Intimacy After Breast Cancer: A Practical Guide to Dealing with Your Body, Relationships, and Sex - Softcover

Maisano, Gina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0757003249 ISBN 13: 9780757003240

Verlag: Square One Publishers, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Congratulations! You survived breast cancer. You made it through the diagnosis, the surgeries, and the therapies. Everyone you know is congratulating you---telling you to celebrate and be happy. So why do you feel so alone? While medical professionals prepare you for the physical effects of cancer, they seem to forget about your spirit, your emotions, and your sexuality. How do you put cancer behind you and go back to being the woman you used to be? In Intimacy after Breast Cancer, two-time breast cancer survivor Gina Maisano compassionately discusses this and more in an open, honest way, helping you rediscover the woman you were before your battle with this disease.

Part One of this book is about regaining control of your body and your spirit. It examines ways in which you can deal with the emotional and physical scars of breast cancer so that you can regain confidence and self-esteem. Part Two is about reclaiming your sexual self. In candid detail, and addressing both married and single survivors, it explores how you can rediscover your sexuality after breast cancer. Throughout the book, stories contributed by other survivors offer a wealth of personal perspectives and specific examples of physical recovery and emotional healing.

Love and intimacy do not have to end because of breast cancer. In Intimacy after Breast Cancer, Gina uses expert advice, scientific research, and firsthand experience to help you make the difficult transition from cancer patient to vibrant, self-confident woman.

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Gina M. Maisano is a New York resident and two-time breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with the disease in 2001 and was treated with a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. In 2007, she was diagnosed with breast cancer a second time, and was treated with a bilateral mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Gina is the founder of the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of women with breast cancer (www.nosurrenderbreastcancerfoundation.org). She has a Bachelor's in English Literature and has contributed to MAMM magazine

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Square One Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0757003249
• ISBN 13: 9780757003240
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar