Surviving Cancer Emotionally or A Modern Herbal

Surviving Cancer Emotionally: Learning how to Heal

Author: Roger Granet

Inspiration and Information to Help You Cope With the Emotional Effects of Cancer

Cancer changes our lives–physically and emotionally. The more you understand about your psychological reactions to cancer, the more effectively you can cope. In this powerful book, Dr. Roger Granet, a psychiatrist who specializes in the emotional side effects of cancer and its treatment, draws on two decades of experience as he explains what you can expect emotionally at each phase. Here’s advice on:

• Dealing with the diagnosis
• Finding the coping style that’s right for you
• Handling the many demands of treatment
• Knowing when to ask for help–and how to find it
• Surviving and coming to terms with a different you
• Handling the fear of recurrence

Written with compassion and clarity, Surviving Cancer Emotionally reveals how we can cope with a devastating illness and turn it into a positive catalyst for embracing life.

"Dr. Granet provides ways to help people heal emotionally as they cope with an illness that carries great fears with it. Patients and families will find this book a helpful companion as they undertake the cancer journey with all its twists and turns."–Jimmie Holland, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

"Dr. Granet is a caring physician with a heart and soul, and an unusual gift for telling a story. This book should be read by anybody who has cancer, or who has a loved one with cancer."–Robert Michels, M.D., University Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Cornell University, and former Dean and Provost, CornellUniversity Medical College

Publishers Weekly

This user-friendly guide to surviving a cancer diagnosis and the ensuing treatment will be enormously helpful to patients and their intimates. A consulting psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Granet provides a wealth of information about many types of cancers and treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants. But his central focus is the emotional toll of all aspects of the disease and the importance of seeking support from the many available resources to cope successfully. While Granet gives no credence to the theory that particular personality traits contribute to cancer, he does insist that a patient's emotional well-being improves her quality of life. In order to maintain emotional health, he recommends strategies for coping after diagnosis, and during and after treatment (one patient struggles with "the endless waiting" leading up to and following tests and treatments). He addresses the fear of recurrence and of death. Since the needs and preferences of cancer patients differ, he recommends a variety of workable techniques, based on compelling case histories, such as counseling, participation in support groups and a renewed reliance on caretaking by friends and family. He also believes that all patients benefit from acknowledging their difficult emotions rather than blurring them with alcohol or drugs; indeed, in his customarily compassionate, calm manner, readers will sense that he does not turn away from difficult feelings and fears. He does, though, advocate pain medication as an important tool when appropriate. Noting that cancer survivors often gain deeper spiritual values and emotional maturity, the author sees the possibility of strengthand grace where people often expect humiliation and dysfunction. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Cancer and Feelings
1	Understanding the Emotional and Physical Realities of Cancer	7
2	Coping: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why	21
Pt. 2	The Emotional Course of Cancer
3	One Crisis Ends, Another Begins	55
4	Coping with the Diagnosis	69
5	Treatment's Many Demands	93
6	Survival: Returning to "Normal"?	121
Pt. 3	Special Considerations
7	The Emotional Disorders of Cancer and Their Treatment	141
8	For Family and Friends	169
9	Cancer's Journey and Other Good Fortunes	187
	Sources and Further Reading	193
	Resources	201
	Index	215

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A Modern Herbal, Vol. 1

Author: Margaret Griev

Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illustrations.