Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
FREE BOOK FOR BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS
Thanks to a supportive publisher, I'm able to offer a free copy of BUSTING LOOSE: CANCER SURVIVORS TELL YOU WHAT YOUR DOCTOR WON'T to any group of breast cancer sisters out there, so long as you have a real live group. (All we ask is that you talk the book up!)
The book was designed to be perfect for book clubs and study groups, because it's broken down into 80 meaty (and short) chapters. Many are funny, some are touching and all are highly informative.
Drop an email for more information to: bobz_publishing@livecom.net
Chapter titles:
PART I: DIAGNOSIS: BRACE YOURSELF
1. Kill Fear before it Kills You
2. Plan for the Best, not the Worst
3. Myths and Old Wives’ Tales
4. Ignorance and Poverty Are Carcinogens
5. The True Value of Mammograms
6. Best Doctor in the World, Please Apply
7. Part Scientist, Part Alchemist and Part Shaman
8. Wild Women and Bad Girls: It’s So Good to be Bad
9. Nothing Wrong with Nuts
10. Macho Never Means Mucho
11. Cancer Idiots: How to Handle Them
12. Life Partners
13. Cancer Confidants
14. Stop Asking: “Why me?”
15. Turn Off the @#$%^TV!
16. Write Yourself Well
17. Tame Career and Personal Stress
18. Do You Have the Life Instinct?
19. Dangerous Cultural Taboos
20. Kissing Momma’s Boo-Boo
21. Breaking the Chain
22. My Sister, My Mother, Myself
23. Passing a Milestone
PART II: TREATMENT: ENTERING THE LABYRINTH
24. Tests and More Tests
25. Slow and Steady Wins the Race
26. Medical Dis-Appointments
27. Become an Expert on Your Disease
28. Hospital Hell
29. Lumpectomy or Mastectomy?
30. Get a Second Opinion
31. You and Your Breast Surgeon
32. Prophylactic Mastectomy
33. Immediate Breast Reconstruction
34. Plastic Surgery Choices
35. Sentinel Node Biopsy
36. Medical Errors: Don’t Be a Victim
37. Ignore the Survival Statistics
38. Thrive on Risk
39. Clinical Trials
40. No Such Thing as Incurable
41. Stay Abreast of New Therapies
42. Get the Most out of your HMO
43. Flip-a-Coin Medical Treatment
44. Cancer Support Groups
45. Only Dread Life One Day at a Time
46. Make it Stop Hurting
47. Pain Without Suffering
48. How Not to Pay the Bill
49. Uninsured? Get Help With Medical Expenses
50. Know Your Employment Rights
51. The Best Treatment Facilities
52. The Long-Term Benefits of Chemotherapy
53. Big Advances in Hormonal Therapies
54. How To Outlive Your Oncologist
55. I Just Need to Lie Down
56. Listen to Your Body
57. Alternative Therapies
58. Hawaiian Approaches to Disease
59. Just Say “No!”
60. Go Cold Turkey On Stress
61. Cry All Your Tears
PART III: RECOVERY: Lessons Learned
62. Get Used to Feeling Out of Control
63. Where in Hell Can I Find a Bathing Suit?
64. Break a Sweat, Not your Bones
65. Sex Thieves
66. Hormone Replacement Therapy
67. Eat Like a Bad Girl and Still Get Healthy
68. Rethink Pink
69. Ending Cancer in the Community
70. Attila the Hun, I’m Home
71. Fall in Love Again
72. Organic Healing
73. Prevail Against Recurrence
74. Push the Limits
75. Motherhood After Cancer
76. Cleanse Your Memory
77. Keep the Faith
78. Laugh and Grow Strong
79. The End Game
80. Recreation—as in Re-creation
81. Don’t Count Out Miracles
82. Create Your Own Descanso
83. Recovery and Renewal
Glossary of Helpful Organizations
The book was designed to be perfect for book clubs and study groups, because it's broken down into 80 meaty (and short) chapters. Many are funny, some are touching and all are highly informative.
Drop an email for more information to: bobz_publishing@livecom.net
Chapter titles:
PART I: DIAGNOSIS: BRACE YOURSELF
1. Kill Fear before it Kills You
2. Plan for the Best, not the Worst
3. Myths and Old Wives’ Tales
4. Ignorance and Poverty Are Carcinogens
5. The True Value of Mammograms
6. Best Doctor in the World, Please Apply
7. Part Scientist, Part Alchemist and Part Shaman
8. Wild Women and Bad Girls: It’s So Good to be Bad
9. Nothing Wrong with Nuts
10. Macho Never Means Mucho
11. Cancer Idiots: How to Handle Them
12. Life Partners
13. Cancer Confidants
14. Stop Asking: “Why me?”
15. Turn Off the @#$%^TV!
16. Write Yourself Well
17. Tame Career and Personal Stress
18. Do You Have the Life Instinct?
19. Dangerous Cultural Taboos
20. Kissing Momma’s Boo-Boo
21. Breaking the Chain
22. My Sister, My Mother, Myself
23. Passing a Milestone
PART II: TREATMENT: ENTERING THE LABYRINTH
24. Tests and More Tests
25. Slow and Steady Wins the Race
26. Medical Dis-Appointments
27. Become an Expert on Your Disease
28. Hospital Hell
29. Lumpectomy or Mastectomy?
30. Get a Second Opinion
31. You and Your Breast Surgeon
32. Prophylactic Mastectomy
33. Immediate Breast Reconstruction
34. Plastic Surgery Choices
35. Sentinel Node Biopsy
36. Medical Errors: Don’t Be a Victim
37. Ignore the Survival Statistics
38. Thrive on Risk
39. Clinical Trials
40. No Such Thing as Incurable
41. Stay Abreast of New Therapies
42. Get the Most out of your HMO
43. Flip-a-Coin Medical Treatment
44. Cancer Support Groups
45. Only Dread Life One Day at a Time
46. Make it Stop Hurting
47. Pain Without Suffering
48. How Not to Pay the Bill
49. Uninsured? Get Help With Medical Expenses
50. Know Your Employment Rights
51. The Best Treatment Facilities
52. The Long-Term Benefits of Chemotherapy
53. Big Advances in Hormonal Therapies
54. How To Outlive Your Oncologist
55. I Just Need to Lie Down
56. Listen to Your Body
57. Alternative Therapies
58. Hawaiian Approaches to Disease
59. Just Say “No!”
60. Go Cold Turkey On Stress
61. Cry All Your Tears
PART III: RECOVERY: Lessons Learned
62. Get Used to Feeling Out of Control
63. Where in Hell Can I Find a Bathing Suit?
64. Break a Sweat, Not your Bones
65. Sex Thieves
66. Hormone Replacement Therapy
67. Eat Like a Bad Girl and Still Get Healthy
68. Rethink Pink
69. Ending Cancer in the Community
70. Attila the Hun, I’m Home
71. Fall in Love Again
72. Organic Healing
73. Prevail Against Recurrence
74. Push the Limits
75. Motherhood After Cancer
76. Cleanse Your Memory
77. Keep the Faith
78. Laugh and Grow Strong
79. The End Game
80. Recreation—as in Re-creation
81. Don’t Count Out Miracles
82. Create Your Own Descanso
83. Recovery and Renewal
Glossary of Helpful Organizations
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Cancer Survivors Guide Due Out in Two Days
Well, here it is...the cover of my cancer survivor's guide. Not quite out there yet...but so close. Much more on this later.
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