04748nam 22007575 450 991082177530332120240516123354.00-8147-0777-710.18574/9780814707777(CKB)2670000000207468(EBL)865321(OCoLC)793995956(SSID)ssj0000631146(PQKBManifestationID)11372264(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631146(PQKBWorkID)10591642(PQKB)10080934(MiAaPQ)EBC865321(OCoLC)864844919(MdBmJHUP)muse10940(DE-B1597)548633(DE-B1597)9780814707777(EXLCZ)99267000000020746820200723h20082008 fg 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrAfter the Cure The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors /Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian1st ed.New York, NY :New York University Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (196 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-0735-1 0-8147-0725-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Foreword --Introduction --1. “Standing on New Ground” --2. “We Saved Your Life. Now Leave Us the Hell Alone” --3. Remedying, Managing, and Making Do --4. “Like Talking to a Wall” --5. Narrowed Lives --6. “Turning a Bad Experience into Something Good” --Conclusion --Epilogue --Appendix --Notes --Index --About the Authors2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design Chemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that plague some breast-cancer survivors long after their treatments have officially ended. While there are hundreds of books about breast cancer, ranging from practical medical advice to inspirational stories of survivors, what has been missing until now is testimony from the thousands of women who continue to struggle with persistent health problems.After the Cure is a compelling read filled with fascinating portraits of more than seventy women who are living with the aftermath of breast cancer. Emily K. Abel is one of these women. She and her colleague, Saskia K. Subramanian, whose mother died of cancer, interviewed more than seventy breast cancer survivors who have suffered from post-treatment symptoms. Having heard repeatedly that “the problems are all in your head,” many don't know where to turn for help. The doctors who now refuse to validate their symptoms are often the very ones they depended on to provide life-saving treatments. Sometimes family members who provided essential support through months of chemotherapy and radiation don't believe them. Their work lives, already disrupted by both cancer and its treatment, are further undermined by the lingering symptoms. And every symptom serves as a constant reminder of the trauma of diagnosis, the ordeal of treatment, and the specter of recurrence.Most narratives about surviving breast cancer end with the conclusion of chemotherapy and radiation, painting stereotypical portraits of triumphantly healthy survivors, women who not only survive but emerge better and stronger than before. Here, at last, survivors step out of the shadows and speak compellingly about their “real” stories, giving voice to the complicated, often painful realities of life after the cure.This book received funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation.Antineoplastic agentsSide effectsBreastCancerPsychological aspectsBreastCancerTreatmentComplicationsaftermath.breast.cancer.compelling.fascinating.filled.living.portraits.read.with.women.Antineoplastic agentsSide effects.BreastCancerPsychological aspects.BreastCancerTreatmentComplications.616.99/449061Abel Emily K.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut943482Subramanian Saskia K.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910821775303321After the Cure3986796UNINA