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Desperately hoping to avert breast cancer, a diagnosis that has plagued her family for generations, a woman decides to have a prophylactic surgery that will forever alter her reflection. But being married, with two young children and already suffering from health issues, diving into hereditary cancer genes may prove more complicated than this stay-at-home mom imagined. On her journey to lessen her odds, she's forced to confront the reality of her...
42) Luchando Contra el Cáncer en la Cocina: Nutre tu Cuerpo con más de 120 Recetas Para Preparar Sopas
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Con recetas basadas en la ciencia, ricas en nutrientes, fáciles de preparar y diseñadas para dar a los pacientes un estímulo muy necesario, estimulando el apetito y abordando los efectos secundarios del tratamiento, como fatiga, náuseas, deshidratación, dolor de boca y garganta, cambios en las papilas gustativas y pérdida de peso. Una guía paso a paso ayuda a los pacientes a prepararse nutricionalmente para todas las fases del tratamiento,...
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Imagine hearing the words, "You have breast cancer."
In Common Ground, Uncommon Courage, twelve breast cancer survivors tell their inspirational stories. From diagnosis to survivorship, the stories are a raw and honest account of navigating "the journey".
Each chapter gives you a first-hand look into real-life stories of personal heartbreak and resilience.
Common Ground, Uncommon Courage reveals the complexity of a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent...
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In this book, you will be able to identify yourself in each chapter of the book. As we go through this journey called life, we will face challenges, difficulties, and uncertainties. However, how you handle the challenge or the difficulty is key in determining victory or defeat in your journey. A Place of Peace gives you important keys that will unlock doors to help you on your journey of life. Whether you are dealing with a sickness, financial problems,...
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[2018]
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Español
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"Ganador del premio Best Book Awards 2016 al mejor libro en los generos Salud: Salud de la Mujer y Salud: Cancer - Un recurso sobre cancer de seno de los expertos de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cancer para quienes recientemente han recibido un diagnostico con esta enfermedad. Presentado en un formato sencillo de entender con base en preguntas y respuestas, este libro brinda una guia para pacientes sobre las decisiones que necesitaran tomar, desde...
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[2014]
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One out of eight women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. One out of 3 women will experience some form of cancer in their life time. I was one of those statistics even though I was living a healthy lifestyle that consisted of organic foods, regular exercise, massage, Chiropractic care and colonics. How could somebody like me develop Breast Cancer? That very question led to thousands of hours of research, study, soul-searching and prayer. It all...
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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
48) How to Survive Cancer and Live a Good Life: My Journey with Breast Cancer to Remission in 7 Months
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How to survive cancer and live a good life is Pamela Ann Sun's story of surviving cancer.
There are many books written on the subject but when Pamela Ann Sun went on this unexpected journey, balancing the shock and the horror of repeated hospital visits, an operation and weeks of radiotherapy, she realized she needed to nurture herself in mind, body and spirit to survive.
Pamela devoted twenty-two years of her life healing others as an accredited...
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Have you ever been faced with a challenge that was as confusing as it was daunting? Or that required clear thinking and wise choices when you were overwhelmed and afraid? “Close Contact: Memoir of a Determined Pandemic Cancer Survivor” is Wendy Ormsby's account of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at the start of a pandemic and the events that followed: personally frightening news at a universally frightening time. If you or someone...
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1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, but this is not just another cancer book. Breast cancer survivor Kim Harms combines her own experience with extensive research and walks readers through the process of mastectomy and breast reconstruction, weighing the pros and cons, detailing the physical and emotional costs, and laying out the questions cancer fighters need to ask to be their own best advocate. With...
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This memoir is about life, love, facing breast cancer with its challenges and change. Nancy begins this story with segments from her life that helped form her into the woman she is today.
As a nurse practitioner with a specialty in menopause for the past 25 years, she knew she was about to face a tumultuous battle. Blindsided by the diagnosis of breast cancer, she had turned to her journal for guidance and calm. Hormone therapy had been a lifeline...
52) Love in bloom
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Heart Lake novels (Shelia Roberts) volume 1
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[2009]
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53) The Actual Dance
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A love story with an unexpectedly happy ending, The Actual Dance is told through the eyes and heart of a husband as he struggles with his worst fears during what everyone expects to be his wife's losing battle to breast cancer. Determined to support the "other half of his whole," he provides the positivity his love partner demands and the caregiving she needs. He doesn't share his fears, even as he becomes more certain of her upcoming demise. He also...
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2021.
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"In Kaya McLaren's What's Worth Keeping, during one unforgettable summer, three generations of one family receive the best gift of all time: a second chance... The day her doctor says the one word that no one wants to hear, Amy Bergstrom discovers a secret that her husband of 25 years has been keeping from her. Now that the months of treatment and surgeries are behind her, she escapes her claustrophobic life seeking healing, peace and clarity in an...
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2015.
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Sixteen-year-old Erin's life is fairly normal until she learns that her mother has breast cancer and she, too, may carry a mutated gene, so amid high school dramas including betrayal by her best friend, she must consider preemptive surgery to guarantee she won't be stricken.
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