Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul Hope Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey written by Dr. Julie Silver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey will encourage comfort and encourage breast cancer patients and survivors with its inspiring stories and helpful medical information. A support group from breast cancer diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and recovery, this book combines inspiring Chicken Soup for the Soul stories written just for this book and accessible leading-edge medical information from Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School. Patients and survivors will find comfort, strength and hope.
Download or read book Thriving Through Cancer written by Kelly Lutman and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've just received the diagnosis: cancer. You sit, stunned, trying to absorb all the medical jargon and "what ifs" being thrown at you. Chemo. Radiation. Surgery. Ports. Infusions. These words rattle around your brain, seeking purchase. There's no doubt about it: you're in a battle for your life. Your medical team focuses on eliminating your cancer. You wonder, though, what you can do. In Thriving Through Cancer: A Whole-Istic Approach for Your Journey, you'll see that you can, in fact, do a lot to improve your health through this process. From what you consume-visually, physically, and emotionally-to the words you chose, you're in the driver's seat. This book offers clear direction, practical tips, and unerring support so that when you ring that bell signifying the end of treatment, you'll really feel victorious!
Download or read book Breast Cancer written by Lisa A. Price, ND and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-06-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a naturopathic physician specializing in complementary cancer care, Breast Cancer: Thriving Through Treatment to Recovery provides solutions for maintaining health and improving quality of life during conventional cancer treatment. With diet, exercise, and mental health plans tailored to treatment protocol and cancer type, this valuable guide offers safe and effective tools and practices to support patients through every phase and protocol. Organized into six easy chapters, the book summarizes the effects of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, and hormone therapy; catalogs potential side effects; and includes recipes, exercise programs, and mental health therapy suggestions based on symptoms and predictable side effect risks to build strength, promote healing, and improve outcomes. This essential resource will help breast cancer patients reduce short- and long-term effects during and after treatment and includes: Scientifically proven practices to support physical and emotional health using nutrition, exercise, and mind-body therapies Concise explanation of how specific cancer therapies work and their effects on the immune system Exercises to build strength with an array of low- to high-impact cardiovascular and weight-bearing exercises Quick and delicious recipes designed to include daily protein, fiber, and carbohydrate needs for patients in recovery Psychological health and well-being promoted therapies that address patient concerns
Download or read book Five to Thrive written by Lise Alschuler and published by Active Interest Media Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses upon the impact of diet, lifestyle, and dietary supplements on the prevention of cancer. Uses the fascinating science of epigentics to describe five key pathways.
Download or read book Thriving After Breast Cancer written by Sherry Lebed Davis and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The months following breast cancer treatment can pose a host of emotional and physical challenges. Now, the groundbreaking dance and movement therapy program hailed by more than one hundred hospitals around the country is presented in Thriving After Breast Cancer - an essential guide to healing both body and mind and to recovering your pretreatment energy, strength, flexibility and posture. The "Focus on Healing" program, developed by breast cancer survivor Sherry Davis and her two brothers, both physicians, is a fun, rejuvenating regimen of stretches and dance moves that work to rehabilitate your body, safely and effectively. The simple routines are tailored to relieving pain, restoring flexibility, combating fatigue, emotional recovery, living with lymphedema, developing balance, coping with menopause, exploring your femininity and recovering from reconstruction. Complete with warm-up routines for different sports, mind-body exercises, and nutritional advice, Thriving After Breast Cancer is an uplifting, empowering handbook for every woman who wants to rebuild the life that she loves.
Download or read book Moving Through Cancer written by D. Kathryn Schmitz and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer diagnosis and treatment doesn't have to be a passive experience, and it shouldn't be. Dr. Kathryn Schmitz's Moving Through Cancer introduces a 21-day program of strength training and exercise for cancer prevention and recovery. Go from diagnosis to thriving with this empowering guide to using strength training and exercise to improve your mental and physical health before, during, and after cancer diagnosis and treatment. This groundbreaking program will show you how to use exercise and movement to: • Recover more quickly from surgery • Withstand chemotherapy (or other drug treatments) or radiation with fewer side effects • Bounce back to daily life following cancer treatments • Prevent loss of function or fitness due to treatment • Return to work more quickly or stay at work throughout treatment • Protect against late side effects of treatment that come years after diagnosis Leading exercise oncology researcher Dr. Kathryn Schmitz shows you how to prepare for cancer treatment and begin regularly exercising in just 21 days using five key steps: Move, Lift, Eat, Sleep, and Log. Both informative and practical, Moving Through Cancer explains the science of healing and prevention and delivers a paradigm-shifting message for patients, doctors, and caregivers about using exercise to live with and beyond cancer. FOR READERS OF: Anticancer Living and The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen. A PRACTITIONER AND CAREGIVER: Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a pracademic (practitioner + academic) and a caregiver: In 2010, the publication of one of her trials in The New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association overturned years of entrenched dogma and conventional wisdom that told breast cancer survivors to avoid upper body exercise. In 2016, Dr. Schmitz's wife, Sara, was diagnosed with stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma—she is currently NED (no evidence of disease) and cancer free. Moving Through Cancer is inspired by Dr. Schmitz's professional and personal experience with cancer. HELPS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO COMBAT THE POWERLESSNESS OF THE CANCER JOURNEY: Dr. Schmitz's empowering message will not only resonate with anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer but with their family and loved ones as well. Dr. Schmitz is able to give life back to readers by providing results that include better sleep, better sex, less chemo brain, reduced nausea, and improved recovery. PARADIGM-SHIFTING PROTOCOL: Moving Through Cancer is the center of Dr. Schmitz's campaign to have doctors prescribing exercise to cancer patients as common practice by 2029. THE FIRST MAINSTREAM EXERCISE-FOR-CANCER BOOK: Until now, exercise-for-cancer books have been limited to academic approaches or one-cancer-specific (breast) or one-exercise specific (yoga, pilates) books. Moving Through Cancer is for all cancer patients and survivors and their caregivers. GREAT FOR THE CLASSROOM: Students and teachers will want to use these techniques in their classrooms to provide a better understanding of how to treat cancer patients. Perfect for: 18+, Health enthusiasts, rehab, exercise, academia, medical professionals
Download or read book Thriving Through Cancer written by Barbara Kindness and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions written by Kate Lorig and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on input from people with long-term ailments, this book points the way to achieving the best possible life under the circumstances.
Download or read book Pink Prayer Book written by Diana Losciale and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired and written by breast cancer patients and survivors and the mothers, daughters, sisters, brothers, husbands, and friends who surround them, "Pink Prayer Book" is deeply personal, yet universally evocative. From the first realization of diagnosis through treatment, recovery, and the hope of lasting remission, "Pink Prayer Book" offers prayers for the journey into healing. Incorporating Scriptures and prayers, this book offers support within a joyous healing network. These wonderfully personal prayers lift hearts and voices to ask for God's healing and never-ending love. View sample pages. "Paperback" Available for the Amazon Kindle: http: //www.pinkprayerbook.com/
Download or read book Beyond Remission written by Melody Lomboy-Lowe and published by Rise. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This wonderful book is one more payback from Melody. We see the faces and hear the voices of others who are on a similar journey. Many cancer patients wonder how they are going to cope with the enormity of their diagnosis, the treatments, the uncertainty, the stress, the fatigue, and more. This book will give a hug with a come-on-let's-go encouragement.
Download or read book Second Wind written by Dann Wonser and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't you ever get tired of being so positive?" my niece blurted out one day. Was my enthusiasm about my remaining treatment options so disheartening that even upbeat Stephanie struggled to see the hope in my situation? Cancer had changed me. I have grown. I've learned to not only survive with lung cancer, but to thrive with it.
Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Thriving After Cancer written by Lise N. Alschuler and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to The Definitive Guide to Cancer, this practical and fully revised guide (formerly titled Five to Thrive) outlines a five-step plan integrating both conventional and alternative therapies for cancer survivors. You Have the Power to Thrive. If you or someone you love is a cancer survivor, you may be living in fear that one day it will return. But you can protect yourself and build a strong anti-cancer defense system of health and wellness with this practical five-step plan from Dr. Lise Alschuler and Karolyn Gazella. In this companion to The Definitive Guide to Cancer, Alschuler and Gazella teach you not just how to survive, but also how to thrive after cancer by integrating the best of conventional, natural, and alternative cancer prevention therapies to support and enhance your body’s five critical pathways. With simple, empowering daily actions that you can start today, it is the only program that provides the comprehensive approach needed for optimal health and recurrence prevention.
Download or read book Hope During Cancer Treatment written by J. Ewing and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a must-have guide for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. You will receive very specific tips on how to manage your life during chemotherapy treatment or hospital stays. This is also a good guide for family members and friends who want to know how to help a loved one through the diagnosis and treatment of cancer or other chronic illness. This is a matter-of-fact guide with very specific steps and resources.
Download or read book Thriving Through Cancer written by Melanie Roche and published by Rha Productions. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Can You Feel Better as You Go Through Cancer? When you're diagnosed with cancer or facing a recurrence, it's common to feel confused, scared, overwhelmed, powerless, and shocked. It's hard to know what to do, and how to make decisions for the best care and quality of life. You may feel disconnected from your body, mind, and spirit, which makes it all too easy to make decisions out of desperation rather than discernment. And if you're a loved one, friend, fellow support group member, nurse, physician, or healer, how can you best support the patient? The method discussed in this book gives you a simple, four-step tool you can use, no matter how you're feeling, to assess your needs. You'll learn how to choose personalized, synergistic practices to meet those needs on every level--physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual--and improve your quality of life. As a result you can: * Feel better even as you go through treatment * Feel less overwhelmed * Make sense of all the different information * Learn how to navigate your care and advocate for yourself * Manage your state so you feel empowered * Live with a sense of meaning in your life * Regain your sense of wonder Melanie Roche, MA, is an energy healer, cancer survivor, and leader in mind-body complementary healthcare. She has summarized six years of research in her book "Thriving Through Cancer: Tools and Practices to Feel Better and Improve Your Quality of Life - An Integrative Method." She lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with her husband James, where she works with clients, speaks, teaches, and leads workshops internationally. www.MelanieRoche.com
Download or read book Chemo written by Roxanne Brown and published by Norlightspress.com. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer must people put their lives on hold during chemotherapy treatment. On the contrary, it is possible to thrive during treatment. Chemotherapy for cancer is perhaps the most feared treatment in all of medicine. However, much of that fear is based on older methods and preparations of chemo drugs. The good news is: major advances in both therapies and supportive care have greatly minimized the side effects of cancer treatment. Chemo: Secrets to Thriving contains valuable advice on how to achieve a better experience. This little book is a friend, companion, and guide, helping cancer survivors manage possible side effects and enjoy life while undergoing chemotherapy. A concise, easily accessible book, Chemo is just the right size to put in a tote bag and take everywhere. A color version is available for iPad, Kindle, Nook, and other eBook readers.
Download or read book Doctors Get Cancer Too written by Dr Philippa Kaye and published by Vie. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It’s cancer.” Dr Philippa Kaye was 39 years old when she heard those dreaded words. The diagnosis of bowel cancer would change her life and mean crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient. She soon discovered that her years of training and experience had not prepared her for the realities of actually living with cancer. Doctors Get Cancer Too tells Dr Kaye’s moving story of being on both sides of the desk, and shares the insights she gained not only through the diagnosis and treatment but in surviving and thriving through cancer and beyond. Filled with practical advice, this book aims to make patients and their loved ones feel better understood, more prepared and less alone, and to provide solace for anyone navigating their way through hard times. Dr Philippa Kaye is a GP with a particular interest in children’s, women’s and sexual health. She has written multiple books on topics ranging from pregnancy and fertility to child health and child development, and she has a weekly column in Woman magazine as well as contributing to other magazines and newspapers. She has regularly been seen broadcasting on radio and television in programmes such as This Morning and The Victoria Derbyshire Show. She is also the GP ambassador for Jo’s Cervical Cancer trust. Her days are filled with a mix of general practice, media work and her other job – being a mum!
Download or read book A Woman s Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer written by Cindie Hubiak and published by Cindie Hubiak. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prostate cancer doesn’t affect men alone. The women in their lives face their own unique physical, emotional and spiritual struggles. Yet the woman’s experience and perspective isn’t something that’s widely talked about... until now. In "A Woman’s Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer," Solutions for Intimacy Co-founder Cindie Hubiak bravely shares her own story, weaving the reader through her own personal struggles, the grieving process and coping strategies throughout the various stages of prostate cancer. You and your partner can thrive following prostate cancer – mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Discover how in "A Woman’s Guide to Thriving after Prostate Cancer." You will learn how to: *Honor and grieve your losses until you reach acceptance *Communicate your desires so you get what you want *Understand men and the host of emotions they’re experiencing *Establish deeper physical, emotional and spiritual connections within your relationship *Enhance intimacy through tantric principles *Build a more satisfying, intimate relationship *Gain inspiration by living your purpose *And much more
