Cancer Combat : Cancer Servivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life

King, Dean, King, Jessica, Pearlroth, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0553378457 / ISBN 13: 9780553378450

Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cancer Combat : Cancer Servivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553378457
• ISBN 13: 9780553378450
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Written by and for cancer patients, a unique book presents the inspirational stories and no-nonsense advice of more than eighty people who have fought cancer and survived, covering such subjects as enduring chemotherapy and maintaining one's dignity. Original.

From the Inside Flap

you need to know to fight--and win--the battle against cancer.

A diagnosis of cancer is a call to arms, rallying the patient, family, friends, and medical team. In this important book, cancer survivors from around the country bring you into their lives, sharing their secret tactics for day-to-day survival to help you fight the battle of your life--and win.

In their own words, more than 80 cancer survivors, including students, athletes, actors, teachers, moms and dads--along with their favorite medical professionals--provide a valuable, intimate briefing on the fight ahead, from diagnosis to post-recovery. In Cancer Combat you will discover advice you cannot get elsewhere, the inside story from these veterans--how they felt and what they did to survive. Find out about:

How to get what you need from your medical team
Coping with hair loss, no appetite, mouth sores
Making your hospital room a home away from home
Holding it together--work, dati