LEADER 04748nam 22007575 450 001 9910821775303321 005 20240516123354.0 010 $a0-8147-0777-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814707777 035 $a(CKB)2670000000207468 035 $a(EBL)865321 035 $a(OCoLC)793995956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372264 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591642 035 $a(PQKB)10080934 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865321 035 $a(OCoLC)864844919 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10940 035 $a(DE-B1597)548633 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814707777 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000207468 100 $a20200723h20082008 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfter the Cure $eThe Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors /$fEmily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-0735-1 311 0 $a0-8147-0725-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tForeword --$tIntroduction --$t1. ?Standing on New Ground? --$t2. ?We Saved Your Life. Now Leave Us the Hell Alone? --$t3. Remedying, Managing, and Making Do --$t4. ?Like Talking to a Wall? --$t5. Narrowed Lives --$t6. ?Turning a Bad Experience into Something Good? --$tConclusion --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Authors 330 $a2009 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. 606 $aAntineoplastic agents$xSide effects 606 $aBreast$xCancer$xPsychological aspects 606 $aBreast$xCancer$xTreatment$xComplications 610 $aaftermath. 610 $abreast. 610 $acancer. 610 $acompelling. 610 $afascinating. 610 $afilled. 610 $aliving. 610 $aportraits. 610 $aread. 610 $awith. 610 $awomen. 615 0$aAntineoplastic agents$xSide effects. 615 0$aBreast$xCancer$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aBreast$xCancer$xTreatment$xComplications. 676 $a616.99/449061 700 $aAbel$b Emily K.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0943482 702 $aSubramanian$b Saskia K.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821775303321 996 $aAfter the Cure$93986796 997 $aUNINA