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