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1 online resource (xxvi, 384 pages) : color illustrations |
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Part 1 Doubting -- Chapter 1 Could it be ...? 3 -- Mammogram at 40 3 -- The mammogram and the precipice 6 -- What is a BI-RADS? 12 -- I am not overreacting 16 -- Tell me I am overreacting! 21 -- Next steps; first decision 24 -- Chapter 2 Pause to enjoy the world of the healthy 27 -- The wait 27 -- Disneyland ... To go or not to go 32 -- Though it sounds childish: The magic of Disney 38 -- Part 2 Knowing -- Chapter 3 It is 43 -- The biopsy: Now I know 43 -- Lunch in Tlalpan 49 -- One afternoon to get my life in order 53 -- Hannah's question 57 -- Chapter 4 Meeting my altered-self 61 -- Becoming a patient 61 -- The first surgery 67 -- The first night 70 -- My mother 75 -- Next steps amid tribulations 78 -- Celebrate life as if you were healthy 84 -- Decisions, round one 88 -- Part 3 Accepting -- Chapter 5 Tómatelo a Pecho 95 -- The birth of an idea 95 -- Juanita 106 -- Chapter 6 A tempest of decisions 109 -- Facing my fear 109 -- The friendly tumor board 111 -- I am cancerous 116 -- My first, second opinion 120 -- Alone, for the first time 123 -- Chapter 7 In search of answers 129 -- The trip to Seattle 129 -- A cancer hospital with a view of the bay 132 -- Some answers and more questions 134 -- Navigating the labyrinth 140 -- Chapter 8 Time with friends 143 -- Decisions 143 -- Cushions 145 -- Moving forward 147 -- Chapter 9 To mastectomize or not to mastectomize? 151 -- Confusion 151 -- My first MRI 154 -- Results and progress 157 -- A gift to myself: painting with hospitalized children 160 -- The second trip to Seattle 166 -- Radiation or mastectomy 168 -- I finally cry 170 -- Part 4 Embarking -- Chapter 10 A farewell to health 175 -- Bridging the worlds of the healthy and the sick 175 -- Sky, sand, sea, and moon 176 -- The rock of singing seals 178 -- Mastectomy is right for me 179 -- Inner peace 183 -- Chapter 11 The mastectomy 187 -- The surgery will be in Mexico 187 -- Presenting Tómatelo a Pecho 188 -- The mastectomy 190 -- I can do this 194 -- Chapter 12 Facing Chemotherapy 199 -- Concentration camps and chemotherapy 199 -- Becoming a patient 202 -- With Maha's help 208 -- Chapter 13 Preparing for chemotherapy 211 -- The wig business 211 -- Looking in the mirror 217 -- Breast 'inflation' 219 -- Acapulco 220 -- Chapter 14 The first dose: FEC #1 225 -- The haircut 225 -- The day before 228 -- The day finally arrives 233 -- Chemotherapy begins 238 -- Unveiling the wigs 243 -- Part 5 Learning -- Chapter 15 I lose my hair and rediscover myself 251 -- The loss begins 251 -- I decide to live life 253 -- Helping Maha to assimilate loss 257 -- Hair just keeps falling 259 -- With Hannah, I manage to end the endless hair loss 261 -- I develop a new identity 263 -- Chapter 16 Life with chemotherapy 269 -- Coping strategies 269 -- Healing myself through exercise 272 -- Taking heart: opportunities to enjoy life 274 -- Finding inspiration 275 -- Chapter 17 Expectations mold perceptions 283 -- My last dose of chemotherapy 283 -- Venturing back 284 -- Sepsis 287 -- Part 6 Surviving, living, and giving -- Chapter 18 Entering survivorship 297 -- Why survivorship 297 -- Life post-chemotherapy 302 -- Chapter 19 Living survivorship 311 -- Some surprising improvements 314 -- Breast reconstruction ... an ongoing dilemma 320 -- Sexual non-health 328 -- Ongoing challenges 334 -- Living with the fear of recurrence 340 -- Chapter 20 The many forms of prayer 345 -- I was blessed with many prayers 345 -- Giving back is a way of healing 349 |
| Notes |
"Originally published in Spanish"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Knaul, Felicia Marie.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
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Breast Neoplasms
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Social aspects
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780982914441 |
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098291444X |
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