When It Happens to You
A Practical Guide Through Breast Cancer
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2000, paper
ISBN 978-0-923521-49-3
Two breast cancer survivors, one a doctor, the other a writer and school teacher, found that their individual experiences with breast cancer and its treatment could contain information and insights other women would find important and useful in facing the disease. Earlene Dal Pozzo and Joann Dilts both come from medical families and are both healthcare professionals. They know the ins and outs of the medical systems, yet they each struggled at times to maintain control of their treatments. They wrote this book to share their experiences and insights with others and to provide the kind of information and support they wish they had when they were each trying to cope with the illness. A combination of insight and information based on experience and research leads to practical suggestions on dealing with others (especially family and friends) as well as guidance through the medical details in helpful and understandable terms. Each chapter ends with a checklist of key elements to remember. Treatments are explored as options, not fixed solutions, and the serious aspects of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are examined as personal experiences, not just medical events. The practical and useful nature of this slim volume does not overwhelm the personal and honest core which shines through in the frank experiences these two remarkable women share with you.
Rave Reviews
"I wish this book had been available when it happened to me 14 years ago...accurate, helpful, and easy to read from two competent, caring women." —Bonnie J. Campbell, Y-ME National Breast Care Organization
"...truths and tips so beautifully spelled out in this practical and compassionate book...what a joy and relief it would have been to have had those messages all in one place right at the beginning—from the moment of diagnosis." —Dottie Lamm, University of Denver
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Hearing the Diagnosis
Chapter 2 - Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster
Chapter 3 - Dealing with Friends and Family
Chapter 4 - Shopping List
Chapter 5 - Meditation & Relaxation
Chapter 6 - Surgery
Chapter 7 - After Surgery—And Before
Chapter 8 - Anything Else
Chapter 9 - Radiation
Chapter 10 - Chemotherapy
Chapter 11 - Doing Business
Chapter 12 - The Next Five Years
Authors
Earlene Dal Pozzo, M.D., is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Denver, CO. She is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Joann Dilts, M.A., worked for many years as a teacher, freelance editor, and state park naturalist.