Positive options for colorectal cancer : self-help and treatment /
Larson, Carol Ann.
Positive options for colorectal cancer : self-help and treatment / Carol Ann Larson. - 1st edition. - Alameda, CA : Hunter House, c2005. - xii, 152 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Facing the Unknown
What Is Colorectal Cancer?
Warning Signs
Facing Up to the Symptoms
Basic Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer
Missed Signals
Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer
The Role of Stress
The Role of Genetics
Positive Options for Facing the Unknown
Chapter 2: Gathering Information
Additional Tests for Colorectal Cancer
Stages of Colorectal Cancer
Adjusting to New Test Results
Questions from Colorectal Cancer Patients
Myths and Misinformation
Positive Options when Gathering Information
Chapter 3: Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan
Legal and Financial Concerns
Managing Medical Records
Finding a Good Doctor
How to Get the Best Results when Working with Doctors and Nurses
Learning the Language of Medicine Land
What We Would Like to Say to Doctors
Positive Options for Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan
Chapter 4: Dealing with Your Feelings
Coping with a Diagnosis of Cancer
Anger as a Catalyst
Denial as a Form of Protection
Bargaining for Time
Sorrow vs. Depression
Finding the Right Support Group
Ways You Can Get What You Need from Others
Positive Options for Dealing with Your Feelings
Chapter 5: Making Decisions about Treatment
Some Basic Information about Chemotherapy
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy
Myths about Radiation
Preparing for the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
Questionable Treatments
Positive Options for Making Decisions about Treatments
Chapter 6: Coping with Surgery: Plain Talk about a Complicated Subject
When Is Surgery Necessary?
Bypass-Temporary Ostomies
First Aid: The Enterostomal Nurses
Suggestions for Your Hospital Stay
What Should You Take to the Hospital?
The Operating Room
The Recovery Room
Positive Options for Coping with Surgery
Chapter 7: The First Six Weeks after Surgery
What to Expect Once You're Home
Special Problems
Steps to Healing: Being Helped by Complementary Therapies
Follow-Up to Surgery
Positive Options after Surgery:
Chapter 8: The Challenges of Chemotherapy
Returning to Chemotherapy
Traveling the Chemotherapy Canal
Things That Helped
Dan's Story
Positive Options for Going Through Chemotherapy
Chapter 9: Complications of Cancer after Treatments
When a Temporary Ostomy Becomes Permanen
Ileostomies and Colostomies
Blockages
The Be-Attitudes of Having an Ostomy
Recurrences
Positive Options for Complications after Treatments
Chapter 10: Lessons Learned from Surviving Cancer
Begin with Realistic Expectations
Enlist Your Resources
Reduce Unnecessary Stress
Make a Comeback with Good Nutrition and Exercise
Expect to Encounter Some Potholes of Depression
Remember to Laugh
Explore the Private Roads of Sexuality
Finding Meaning after Cancer
Positive Options after Surviving Cancer
0897934466 9780897934466
2004016124
Colon (Anatomy)--Cancer--Popular works.
Rectum--Cancer--Popular works.
Colorectal Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Colonic Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Rectal Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Survivors--Personal Narratives.
WI 529 L334p 2005 / L334p 2005
Positive options for colorectal cancer : self-help and treatment / Carol Ann Larson. - 1st edition. - Alameda, CA : Hunter House, c2005. - xii, 152 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Facing the Unknown
What Is Colorectal Cancer?
Warning Signs
Facing Up to the Symptoms
Basic Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer
Missed Signals
Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer
The Role of Stress
The Role of Genetics
Positive Options for Facing the Unknown
Chapter 2: Gathering Information
Additional Tests for Colorectal Cancer
Stages of Colorectal Cancer
Adjusting to New Test Results
Questions from Colorectal Cancer Patients
Myths and Misinformation
Positive Options when Gathering Information
Chapter 3: Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan
Legal and Financial Concerns
Managing Medical Records
Finding a Good Doctor
How to Get the Best Results when Working with Doctors and Nurses
Learning the Language of Medicine Land
What We Would Like to Say to Doctors
Positive Options for Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan
Chapter 4: Dealing with Your Feelings
Coping with a Diagnosis of Cancer
Anger as a Catalyst
Denial as a Form of Protection
Bargaining for Time
Sorrow vs. Depression
Finding the Right Support Group
Ways You Can Get What You Need from Others
Positive Options for Dealing with Your Feelings
Chapter 5: Making Decisions about Treatment
Some Basic Information about Chemotherapy
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy
Myths about Radiation
Preparing for the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
Questionable Treatments
Positive Options for Making Decisions about Treatments
Chapter 6: Coping with Surgery: Plain Talk about a Complicated Subject
When Is Surgery Necessary?
Bypass-Temporary Ostomies
First Aid: The Enterostomal Nurses
Suggestions for Your Hospital Stay
What Should You Take to the Hospital?
The Operating Room
The Recovery Room
Positive Options for Coping with Surgery
Chapter 7: The First Six Weeks after Surgery
What to Expect Once You're Home
Special Problems
Steps to Healing: Being Helped by Complementary Therapies
Follow-Up to Surgery
Positive Options after Surgery:
Chapter 8: The Challenges of Chemotherapy
Returning to Chemotherapy
Traveling the Chemotherapy Canal
Things That Helped
Dan's Story
Positive Options for Going Through Chemotherapy
Chapter 9: Complications of Cancer after Treatments
When a Temporary Ostomy Becomes Permanen
Ileostomies and Colostomies
Blockages
The Be-Attitudes of Having an Ostomy
Recurrences
Positive Options for Complications after Treatments
Chapter 10: Lessons Learned from Surviving Cancer
Begin with Realistic Expectations
Enlist Your Resources
Reduce Unnecessary Stress
Make a Comeback with Good Nutrition and Exercise
Expect to Encounter Some Potholes of Depression
Remember to Laugh
Explore the Private Roads of Sexuality
Finding Meaning after Cancer
Positive Options after Surviving Cancer
0897934466 9780897934466
2004016124
Colon (Anatomy)--Cancer--Popular works.
Rectum--Cancer--Popular works.
Colorectal Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Colonic Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Rectal Neoplasms--Popular Works.
Survivors--Personal Narratives.
WI 529 L334p 2005 / L334p 2005