Living With Cancer

by Visel, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780813538204
• ISBN10: 0813538203
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-15
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

This book moves beyond the hospital to provide information and strategies to help with the emotional, practical, and financial effects of the diagnosis of cancer.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments: The Living with Cancer Team	xiii
Quick Starts	xvii
Introduction: Setting the Stage
Now What?	3	(12)
Orientation: Some Preliminary Introductions and Suggestions
Personal Decisions	15	(4)
The Idea of Patient Partnering	19	(3)
The Patient's New World	22	(10)
Know the Illness	32	(5)
Learn the Lingo	37	(10)
Team Building: People Don't Beat Cancer; Teams of People Do
Deciding Where to Have Treatment	47	(6)
Medical Teams	53	(8)
The Partner	61	(9)
God	70	(4)
The Patient's Personal Organization	74	(6)
The Patient's Workplace	80	(15)
Friends	95	(6)
Supporting Resources: An Inventory and Evaluation of Available Tools
Health Insurance	101	(7)
Public-Assistance Law	108	(2)
Private-Attorney Services	110	(5)
Family Money	115	(2)
Charities	117	(3)
Support Groups	120	(4)
Fraternal Orders and Community-Service Groups	124	(5)
Gifts and Givers	129	(3)
Public Assistance	132	(5)
Armed Services	137	(3)
Raising Cash	140	(9)
The Illness: Help a Patient Can Use, and Things a Patient Should Know, to Make the Best of This
The Personal Side of Being Very Sick	149	(4)
Nine Easy Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot	153	(6)
Treatments	159	(11)
Nutrition and Fitness	170	(11)
Implants and Replacement Parts	181	(5)
Transplants	186	(3)
Vaccines	189	(3)
Nontraditional Healing Practices	192	(4)
Things They May Forget to Tell You about Chemo	196	(7)
Taking Your Medicine	203	(4)
Watching and Waiting	207	(3)
Always Wear Your Game Face	210	(3)
Getting ``Better''	213	(6)
Easy Cancer	219	(3)
Tough Cancer	222	(5)
Dealing with Pain and Nausea	227	(4)
Recovering from Surgery	231	(10)
Related Issues: Topics You May Need to Know More About
Budgeting	241	(4)
Care at Home	245	(6)
Clinical Trials	251	(8)
Personal Health Disclosure Guidelines	259	(2)
Project Management Suggestions for Partners	261	(2)
Stuff Happens	263	(3)
Travel for Medical Purposes	266	(9)
Relationships: Critical Elements of Patient-Partner Relationships
Basic Patient-Partner Relationships	275	(2)
Parent-Child Partnerships	277	(7)
When the Patient Is Your Spouse	284	(6)
When the Patient Is a Parent	290	(8)
When the Patient Is Not a Relation	298	(4)
One More Thing . . .	302	(3)
Reference Center A Note on the Reference Center	305	(2)
White Pages	307	(30)
Yellow Pages	337	(28)
Index	365