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Beyond Breast Cancer: A Mayo Clinic Guide to Healing and Wellness
Beyond Breast A Mayo Clinic Guide to Healing and Wellness is a supportive, practical guide to life after diagnosis and initial treatment for breast cancer. In this short, accessible book, Mayo Clinic breast cancer specialists Tufia C. Haddad, M.D., and Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D., and colleagues offer their insights on how to navigate this new phase of the journey, including monitoring for signs of recurrence; optimizing diet, sleep and exercise habits; coping with lingering treatment effects; improving sexual health; managing money and insurance issues; and much more.
Use this book to help you through those months after treatment is over and when treatment is ongoing. Return to it as needed. Life after a diagnosis of breast cancer is rarely the same as it was before. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be richer, more meaningful and perhaps even healthier. It’s about more than just surviving. It’s about living the life you were meant to live.
Use this book to help you through those months after treatment is over and when treatment is ongoing. Return to it as needed. Life after a diagnosis of breast cancer is rarely the same as it was before. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be richer, more meaningful and perhaps even healthier. It’s about more than just surviving. It’s about living the life you were meant to live.
224 pages, Paperback
Published October 3, 2023
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November 24, 2023
Thank you to NetGalley for a digital ARC of this audiobook.
This is a must listen for any breast cancer survivor, but also a great recommendation for anyone in a caregiver role. The information is straightforward without being clinical and provides information that normalizes the challenges cancer survivors and caregivers face through and beyond treatment.
Areas of use include integrated therapies, sexual health post treatment and financial issues during and after treatment.
This is a must listen for any breast cancer survivor, but also a great recommendation for anyone in a caregiver role. The information is straightforward without being clinical and provides information that normalizes the challenges cancer survivors and caregivers face through and beyond treatment.
Areas of use include integrated therapies, sexual health post treatment and financial issues during and after treatment.
December 16, 2023
Thank you to Netgalley for access to the advance listening copy of this book.
I am a big fan of the Mayo Clinic series on health. For many years, I have dipped into the Mayo Clinic Family Health book, which is a huge book, whenever I need more clarification on a medical topic. I find these volumes much more helpful than doing a general search on the internet.
I was inspired to listen to this audiobook by conversations I have recently had with a friend who was diagnosed with a tumor. She is responding well to therapy, and I wondered what the best path is to take after that treatment. My most significant experience with breast cancer was my aunt who died in 1997 after battling Stage 4 breast cancer for 10 years. I recall people in her support group mentioning various lifestyle options, but at the time, it seemed inconsequential as my aunt was very thin, a non-smoker, and did not drink. This issue of how to care for oneself after a cancer diagnosis has always stayed with me. Fortunately, breast cancer is often not the death sentence it was years ago, but vigilance is needed.
This short book is quite readable, and easily understandable, as the Mayo Clinic books tend to be. I
will not summarize the medical guidance as I am not a medical professional, but I do find it helpful to have a source like this for guidance. While many may prefer to look through a printed copy of the
book, those, like myself, who are visually impaired, are always grateful for audio versions.
I am a big fan of the Mayo Clinic series on health. For many years, I have dipped into the Mayo Clinic Family Health book, which is a huge book, whenever I need more clarification on a medical topic. I find these volumes much more helpful than doing a general search on the internet.
I was inspired to listen to this audiobook by conversations I have recently had with a friend who was diagnosed with a tumor. She is responding well to therapy, and I wondered what the best path is to take after that treatment. My most significant experience with breast cancer was my aunt who died in 1997 after battling Stage 4 breast cancer for 10 years. I recall people in her support group mentioning various lifestyle options, but at the time, it seemed inconsequential as my aunt was very thin, a non-smoker, and did not drink. This issue of how to care for oneself after a cancer diagnosis has always stayed with me. Fortunately, breast cancer is often not the death sentence it was years ago, but vigilance is needed.
This short book is quite readable, and easily understandable, as the Mayo Clinic books tend to be. I
will not summarize the medical guidance as I am not a medical professional, but I do find it helpful to have a source like this for guidance. While many may prefer to look through a printed copy of the
book, those, like myself, who are visually impaired, are always grateful for audio versions.
August 13, 2025
I found this book helpful as someone post breast cancer surgery and treatment. It’s chapters go through the many things you would need to know or have questions on. I like that it deals with facts, not what ifs.
September 15, 2024
Excellent resource for anyone diagnosed with Breast Cancer but especially for those who have completed treatment are in the post-treatment survivorship part of their journey.
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