What Helped Get Me Through

November 3, 2008
In her mid 30s, Silver (Super Healing), an oncology rehab specialist, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Drawing on her experiences, Silver questioned survey participants on critical aspects of care and healing (healthcare providers, friends, family, spirituality, body image, etc.). Mainly from the U.S., respondents include celebrities (Carly Simon, Lance Armstrong and Sen. Ed. Brooke among them) and represent a broad range of ages, backgrounds and varieties of cancer. Silver has slotted responses into sections addressing such concerns as balancing work and family, making healthy lifestyle changes, helping children to cope with a parent's illness, asking for help and relieving stress, and she offers advice in lists and sidebars. While narrative connections between participants' comments would have provided greater continuity, this volume-a bird's-eye-view into the minds and hearts of cancer survivors-is an invaluable resource for those who will have cancer or treat, live or work with a cancer patient.

September 1, 2008
In 16 chapters, from "How I Nurtured Myself" and "Balancing Work and Family" to "Healing" and "What It Means To Be a Survivor," hundreds of cancer warriors (men and women, well known and not) give up the secrets to dealing with this ubiquitous disease. Sidebars and boxes highlight ideas and coping tips. Breast cancer survivors include editor Kathy LaTour and singer Carly Simon. Editor Silveranother breast cancer survivoris an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Oh, and Lance is here, too. For all patient health collections.

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