After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814707351 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent -- for medical professionals, survivors, family and friends This book fills a very important void. As a psychologist working with many breast cancer survivors, I have witnessed the harm that occurs when women report disturbing symptoms, and are unable to find validation that these symptoms are real, and are, indeed, associated with breast cancer treatment. We know that human resilience is enhanced when the person suffering is able to share her experience with others. Knowing that she is not alone, and that she is not imagining the symptoms, will certainly enhance a woman's willingness to share. Rather than purely theoretical information, the boo. The other side of survivorship Claire The typical image you see of a breast cancer survivor is a smiling, fit woman in pink finishing up a Komen run or an Avon 3-day walk. This book looks at the rest of us, the women who are continuing to struggle with treatment side effects for a year or more after treatment. Around a third of a women who undergo BC treatment are having issues with fatigue 1-5 years later. Cancer-related fatigue ("chemo brain") can be permanent. This book focuses on women whose lives have been restricted, jobs lost, careers ended, due to the long term effects of being cured. An epilog looks again at some o. suziieeq said Been Looking for women who feel the same way as I do. I am a 6 year breast cancer survivor ( though I have a hard time saying survivor because I am still dealing with what cancer left me with)
A breast cancer survivor, she is the author of many books, including Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850–1940.Saskia K. Emily K. Abel is Professor in the School of Public Health and Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Los Angeles. Subramanian is assistant research sociologist in the UCLA Center for Culture and Health as
Emily K. While there are hundreds of books about breast cancer, ranging from practical medical advice to inspirational stories of survivors, what has been missing until now is testimony from the thousands of women who continue to struggle with persistent health problems.After the Cure is a compelling read filled with fascinating portraits of more than seventy women who are living with the aftermath of breast cancer. Subramanian, whose mother died of cancer, interviewed more than seventy breast cancer survivors who have suffered from post-treatment symptoms. Depression. Komen Foundation.. The doctors who now refuse to validate their symptoms are often the very ones they depended on to provide life-saving treatments. And every symptom serves as a constant reminder of the trauma of diagnosis, the ordeal of treatment, and the specter of recurrence. Most narratives about surviving breast cancer end with the conclusion of chemotherapy and radiation, painting stereotypical portraits of triumphantly healthy survivors, women who not only survive but emerge better and stronger than before. Their work lives, already disrupted by both cancer and its treatment, are further undermined
From Publishers Weekly A professor and an assistant research sociologist, respectively, at the University of California, Los Angeles, Abel and Subramanian speak with scores of breast cancer survivors to explore, in depth, the post-treatment symptoms caused by radiation, chemotherapy and surgery, "giving voice to a neglected aspect of the breast cancer experience." The women talk with Pat Garland, for example, whose treatment left her with several debilitating symptoms, including chronic joint pain in her arms and legs, that her doctors dismissed: "there was no validation They saved my life, but then the value of my life after they saved it with the chemotherapy was zero." The authors hear similar stories from other women such as Ida Jaffe and Leanne Thomas, whose post-treatment symptoms include "hot flashes, dental and vision problems, insomnia, memory loss