Cancer: Here's How You Can Help Me Cope & Survive

by Joy Erlichman Miller, Monica Vest Wheeler, Diane Cullinan Oberhelman

This unique interactive guidebook focuses on coping with the emotional side of cancer, an aspect that is often overlooked. Written for patients, family and friends, this volume explores those vital emotional connections, all of which reinforce affiliation, love, friendship and resiliency. You'll also find sound mental health hundreds of specific ways individuals can communicate with and assist each other; prompts to explore responses and feelings; and much more on perforated pages to allow for easy use.

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 9, 2005

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Someone recommended this book to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.

To be honest -- I really didn't find it all that helpful. There wasn't a lot of information that I felt I could use to help me deal with cancer treatment and there was some information that was completely useless, like the comment from the person who responded something to the effect of "nothing" when asked what someone did for them during treatment.

Perhaps it was my apparently unique situation -- I'm a single, no children cancer survivor and the book seems to be more focused on people dealing with cancer that have a spouse and/or children around.

It does have some useful lists of things to consider and be aware of while going through treatment, it just didn't meet my expectations.

[Nichole · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my mom's best friends wrote this book. It helped me get through some things when my mom was diagnosed. The author is a cancer survivor.