in the capital, Midoriko’s silence will prove a catalyst for each woman to confront her fears and family secrets. On yet another summer’s day eight years later, Natsu, during a journey back to her native city, confronts her anxieties about growing old alone and childless. Bestselling author Mieko Kawakami mixes stylistic inventiveness and riveting emotional depth to tell a story of contemporary womanhood in Japan. “Took my breath away.” —Haruki Murakami, #1 New York Times–bestselling author The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle “Kawakami lobbed a literary grenade into the fusty, male-dominated world of Japanese fiction with Breast and Eggs.” —The Economist “A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be a woman.” —TIME “Raw, funny, mundane, heartbreaking.” —The Atlantic “A bracing, feminist exploration of daily life in Japan.” —Entertainment Weekly “Timely feminist themes; strange, surreal prose; and wonderful characters will transcend cultural barriers and enchant readers.” —The New York Observer “Bracing and evocative, tender yet unflinching.” —Publishers Weekly “Kawakami writes with unsettling precision about the body—its discomforts, its appetites, its smells and secretions. And she is especially good at capturing its longings.” —The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book Winged Victory written by Art Myers and published by Photographic Gallery of Fine Art. This book was released on 2009 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of elegant photographs by award-winning photographer Art Myers of women following treatment for breast cancer. Scars and missing breasts are openly revealed in an artistic way. The pictures are accompanied by vignettes written by each woman relating a short story of her journey through the breast cancer experience. Original poems by Maria Marrocchino are paired with some of the photos and the book has a poignant foreword by Dr. David Spiegel, author of Living Beyond Limits. The photographs include women in the United States as well as in France and the narratives written by the French women are presented in both French and English. Two women, well-known in the breast cancer support communities, Dani Grady in the US and Annick Parent from France, have written introductions.
Download or read book The Problem with Breastfeeding written by James Akre and published by Hale Pub L P. This book was released on 2006 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What indeed is the problem with breastfeeding and who?s responsible for solving it? Is it a conflict between mothers and babies, health professionals and patients, what?s good for people and what?s good for business? Or is there something more? Who?s winning the Formula War and on whose side are governments anyway? Who are the synthetic dream merchants and how can they be checked? How do the media shape our perceptions?These are just a few of the directions James Akre takes us in his reflection on that defining characteristic of our species ? the nurturing and nutritional strategy called breastfeeding ? which he describes as ?an elemental act of allegiance to ourselves and to our children?.As both observer and actor on the international development scene for four decades, he reminds us of a constant across time and geography: all mothers love their babies and want what?s best for them. He challenges us to deconstruct infant formula by removing it from its unjustified nutritional pedestal. And he invites us to join him in the International Breastfeeding Support Collective.The author notes that we all arrive in this world in a similar fashion, yet all bets are quickly off. Culture takes over as we start the process of becoming who we are based on the rules of the group into which we?re born. In contemplating the contemporary child-feeding horizon, he concludes that many do not understand the multiple dangers of the deviant behavior that is routine non-emergency artificial feeding. Buthe?s optimistic that a major improvement in child-feeding practices is possible within a generation ? provided we alter the complex value system which determines whether society engages in more or less breastfeeding. To this end, the author takes an unconventional look at breastfeeding?scross-cultural commonalities and differences, and suggests what we might do to change thinking and improve practice. In his view the highest hurdles to more and longer breastfeeding are not scientific or epidemiological but political, sociocultural, economic and organizational. He?s convinced that embracing breastfeeding automatically places us on the right side of history.
Download or read book Lavender Hair written by Victoria Jackson and published by BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A happy heart is good medicine On October 8, 2015, Victoria Jackson was getting ready for a 45-minute stand-up routine. But instead of enjoying the pre-show excitement, she was laying on the couch in the green room coughing nonstop. Victoria had many scary moments growing up: doing a back handspring on the four-inch balance beam; performing stand-up comedy; auditioning for Saturday Night Live; and getting held at gunpoint in downtown Los Angeles. But being told she had cancer was her scariest moment. Join Victoria for twenty-one days as she: wonders “why me?” and if her lollipop addiction caused the cancerwrites a ukulele song in the MRI waiting roomundergoes a double mastectomy with secret messages written in permanent marker to her doctorgoes through chemotherapy, radiation, baldness, wigs, wigs, and more wigsdiscovers that Jesus is enoughperforms at Zanie’s to a standing ovation nearly one year after her diagnosis If you are one of the one-in-eight women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, or if you know someone who has been, this 21-day devotional is full of humor, insight, and comfort as you walk with God through this dark valley.
Download or read book The Silver Lining written by Hollye Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As a healthy, happy thirty-nine-year-old mother with no family history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease rocked Hollye Jacobs’s world. Having worked as a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist for fifteen years, she suddenly found herself in the position of moving into the hospital bed. She was trained as a clinician to heal. In her role as patient, the healing process became personal. Exquisitely illustrated with full-color photographs by Hollye’s close friend, award-winning photographer Elizabeth Messina, The Silver Lining is both Hollye’s memoir and a practical, supportive resource for anyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer. In the first section of each chapter, she describes with humor and wisdom her personal experience and gives details about her diagnosis, treatment, side effects, and recovery. The second section of each chapter is told from Hollye’s point of view as a medical expert. In addition to providing a glossary of important terms and resources, she addresses the physical and emotional aspects of treatment, highlights what patients can expect, and provides action steps, including: What to do when facing a diagnosis How to find the best and most supportive medical team What questions to ask What to expect at medical tests How to talk with and support children How to relieve or avoid side effects How to be a supportive friend or family member How to find Silver Linings Looking for and finding Silver Linings buoyed Hollye from the time of her diagnosis throughout her double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and recovery. They gave her the balance and perspective to get her through the worst days, and they compose the soul of the book. The Silver Lining of Hollye’s illness is that she can now use the knowledge gleaned from her experience to try to make it better for those who have to follow her down this difficult path. This is why she is sharing her story. Hollye is the experienced girlfriend who wants to help shed some light in the darkness, provide guidance through the confusion, and hold your hand every step of the way. At once comforting and instructive, realistic and inspiring, The Silver Lining is a visually beautiful, poignant must-read for everyone who has been touched by cancer.
Download or read book Texting Through Cancer written by Jan Woodard and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When author Jan Woodard requested prayer after her breast cancer diagnosis, her texts, email, and mail were flooded with encouraging notes that inspired her to write about her journey through treatment. As she wrote a weekly column for her local newspaper, Woodard discovered that writing kept her from self-pity by helping her focus on others and shift from fear to faith. In Texting Through Cancer, Woodard shares the peace she found in surrendering her cancer to God. Through 42 reflections she offers practical ways to find beauty in ordinary moments. Woven throughout her meditations are 12 spiritual practices that challenge readers to explore their own faith more deeply. This book extends hope to those who wonder how to live fully today when uncertainty overshadows tomorrow. Readers will discover how to pay attention to small signs of God's faithfulness, savor the gifts each day brings, and receive assurance that "all will be well" when they trust their tomorrows to God.
Download or read book Keeping Abreast written by Khalid Mahmud and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer will strike one out of every eight women. This book provides clear strategies to reduce the risk of breast cancer--strategies that are not only based on the author's experience as an oncologist, but also on an extensive review of the scientific literature.
Download or read book Diagnostic Problems in Breast Pathology written by Frederick C. Koerner and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the diagnosis of diseases of the breast Concepts basic to the analysis of epithelial proliferations Conventional ductal proliferations Apocrine proliferations Mucinous proliferations Lobular proliferations Concepts basic to the analysis of papillary proliferations Papilloma Papillary carcinoma Micropapillary proliferations Concepts basic to the diagnosis of sclerosing lesions Sclerosing adenosis Radial scar Low grade invasive ductal carcinoma Concepts basic to the analysis of fibroepithelial lesions Fibroadenoma Myxoid fibroadenoma Phyllodes tumor Hamartoma and fibroadenoma variant Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia.
