After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
As women quickly discover, their life when treatment ends is very different from what it was before their diagnosis. Often exhausted, anxious, and emotionally volatile, they are beset by physical discomforts, fearful of intimacy, afraid for their children, worried about recurrence. Anticipating a return to “normalcy,” they discover that the old version of normal no longer applies.

There could be no more knowledgeable guide for women embarking on this complicated journey than Hester Hill Schnipper, who is herself both an experienced oncology social worker and a breast cancer survivor. This comprehensive handbook provides jargon-free information on the wide range of practical issues women face as they navigate the journey back to health, including:

•Managing physical problems such as fatigue, hot flashes, and aches and pains

•Handling relationships: your children, your partner, your parents, your friends.

•How to regain emotional and sexual intimacy

•Coping with financial and workplace issues

•Genetic testing: why, whether, when

•How to move beyond the fear of recurrence

•And much more

This indispensable book will help you rediscover your capacity for joy as you move forward into the future—as a survivor.

Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars

Not what I hoped for...... November 30, 2005
14 out of 16 found this review helpful

I found this book to be very depressing and dark. The author kept saying how cancer will haunt you the rest of your life, little hope to escape it, you'll just have to live with it. I've choosen differently, but this book was NOT helpful in my after treatment recovery.

5 out of 5 stars

Not crazy... April 1, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

After all my treatments for breast cancer were done, everyone told me i should feel better-but i didn't! My feeling were much worse than i expected after so many months and i'm glad i found and read this book! It helped me understand that it is OK to have lingering fears and emotions and that it is normal-especially months after treatment! Maybe it's because she is a survivor too, that makes this book so great!

5 out of 5 stars

The One "After Breast Cancer" Book to Read September 30, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

This is the book I wish I had been able to offer women being treated for breast cancer during my years as an oncology social worker and the one I wish had been available when I completed my own treatment for the disease. It presents the ongoing challenges of survival while offering the reader practical, common sense advice and solid support. Ms. Hill allows her own vulnerability and compassion to emerge but the reader is always aware that the author is a skilled professional with a unique perspective. The style feels conversational allowing even the most complicated information to come across to the reader as entirely accessible. The chapter on Sexuality is done with sensitivity as well as humor and is full of practical suggestions. It should help many women and their partners. The chapter on Genetic Testing offers one of the most understandable I've read about this complicated issue. Information on the possibility of early or late recurrence, always a difficult subject but one every survivor contemplates,is handled well. Throughout the entire book, this reader was engaged. There is no "one size fits all" message in this book. Finally, the anecdotes sprinkled throughout the book will allow many readers to feel less isolated as they recognize their own reactions in those illustrated here. They will also learn to appreciate their individual responses and differences. This well conceived and implemented book will be helpful not only to women completing treatment, but to their families and health care providers. It is a gem.

5 out of 5 stars

Just What You Need October 16, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

At this time last year, I was diagnosed with breast cancer; my treatment ended about 6 months ago. This is the book that I wished that I had read as I first made my way from chemo to radiation, and now try to re-enter a life that seems the same but will be forever changed.

The author, Hester Hill Schnipper, is not only a social worker specializing in patients with cancer; she herself had breast cancer 10 years ago. She therefore offers not only her professional wisdom and expertise, but speaks from her heart.

Every thought or feeling, every phase of recovery and reintegration, is covered here, all in an easy to understand and non-threatening manner. So many books about breast cancer just end up making one more afraid; this one offers both straightforward knowledge and reassurance. For those of us on the long journey forward (and for those who love us), this book is an invaluable guide.

5 out of 5 stars A Must-Read for Women Who've Lived Through Breast Cancer October 1, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my early 30's. While the shock of diagnosis and the rigors of treatment proved difficult to manage, nothing has compared to the strain of dealing with life after breast cancer. Anyone who's been diagnosed will tell you: having breast cancer is a transformative experience. It is emotionally overwhelming to assimilate all the information, intense feeling and change that comes after living through a life-threatening illness. This book is a great help in this process.

As you read the book, you'll find yourself chuckling, crying, and most of all recognizing a piece of yourself in the anecdotes. This book is like a good "cancer buddy" who's on call 24/7 - Hester's words give voice to the myriad feelings survivors face daily and reassures us that they're all normal.

The book is packed with practical information on everything from physical recovery to sexuality to professional concerns. Moreover, Hester has done a fantastic job of covering issues relevant to the wide age-range of women diagnosed with breast cancer. For example, those of us of childbearing age who are diagnosed with breast cancer know that fertility and pregnancy can be enormous issues after breast cancer. Few, if any, publications deal with this aspect of survivorship. Hester's advice in this and all areas is straightforward and kind.

This guide can serve as a sherpa for women as they move from the deep-freeze of diagnosis and treatment back into the warm sunshine of thriving after breast cancer. Buy this for yourself or for someone you care about who's lived through breast cancer. I'm certain that it will become a comforting and valuable resource - one that will be consulted again and again.

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