Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19327 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-12
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Synopsis
This is an excellent book and I would recommend it to any woman with breast cancer.' Christine Fogg, Breast Cancer Care. The Breast Cancer Book is the book Val Sampson looked for in vain when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Based on her own experience, that of other breast cancer patients and also on interviews with experts in this field, it looks at the conventional medical treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, as well as at the part which can be played by complementary treatments such as reflexology, meditation and spiritual healing. It also sets out to give emotional help and support in coping with the fear and sense of loneliness that often comes with a diagnosis of cancer, and there are sections on how to get support from people around you, how to look good and feel better, and twenty things to try if you are feeling low. Above all, it shows women that it is possible to lead a happy and fulfilling life after a diagnosis of breast cancer, and that the power to achieve this lies within the individual. This book is the most well-balanced, supportive and honest book on breast cancer available today.

From the Publisher
The Breast Cancer Book offers practical advice and hope to women with breast cancer, detailing both the emotional and physical aspects of the illness

From the Author
A guide to help you through the experience of breast cancer
Val and I thought long and hard about this book before we wrote it. We looked around to see what was available and found that sensible, practical information on how to cope with breast cancer for women in the UK was hard to find. We both had many people, women with cancer, their family and their friends, come to us to ask our advice and so we thought that if we wrote it down we could reach a bigger audience. For me it was the chance to be the breast care nurse who you can take home with you and ask your questions any time you want to. For Val it was 'I've found out so much on my journey, I wish there had been a guide around that had told me all this at the beginning.' Of course everyone is different and there is the concern that what is the right thing for one person is not right for another, so we have tried to make it as user friendly as possible, so you read the bits you want to, when you want to. We really hope that you find this book helpful.

Customer Reviews

This book helped me through my treatment
Just finished my radiotherapy and I've read and re-read this book. It's reassuring, reliable and comprehensive - the sort of book you are always dipping in and out of. I've recently read The Secret History of a Woman Patient and I recommend this too because it complements The Breast Cancer Book. It's Janet Rhys Dent's gripping personal account of learning how to be a patient and it reads like a story that keeps you turning the pages. It too is upbeat, just like The Breast Cancer Book.

BUY THIS BOOK
This is the best health book I have read in a very long time. Buy it. Seriously I have searched the internet and read enough books to fill a library and this is the best one. Unlike so many books it doesn't frighten or patronise, it is clear yet friendly and covers everything you need to know giving you honest answers whilst valuing your right to choose yet without heaping on blame or wandering off into hippy trippy land... There are many people claiming they can cure you or offer advice and they haven't got a clue - this book is different. Val has had cancer and Debbie has been a breast nurse for decades - they know what they're talking about. Its really about women's breast cancer but there is a lot of information which is applicable to all cancers - my family has been affected by a few different ones and I wish I had read this book years ago.

It's also great if you are a partner, relative or friend of someone going through breast cancer - lots of practical advice and it will really help you to understand and support them.

I don't recommend anything unless it is really good - this is.

Thank you!
This has not been my best year. Two operations for breast cancer and not enough information. I discovered this book through Amazon .co.uk and immediately ordered it. I have found it to be such a help and actually enjoyed reading it at a time when I found it difficult to put everything together for myself.
My thanks to Val and Debbie for my new "bible".