| October is International Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, an annual health campaign spearheaded by major
breast cancer organizations to increase awareness of the disease.
This year, Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue is celebrating
her comeback after treatment for breast cancer. We invite you
to celebrate with other cancer survivors and warriors and their
families by reading their stories. We've also highlighted some
informational books to help spread awareness - the best tool for
early detection and treatment.
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Dina Rabinovitch
Journalist Dina Rabinovitch had just turned 40 when she was diagnosed
with breast cancer in September 2004. Her experience of the condition
and its treatment, from diagnosis through mastectomy to recovery,
is recounted in this down-to-earth memoir, covering everything
from trialling Herceptin to what to wear that's stylish after
surgery.
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Megan Dwyer & Meredith Campbell
Two ordinary women faced the challenge of their lives when diagnosed
with aggressive breast cancer. In true Amazon style, they fought
through months of debilitating treatment, continuing working,
traveling the globe and competing in sports. Their story is an
inspiration to anyone facing life-altering challenges, and provides
coping strategies for dealing with an immediate crisis, and building
a life beyond.
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Kris Carr (foreward by Sheryl Crow)
Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips gathers the lessons learned and
advice offered from Carr’s own journey, as well as the experiences
of her cancer posse. Full-color photos accompany personal stories
and candid revelations in this scrapbook of advice, warnings,
and resources for the cancer patient. Chapters cover your changing
social life, dating, sex, and appearance; essential health tips
on how to boost your immune system; recipes; medical and holistic
resources; and information on young survivor support groups. The
resulting book isa warm, yet informative tool for any woman newly
diagnosed with the disease and for those who love them.
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Joni Rodgers
Texas is big. Dang big. Big meat, big hats, and big, big, hair.
Texas women have hair so big it gives Texas honeybees beehive
envy. What's a girl to do when, thanks to chemotherapy, she has
to battle cancer without even her god-given right of Big Hair?
If you're Joni Rodgers, you use humor, candor, anger, and finally,
grace and dignity (sprinkled with healthy doses of sex and Jell-o®).
Funny, moving, and inspiring, Bald in the Land of Big Hair
is a tribute to the triumph of the human spirit, the importance
of community, an the imperative of living each day with joy and
grace. And a darn good wig.
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Beth Murphy (foreward by Ann Curry)
If you or someone you love is a young woman coping with breast
cancer, this much-needed book was created for you. Here, for the
first time, is all the vital information about breast cancer as
it relates to the unique medical—and emotional—issues
and challenges faced by women in their twenties, thirties, and
early forties. Fighting for Our Future provides the latest
medical knowledge about young women with breast cancer, based
on interviews and guidance from a medical advisory board of doctors
and scientists involved in cutting-edge in the field, along with
inspiring and instructive stories of young women's experiences.
The result is a practical and personal book covering a range of
concerns, from how to find a breast surgeon, to the effects of
this illness on relationships, to surgical options, and much,
much more.
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Marc Silver & Frederick Smith
A unique guide, like none other on the market-packed with medical
information, practical tips, psychological insight, and coping
strategies-to help men help the women they love through this trying
time.
When Marc Silver became a breast cancer husband three years
ago, he learned firsthand how frightened and helpless the breast
cancer husband feels. He searched in vain for a book that would
give him the information and advice he so desperately sought.
Now this award-winning journalist has compiled just the kind of
emotionally supportive and useful resource that he wished he had
been able to consult-to give men the tools they need to help their
wives, their families, and themselves through this scary, uncertain
time.
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Elaine Magee
Tell Me What to Eat to Help Prevent Breast Cancer begins
with an overview of breast cancer in all its forms. Readers get
a detailed yet completely understandable picture of how the cancer
begins and how it spreads-a picture that is based on the latest
medical information. Readers gain a better understanding of what
breast cancer is and what they can do now to prevent it. Elaine
Magee gives you all the information you can never seem to understand
when the doctor rattles it off, and she answers all those questions
you keep forgetting to ask. You'll find a host of specific recommendations-what
to eat, what to avoid, and how to incorporate these changes into
your lifestyle. Also included are dozens of healthful, mouth-watering
recipes, plus supermarket and restaurant advice and sample weekly
menu plans that are totally grounded in reality.
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Amelia Lawson & James Lawson
Breast cancer is the most common and feared of all cancers affecting
women in the developed world.For many women their breasts are
intrinsic to their femininity: loss or damage of them through
cancer can result in profound dismay and grief. Nearly forty thousand
research studies have been done in the past decade alone. The
search is one of the most crucial scientific detective stories
of the twentieth century. In this pioneering book, Professor James
Lawson and his daughter Amelia Lawson describe the research-based,
scientific progress that has been made in the fight against breast
cancer. They outline the basic facts about breast cancer so women
can assess their risk of contracting the disease and they suggest
steps women can take to reduce these risks. Breast Cancer:
Can you Prevent It? does not and cannot offer a world free
of breast cancer but it does offer an understanding of the disease
and therefore, hope.
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Ronit Elk & Monica Morrow
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with breast cancer,
you're probably confused, afraid, shocked, or even angry. Or you
may be all of the above. Let this book become your trusted manual.
Discover more about the cancer, explore treatment options, find
ways to make this part of your life easier. Let shared experiences
serve as your knowledgeable guide and anchor to help you make
wise and confident choices. This book can help you feel like you
have a sister who's a doctor, a sister who tells you what to expect
every step of the way, who gives you the best advice she can,
and guides you along the way. (Of course, there is absolutely
no replacement for advice about you from your own doctor.) You'll
feel empowered to know and understand what's going on in your
body, so that you can become a part of your own treatment team
and make decisions along with your doctors and your family.
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Susan Love, M.D.
Recent research is rapidly changing the diagnosis, treatment,
and outcomes of breast cancer. Just as women afflicted with or
worried about breast cancer have turned to the earlier editions
of Dr. Susan Love's guide for the soundest, most supportive advice,
once again they will find all the help they need in this new edition.
From guidance on screening techniques and benign disease to comprehensive
and heartening advice on living with breast cancer, Dr. Love's
book will be a priceless help to recovery on every level, medical,
practical, and psychological.
Once again readers will lean with gratitude on the extraordinary
empathy and expertise in the book that Newsweek called "One
of the most complete and trustworthy books ever published on breast
cancer."
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Sherry Kohlenberg
Sherry Kohlenberg wrote this book after she was diagnosed with
breast cancer. She couldn't find a book that made the family part
of the treatment process, and she wanted her 18-month-old son
to understand what was happening. Sammy's Mommy Has Cancer
is a warm, sensitive, straightforward story that will help young
children understand and accept the changes in their lives when
a parent is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Parents
will welcome this valuable aid in explaining the illness. Both
the story and the introduction offer useful suggestions for involving
children in the joys and sorrows of good and bad days. Sharing
the book together, the family will experience a sense of safety
and encouragement even at this frightening time.
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Laura Numeroff & Dr. Wendy Harpham
The hardest sickness a child might have to face is the serious
illness of a parent. The authors worked together with children
to help create this informative book. The writings come from a
group of five to twelve year olds who gather to talk about each
of their mothers' breast cancer. They write advice pieces like
"The day my family found out" or "Family meetings."
They write words of encouragement like "Picturing cancer
makes it less scary", "You can't catch it," or
"Looking for the good things in something bad." All
their thoughts, feelings, and ideas are well represented by David
McPhail's emotion-filled pictures. Both words and illustrations
can open up needed and helpful discussions.
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Better Homes & Gardens
This limited edition of the complete, all new Better Homes
and Gardens New Cook Book 14th edition has gone pink - in
support of the 25th anniversary of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
In addition to the 1,400 mouthwatering recipes and 800 stunning
photos, a special pink section features recipes and thoughts from
celebrity cookbook authors including Paula Deen, Sandra Lee, Lidia
Bastianich, Sara Moulton, Pam Anderson, Joanne Weir, Nathalie
Dupree, Mary Sue Milliken, and Susan Feniger, as well as 50 delicious,
all-new recipes that feature fresh foods associated with reducing
the risk of cancer.
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Various
The Pink (Ribbon) Cookbook is a unique collection of
recipes with one thing in common - all the contributors have been
affected in some way by breast cancer. Not only is this a great
opportunity to raise money for a worthwhile cause, but also to
treat yourself or your loved ones to over 200 delicious, feel-good
recipes. What better excuse to invite your family and friends
over for a meal, cook a romantic dinner or get the girls round
for a girls' night in! Within these pages you'll find dishes for
every occasion, from breakfasts and light bites to exotic dinners,
alongside quotes from the contributors and histories of the recipes.
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