Books of Support, Information, Survival, Loss, Laughter and Sadness

Livres d'appui, d'information, de survie, de perte, de rire et de tristesse

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This book provides essential information and advice for women who have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Authors Phillips and Goldstein have devoted equal time to medical questions, emotional issues, and financial difficulties women with breast cancer might face. Topics include stages of breast cancer, survival rates, and treatment options.

Robert H. Phillips and Paula Goldstein

When she was diagnosed with the disease at age 34, Margit Porter vowed to help others through similar circumstances. As a part of her efforts, she circulated a questionnaire; the result is Hope is Contagious, a compilation of responses, advice, insights, and tips for coping with breast cancer. This book discusses many experiences associated with breast cancer, including   diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, prostheses, and reconstruction.  It is also an excellent resource for mail-order products and educational networks.

Margit Porter

Cohen’s book is the “how to” guide for a woman coping with the diagnosis of breast cancer. Just Get Me Through This is a “roadmap” for patients and their families/friends to help manage all of the day-in, day-out decisions and ups-and-downs of breast cancer. The book is simultaneously practical, emotional, clinical and inspirational.

Deborah A. Cohen

Our Mom Has Breast Cancer is written by two young girls, Adrienne Ackermann, 9, and Abigail Ackermann, 11, and is meant to help other children understand the impact of cancer on a family. According to the American Cancer Society, who published the book, the tone is upbeat, but Abigail and Adrienne do not shrink from honestly sharing their feelings. They write about the fear that their mother would die and the effects of chemotherapy, especially fatigue and nausea. The book ends with Adrienne and Abigail reflecting on their experience and how it has brought their family closer together.

Adrienne Ackermann and Abigail Ackermann