A Breast Cancer Survival Handbook - Future Chapters

Here's a list of future topics that I plan to tackle... Visitor comments and suggestions for future topics are also welcome, and I love to get your email, so please feel free to contact me.

Chemo Brain
Pets
What Nobody Tells You
Soul Searching
How Much Support is Enough?
How Much Information is Enough?
Headgear
Small Stuff You Need To Know
Dealing With Body Image
The Stages of Shock, Grief and Fear
Remember Your Mate - Guest Writer
Good Days
Bad Days
Forgiving Yourself
Finding a Balance
Being Positive Doesn't Mean You Can't Cry
When the Going Gets Tough
Learning to Lean
Being Grateful
Reaching Out
When Friends Turn Away
When Strangers Come Close
Family Ties
Telephone Management 101
For the Single Woman - Guest Writer
Taking Control
For Control Freaks
My Doctor Says...
The Waiting Room
The Treatment Room
Command Central
The P.E.M. Syndrome
Chop Suey
Comfort Food
The Long Haul
Follow-Up and BSE
My Case in a Nutshell

Legal Stuff

Resources

I have been so grateful to have had access to web-based support groups and to breast cancer information. Here's a list of Web Resources that helped me. If you know of other good ones, please e-mail me and I will add them to the list.

Wonderful Books

Here's a short list of books that I found helpful after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As soon as I can I'll add to the list and I'll post some reviews, as well.

Walk-a-thon 2007

Every year, the Weekend to End Breast Cancer http://www.endcancer.ca raises tens of millions of dollars for breast cancer research, in several major cities across the country. Within each participating city, a carefully selected hospital receives valuable funding for research and facilities. Each Walker raises a minimum of $2000 for the privilege of walking 60 kilometres over a two-day weekend. Thousands of volunteers across the country donate their time, not only on the days of the event, but also on days training for their part in it. I made this Walk in 2005, not even a year after my treatment, volunteered in 2006 and have done so again for 2007.

I strongly urge you to become involved with this event or others like it. They are enormously uplifting, and you will come away with great memories etched into your heart. With each donation from my sponsors, I wondered if this could be the money that would fund a cure, because I do believe that we will find a cure.