From the Book - First edition.
My story. The lumps ; Top 5 tips for when you are diagnosed
Tests. MRI ; Top 5 tips for your first MRI ; PET scan ; Top 5 tips for PET/CT scans ; Bone scan ; Top 5 tips for a bone scan
Results. Telling your family and friends ; Sharing the news ; Choosing a surgeon ; Top 5 tips for choosing a surgeon
Surgery. One lump or two? and other agonizing choices ; Reconstruction ; Top 5 tips for choosing your surgery ; Before ; During ; The drain ; After ; Getting dressed ; Postsurgical follow-up ; Top 5 tips for before and after a mastectomy ; Bra shopping ; Lymph nodes and your arm ; Top 5 tips for preventing lymphedema ; The port ; Accessing the port/lab work ; Port whines ; Top 5 tips for dealing with a port
Chemotherapy. Day one ; What to bring ; Top 5 tips during chemo ; The chemo room ; Top 5 tips after chemo ; The side effects ; Top 5 tips for handling chemo ; Complications
and more side effects ; Hot flashes ; Top 5 tips for dealing with side effects ; Steroids ; Top tip for steroid side effects ; Drug allergies and adverse reactions ; Top 5 tips for understanding your treatments
Bald is better with earrings.To shave or not to shave ; Hair today, gone tomorrow ; Top 5 tips for when you are going bald ; Getting wiggy and the art of scarf typing ; Top 5 tips for wig wearers ; Growing back ; Top 5 tips when your hair starts growing back ; Scarves and hats ; Top 5 tips for wearing scarves and hats ; More hair ; Top 5 tips for the growing-out stage
Radiation. Planning and plotting ; Top 5 tips for the first radiation appointment ; Preheat ; Bake ; The afterburn ; Top 5 tips for protecting your skin during radiation
How "normal" is the new normal? Top 5 tips for dealing with people ; Dealing with your self-image ; Top 5 tips for dealing with your self-image ; Dealing with others' images of you
Sex, drugs, and no more rock and roll. Top 5 tips for handling all the medications ; Sex ; Top 5 tips for sex and the new you ; Partners and caregivers ; Top 5 tips for helping your caregiver ; No more rock and roll ; Top 1 tip for dealing with cancer girl
The end of treatment. Chemo brain ; Continuing treatments ; scar tissue ; Why doesn't he call? ; Looking forward ; October ; Fear of dying ; Top 5 tips for getting on with your life.
