Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99168 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
'full of practical advice and personal experience...very readable', Health and Fitness

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

Breast cancer and beyond!
This is a superb book. It really is a "must" for anyone who is dealing with their own diagnosis of breast cancer and for their friends and family.

I found the style warm and approachable without becoming sentimental and the medical sections were dealt with thoroughly and clearly, explaining serious concepts without trivialising or "dumbing down".

The book goes way beyond breast cancer in many places. The authors talk about hoping and coping, managing in a crisis, dealing with the people around you (including an excellent section on talking to your children), strategies for when you need cheering up... all of which are relevant in everyone's life at some time.

What particularly impressed me was the combination of subjects, from the practical to the physical to the psychological. To find all these resources gathered in one place is fantastic.

A friend gave me this book to read and I'm back to buy my own copy now!

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".

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.