The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, there are an estimated 13.7 million living Americans who are cancer survivors. The institute expects that number to rise to almost 18 million over the next decade. The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64% chance of surviving five years, up from 50% three decades ago. And most of them have lingering symptoms, both physical and emotional.

The Cancer Survivor is a companion and guide for those millions of individuals who are finally done with treatments but are still on the journey to wholeness. Beth Leibson completed her chemotherapy and radiation in 2007. She had beat cancer, but was left with lingering memory issues, exhaustion, depression, pain, and the fear that at any point, the cancer could return. Here she tells the story of how she rebuilt her life, and shares advice from other experts, addressing the emotional, medical, and professional challenges of life after cancer. Here are the questions you’re afraid to ask (“When will my sex drive come back?”), the questions you hadn’t yet considered (“How do I reenter the work force after a ‘break’ of a year or more?”), and those you know you should be thinking about but haven’t had the energy for (“What supplements or alternative therapies should I be taking to regain my strength?”).

Warm, honest, and full of sage advice, this is the book Leibson wishes she had had when the nightmare of cancer treatments drew to a close and the overwhelming reality of starting life over again began.
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The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, there are an estimated 13.7 million living Americans who are cancer survivors. The institute expects that number to rise to almost 18 million over the next decade. The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64% chance of surviving five years, up from 50% three decades ago. And most of them have lingering symptoms, both physical and emotional.

The Cancer Survivor is a companion and guide for those millions of individuals who are finally done with treatments but are still on the journey to wholeness. Beth Leibson completed her chemotherapy and radiation in 2007. She had beat cancer, but was left with lingering memory issues, exhaustion, depression, pain, and the fear that at any point, the cancer could return. Here she tells the story of how she rebuilt her life, and shares advice from other experts, addressing the emotional, medical, and professional challenges of life after cancer. Here are the questions you’re afraid to ask (“When will my sex drive come back?”), the questions you hadn’t yet considered (“How do I reenter the work force after a ‘break’ of a year or more?”), and those you know you should be thinking about but haven’t had the energy for (“What supplements or alternative therapies should I be taking to regain my strength?”).

Warm, honest, and full of sage advice, this is the book Leibson wishes she had had when the nightmare of cancer treatments drew to a close and the overwhelming reality of starting life over again began.
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The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer

The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer

by Beth Leibson
The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer

The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer

by Beth Leibson

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Overview

According to the National Cancer Institute, there are an estimated 13.7 million living Americans who are cancer survivors. The institute expects that number to rise to almost 18 million over the next decade. The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64% chance of surviving five years, up from 50% three decades ago. And most of them have lingering symptoms, both physical and emotional.

The Cancer Survivor is a companion and guide for those millions of individuals who are finally done with treatments but are still on the journey to wholeness. Beth Leibson completed her chemotherapy and radiation in 2007. She had beat cancer, but was left with lingering memory issues, exhaustion, depression, pain, and the fear that at any point, the cancer could return. Here she tells the story of how she rebuilt her life, and shares advice from other experts, addressing the emotional, medical, and professional challenges of life after cancer. Here are the questions you’re afraid to ask (“When will my sex drive come back?”), the questions you hadn’t yet considered (“How do I reenter the work force after a ‘break’ of a year or more?”), and those you know you should be thinking about but haven’t had the energy for (“What supplements or alternative therapies should I be taking to regain my strength?”).

Warm, honest, and full of sage advice, this is the book Leibson wishes she had had when the nightmare of cancer treatments drew to a close and the overwhelming reality of starting life over again began.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781628739671
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 03/04/2014
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Beth Leibson is a freelance health-care writer and editor who has been published in numerous national, regional, and business magazines and newsletters. She writes regularly for Amoena Life Magazine, a publication geared to breast cancer patients and survivors. She’s the author of I’m Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!, which received an award from the Susan G. Komen Arkansas Foundation.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Section 1 Emotions 1

Chapter 1 Now What? 3

Chapter 2 Fear of Recurrence 23

Chapter 3 Depression and Anxiety 41

Chapter 4 Sexuality and Intimacy 65

Chapter 5 Fertility 89

Chapter 6 Other People's Reactions 111

Section 2 Career Introduction 121

Chapter 7 Returning to the Job 123

Chapter 8 Looking for a New Job 143

Chapter 9 Switching Careers 163

Chapter 10 Legal Issues 177

Section 3 Wellness Issues 199

Chapter 11 Survivorship Care Plan 201

Chapter 12 Exercise 211

Chapter 13 Nutrition 227

Chapter 14 East Asian Medicine 239

Chapter 15 Other Complementary Approaches 255

Afterword: Silver Linings, or Consolation Prizes 279

Acknowledgments 285

Appendices

Appendix 1 Resources for Survivorship 287

Appendix 2 Body Mass Index Table 297

Appendix 3 A Guide to Phytochemicals 299

Index 303

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