Stronger than before: take control of your healing to survive and thrive with breast cancer

A much-needed book for the modern readership, providing support and guidance for every stage of the breast cancer journey, written by a breast-cancer survivor. Welcome to your breast cancer self-care bible. Stronger Than Before is the book Alison Porter went looking for when she first learned she had breast cancer. It's a practical handbook to guide you - and your friends and family - through every stage of the illness, from early diagnosis to treatment choices, and ultimately to a life beyond cancer. In this book, you'll discover: the different types of breast cancer, what to ask your doctor and how to make the choices that are right for you self-help techniques on every level - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual - to support you through treatment and recovery how to view your illness as a catalyst for post-traumatic growth, and move on with your life with greater meaning and purpose your options for reconstruction and how to maintain a cancer-preventative lifestyle advice for friends and family, so they can be truly helpful in how they offer you support Written by a breast cancer survivor and thriver, Stronger Than Before contains invaluable information, guidance and tips, as well as tools and techniques to help you emerge from this life-changing experience healthier, more purposeful and stronger than before. From TI 9781788171601 TR. Stronger Than Before is the first complete guide to supporting yourself through breast cancer: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Divided into three parts, this book is the self-care bible for breast cancer, written by a breast cancer survivor. Part One introduces readers to the language of their illness, explaining the different types and stages of their diagnosis, and outlines the standard treatments they are likely to be offered, as well as the alternatives. This section also includes practical tips on asking doctors the right questions and dealing with the stress of hospital visits. Part Two looks at the illness as a transformative journey, exploring the breast cancer personality and how to start unravelling unhelpful emotional patterns and behaviours. Readers will learn how to manage their emotional bandwidth while in treatment and, most importantly, how to create meaning from this experience, to live more soulfully and find their purpose - discovering the potential for post-traumatic growth within the illness. Part Three explores life after breast cancer, covering reconstruction, an anti-cancer lifestyle to prevent recurrence and how to leave the identity of a patient behind and move into a post-cancer mindset. This includes advice for friends and family, too. This is a practical, holistic handbook for every stage of the breast cancer journey. Wherever the reader, or their loved one, is on that journey, it has helpful information, advice, tips and techniques to surviving and thriving stronger than before Welcome to Cancerland. Chapter 1. The gathering storm: understanding breast cancer and finding your feminine feistiness Chapter 2. The eye of the storm: treatment options and how to support yourself through them Supercharge your healing. Chapter 3. No mud, no lotus: breast cancer as a transformative journey Chapter 4. Embodiment: befriending your body and helping it to heal Chapter 5. Emotional ease: finding calm and letting go of the past Chapter 6. Clarity of mind: easing fear and making good choices Chapter 7. Soulfulness: making change meaningful and finding purpose Living the lessons. Chapter 8. Lotus in bloom: reconstruction and life after cancer Chapter 9. Conversations with family and friends: supporting a loved one through breast cancer.