TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Vicki A.
AU  - Ryan,David P.
AU  - Seaton,Michelle D.
TI  - Living with cancer: a step-by-step guide for coping medically and emotionally with a serious diagnosis 
T2  - A Johns Hopkins Press health book
SN  - 9781421422336
AV  - RC263 .J33 2017
U1  - 616.994 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Baltimore, Maryland
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Patients
KW  - Care
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Life skills guides
N1  - Includes index; How am I going to get through this? -- Making sense of your diagnosis -- Setting the goals of treatment -- Understanding the biology of cancer -- What is a liquid tumor? -- How to prepare for treatment -- Tests and scans in treatment -- How am I supposed to cope with this? -- How do I cope with changes in my body? -- Managing symptoms and side effects -- Controlling nausea -- Managing constipation, diarrhea, and bowel obstruction -- Minimizing pain -- Should I worry about shortness of breath? -- What if I'm losing weight? -- What if I have a sudden fever? -- Bleeding and clotting issues -- Why am I so exhausted, when will I have energy again? -- Why do people keep asking if I am depressed or anxious? -- How does cancer affect my brain? -- Dealing with progressing cancer -- They tell me the cancer is progressing -- Living and hoping with advancing cancer -- What about practical concerns? -- My doctor says that chemotherapy is no longer effective -- My body feels like it's shutting down -- What is a good death?
ER  -