Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Leukemia (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide To Leukemia Is A Concise, Easy-To-Follow “How To” Guide That Puts You On A Path To Wellness By Explaining Leukemia Treatment From Start To Finish. It Guides You Through The Overwhelming Maze Of Treatment Decisions, Simplifies The Complicated Schedule That Lies Ahead, And Performs The Task Of Putting Together Your Plan Of Care In Layman’S Terms. Empower Yourself With Accurate, Understandable Information That Will Give You The Ability To Confidently Participate In The Decision Making About Your Care And Treatment. The Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guide To Leukemia Is A Concise, Easy-To-Follow How To Guide That Puts You On A Path To Wellness By Explaining Leukemia Treatment From Start To Finish. It Guides You Through The Overwhelming Maze Of Treatment Decisions, Simplifies The Complicated Schedule That Lies Ahead, And Provides Valuable Tools To Help You To Put Together Your Plan Of Care. Empower Yourself With Accurate, Understandable Information That Will Give You The Ability To Confidently Participate In The Decision Making About Your Care And Treatment. About The Series Learning That You Or Someone You Love Has Cancer Is Devastating, And Feeling Lost And Powerless Is A Common Immediate Response. The Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guides Are Designed To Alleviate Your Anxiety, Empower You With Information, And Enable You To Fully Understand Your Treatment Options. Each Book In This Series Is Dedicated To A Specific Type Of Cancer. The Information Is There To Help Lighten Your Burden And To Assist You In Becoming An Active Participant In Your Care. Cancer Rarely Allows Us To Take A Diversion From Life, And Offering Guidance On How To Continue To Live Life While Johns Hopkins Patients'Guide to Leukemia is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining leukemia treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment. The Johns Hopkins Patients'Guide to Leukemia is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining leukemia treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment. About the Series Learning that you or someone you love has cancer is devastating, and feeling lost and powerless is a common immediate response. The Johns Hopkins Patients'Guides are designed to alleviate your anxiety, empower you with information, and enable you to fully understand your treatment options. Each book in this series is dedicated to a specific type of cancer. The information is there to help lighten your burden and to assist you in becoming an active participant in your care. Cancer rarely allows us to take a diversion from life, and offering guidance on how to continue to live life while Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Leukemia is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining leukemia treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in laymans terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment. The Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Leukemia is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining leukemia treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment. About the Series Learning that you or someone you love has cancer is devastating, and feeling lost and powerless is a common immediate response. The Johns Hopkins Patients Guides are designed to alleviate your anxiety, empower you with information, and enable you to fully understand your treatment options. Each book in this series is dedicated to a specific type of cancer. The information is there to help lighten your burden and to assist you in becoming an active participant in your care. Cancer rarely allows us to take a diversion from life, and offering guidance on how to continue to live life while TITLE......Page 3 COPYRIGHT......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 9 INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK TO YOUR BENEFIT......Page 11 CHAPTER 1 FIRST STEPS—I’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA......Page 13 CHAPTER 2 MY TEAM—MEETING YOUR TREATMENT TEAM......Page 31 CHAPTER 3 TAKING ACTION—COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS......Page 41 CHAPTER 4 BE PREPARED—THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT......Page 83 CHAPTER 5 STRAIGHT TALK—COMMUNICATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS......Page 99 CHAPTER 6 MAINTAINING BALANCE—WORK AND LIFE DURING TREATMENT......Page 107 CHAPTER 7 SURVIVING LEUKEMIA—RE-ENGAGING IN MIND AND BODY HEALTH AFTER TREATMENT......Page 113 CHAPTER 8 MANAGING RISK—WHAT IF MY CANCER COMES BACK?......Page 123 CHAPTER 9 MY CANCER ISN’T CURABLE—WHAT NOW?......Page 129 CHAPTER 10 LEUKEMIA IN OLDER ADULTS......Page 133 CHAPTER 11 TRUSTED RESOURCES—FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LEUKEMIA AND ITS TREATMENT......Page 151 INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNS HOPKINS......Page 161 FURTHER READING......Page 163 GLOSSARY......Page 165 INDEX......Page 173 A guide to leukemia treatment for patients, covering each step in the process from diagnosis to survival and risk management.