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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories

    By Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

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    In the Healthy Living series, Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation's top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to patients with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately ten heartwarming stories from real people dealing and thriving with all aspects of the condition, followed by relevant medical advice that will positively impact the reader's life. Subjects such as diet, psychological issues, family relations, and alternative therapies will exist side-by-side with traditional subjects such as understanding common medical terms, the effects of treatment options, and the doctor-patient relationship.

    Each book will also contain source notes and a resources section for more information and support. The goal is to give people the information they need in a new format that is interesting, heartfelt, personal and ultimately uplifting. Many people buy medicine for their bodies; the Chicken Soup Healthy Living series is medicine for the soul.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicken Soup for the Soul
    Release dateApr 9, 2013
    ISBN9781453280126
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
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    Jack Canfield

    Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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      Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series - Jack Canfield

      Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series:

      Breast Cancer

      Jack Canfield

      Mark Victor Hansen

      Mary Olsen Kelly

      Edward Creagan, M.D.

      CANCER SPECIALIST, MAYO CLINIC

      Backlist, LLC, a unit of

      Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

      Cos Cob, CT

      www.chickensoup.com

      Contents

      Introduction: You Can Survive Any Diagnosis

      Edward T. Creagan, M.D., Mayo Clinic

      The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

      Vicki Rackner, M.D

      Think about... what breast cancer means to me

      No Mountain Too High

      Michele V. Price

      Nine Essential Steps to Thriving with Breast Cancer

      Think about... my treatment goal

      Leave ’em Laughing

      Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S.

      Think about... what to ask my doctor

      Barney

      Mary Ellen Barney LaFavers

      Talking About Breast Cancer . . .

      A Simple Door

      Lisa McPherson Robinson

      Share the Cancer Journey with Your Children

      Sisters at Last

      Sandra Goldberg

      Helping People Tips for Caregivers

      Breast Friends

      Becky M. Olson and Sharon M. Henifin

      Think about... my caregiving team

      Think about... who can I count on to...

      Divine Inspiration

      Mary Anne Breen

      Create a Mind-Body Focus

      Heart Massage

      Pandora Kurth

      Think about... coping with change

      Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

      Kay Ryan, R.N., Ph.D

      The Long Journey

      Bonnie Seibert

      The A-B-Cs of Breast Forms

      Angel Hugh

      Lolly Susi

      More Than the Blues

      A Cancer Therapist’s Story

      Stephanie Koraleski, Ph.D

      Think about . . .is a support group for me?

      How to Find a Support Group

      You’re Gonna Eat That?

      Jami Bernard

      Essential Truths About Healthy Eating

      Think about... side effects

      Diagnosis: Canceritis

      Lori Misicka

      The Continuing Challenge: Fearing Cancer’s Return

      The Alchemist

      Monica Traystman, Ph.D.

      Its Back, Now What?

      Close the Door When You Leave

      Michael Hayes Samuelson

      Abreast in a Boat

      Fern Carness, R.N., M.P.H.

      What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Breast Cancer’s Mysterious Complication

      Sometimes You Just Get Lucky

      Arlette Braman

      Resources

      Fear less, hope more,

      eat less, chew more,

      whine less, breathe more,

      talk less, say more,

      love more,

      and all good things

      will be yours.

      —Swedish Proverb

      Introduction:

      Introduction: You Can Survive Any Diagnosis

      My world turned upside down at seven o’clock on the morning of March 8 as I stood in the shower. A lump in the breast. A moment of panic. So begins a journey that every woman fears.

      We all know the statistics; we all know the numbers. More women die of heart disease than breast cancer. But no disease strikes a dagger into the soul of a woman like breast cancer.

      "I finally mustered the courage to call my husband at work. He was stunned. Neither of us knew what to do. As the day wore on, I again felt my breast and realized my worst fears. Yes, the mass was still there. Like most of us, I rationalized, I bargained, I willed it to go away: This must be due to my period. It must be a cyst. It must be an injury while cleaning the house.

      I called my doctor who agreed to see me several days down the road. Obviously, this was unacceptable. I told his office staff that I was on my way over, and I would sit in his office until he examined me and decided what to do. Thus began one of the most painful, challenging, and yet liberating, experiences of my life.

      Liberating, you ask?

      How can getting a life-threatening disease such as breast cancer be liberating?

      I have seen this liberating power in my clinical practice. My breast cancer patients view life with new lenses. Time takes on new meaning. What’s important in life takes center stage—even if that means changing jobs, dumping a husband, marrying the long-time boyfriend, moving up a wedding date or launching children who have been hanging around the house too long.

      Breast cancer brings insight into the real meaning and purpose of life. Breast cancer opens chapters for each of us as we take the journey—each in our different ways. I learn from my patients about optimism, hope, dedication and love every day.

      Patients ask me why. Why did I get breast cancer? Rather than waste precious moments wondering whether your illness was caused by something you did or didn’t do, or worrying that your mother, sister or daughter will develop breast cancer if yours is a new case in the family, spend your time wisely looking forward and moving on. Only 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer has a genetic origin. For the rest, don’t ask why, because there simply is no why.

      The stories we have collected here will inspire you. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh, but above all, you will feel empowered to make responsible and thoughtful decisions for the most important race of your life and the lives of women you love.

      The race for health and wellness is winnable, and it is achievable, but none of us can do it alone. Without friends and family and companions and, above all, information, we are wandering in the medical and spiritual wilderness. In your treatment journey and to sustain you each wonderful day after diagnosis, you will want to use some of the tools we present, including social support, humor, chanting, visual imagery and even the magical healing power of your pet.

      The bottom line is simple: health is our most precious gift. To preserve it, as patients, we need to be active, we need to be assertive, and we need to partner with our health care providers and our loved ones. The information in this book may well save your life, may indeed increase the quality of your life and is certainly the best investment you will ever make. I promise.

      Edward T. Creagan, M.D.

      American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology

      John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine

      Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

      The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

      My cancer scare changed my life.

      I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have.

      It has helped me prioritize my life.

      —OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, SINGER

      It was late afternoon. I was catching up with my dictation after a busy day of operating, seeing my hospitalized postoperative patients, and evaluating the young and old in my clinic. I am a surgeon, and my mission, as taught in medical school and surgical residency, is to cure by cutting out disease.

      Maxine, my office manager, poked her head in the door. Claire just got through seeing her oncologist and stopped in to say hi. Is this a good time? Claire and I have a deep connection. I have accompanied her on an arduous journey with painful twists and turns.

      About two years earlier, Claire found out her husband was having

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