| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Positive options for health series |
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Positive options for health series.
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| Summary |
"Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer offers readers everything they need to know about understanding and dealing with colorectal cancer. It presents detailed information in a clear and concise manner from a well-known advocate and author who is a personal survivor of Stage III colorectal cancer for more than 20 years. Chapters present information on prevention techniques, warning signs, and screening tests including the latest on virtual colonoscopy and how to find and talk honestly with the right doctor. It offers tips on treatment options including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation in addition to advice for life after colorectal cancer and how to find support and resources for the colorectal cancer patient"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Colorectal cancer is preventable and treatable if caught in time, yet less than 40% of the population gets routinely screened for this disease. This is a disease no want wants to talk about or be tested for. POSITIVE OPTIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER breaks that silence. Written by one of the founding members of Advocates for Colorectal Education, (ACE,) this book contains everything you need to know about this disease. The author openly answers the questions most people would like to know but feel uncomfortable asking, and she goes a long way toward taking the fear of the unknown out of treatment for colorectal cancer. Three doctors from the Minnesota Colon and Rectal Foundation, and professional nurses have checked the medical information, and members of ACE have added their expertise and more than 12 colorectal cancer survival stories to the book"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Facing the Unknown 5 -- What Is Colorectal Cancer? 5 -- Warning Signs 6 -- Paying Attention to Symptoms 7 -- Basic Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer 10 -- Missed Signals 14 -- Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer 15 -- Role of Stress 16 -- Role of Genetics 18 -- Positive Options for Facing the Unknown 21 -- 2 Gathering Information 23 -- Additional Tests for Colorectal Cancer 24 -- Stages of Colorectal Cancer 26 -- Adjusting to Test Results 27 -- Questions from Colorectal Cancer Patients 29 -- Myths and Misinformation 31 -- Positive Options when Gathering Information 34 -- 3 Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan 35 -- Legal and Financial Concerns 36 -- Nurse Navigators 40 -- Managing Medical Records 41 -- Finding a Good Doctor 42 -- How to Get the Best Results when Working with Doctors and Nurses 44 -- Learning the Language of Medicine Land 47 -- What We Would Like to Say to Doctors 47 -- Positive Options for Working with Medical Professionals 48 -- 4 Dealing with Your Feelings 50 -- Coping with a Diagnosis of Cancer 50 -- Anger as a Catalyst 51 -- Denial as a Form of Protection 52 -- Bargaining for Time 55 -- Sorrow vs. Depression 56 -- Finding the Right Support Group 57 -- Grass-Roots Support Groups 58 -- Expanding the Vision 61 -- Forming a New Self-Help Support Group 63 -- How to Get What You Need from Others 63 -- Keeping People Informed 65 -- Positive Options for Dealing with Your Feelings 66 -- 5 Making Decisions about Treatment 67 -- Basic Information about Chemotherapy 68 -- An Oncologist Answers Questions about Chemotherapy 73 -- Basic Information about Radiation Therapy 74 -- My Experience with Radiation Therapy 78 -- Preparing for the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation 81 -- Questionable Treatments 83 -- Positive Options for Making Decisions about Treatment 85 -- 6 Coping with Surgery: Plain Talk about a Complicated Subject 86 -- When Is Surgery Necessary? 86 -- Temporary Ostomies 89 -- First Aid: The Enterostomal Nurses 89 -- Suggestions for Your Hospital Stay 91 -- What Should You Take to the Hospital? 93 -- Operating Room 95 -- Recovery Room 96 -- Positive Options for Coping with Surgery 97 -- 7 First Six Weeks after Surgery 98 -- What to Expect Once You're Home 98 -- Follow-Up to Surgery 101 -- Special Problems 101 -- Steps to Healing: Being Helped by Complementary Therapies 103 -- Healing Versus Curing 106 -- Positive Options after Surgery 110 -- 8 Challenges of Chemotherapy 111 -- Returning to Chemotherapy 111 -- Things That Help 114 -- Dan's Story 118 -- Positive Options for Going Through Chemotherapy 122 -- 9 Possible Complications after Treatment 123 -- Ileostomies, Colostomies, and Urostomies 124 -- United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) 129 -- When a Temporary Ostomy Becomes Permanent 130 -- Visits to the Emergency Room 134 -- Recurrences of Cancer 135 -- Positive Options for Dealing with Complications after Treatment 137 -- 10 Lessons Learned from Surviving Cancer 138 -- Begin with Realistic Expectations 138 -- Learn When to Ask for Help 139 -- Reduce Unnecessary Stress 140 -- Make a Comeback with Good Nutrition and Exercise 141 -- Expect to Encounter Some Potholes of Depression 142 -- Remember to Laugh 143 -- Explore the Private Roads of Sexuality 143 -- Advocate for Other Patients 144 -- Beyond Cancer 147 -- Positive Options after Surviving Cancer 150. |
| Subject |
Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Popular works.
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Rectum -- Cancer -- Popular works.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer.
(OCoLC)fst00868404
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Rectum -- Cancer.
(OCoLC)fst01091961
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
9780897936941 (pbk.) |
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0897936949 (pbk.) |
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9780897936958 (ebook) |
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