In her usual easy-to-read, conversational tone, Dr Ranjana Srivastava, provides a comprehensive guide for people who have been recently diagnosed with cancer. She covers many of the questions that newly diagnosed people would love to ask, and provides information to help with all of the important decisions that need to be made. Chapters include:
- What is cancer?
- Where do I even begin?
- How is cancer treated?
- Finding an oncologist
- What to expect when having chemotherapy
- Deciding whether to have treatment and understanding side effects
- how do I know if my chemo is working?
- I could do with a break from chemo
- When to stop treatment
- I'm of chemotherapy – what now?
- Do I need radiotherapy?
- Why can't I have an operation to remove the cancer?
- Is a clinical trial for me?
- What happens once I finish treatment?
- I'm getting worse – what is the best course?
- Managing pain
- How cancer affects appetite, diet and weight
- Why natural therapies aren't the answer
- How much exercise should I be doing?
- I'm always tired
- Lost sexuality
- Tackling anxiety and depression
- Does my oncologist have feelings?
- Is my family at risk and what can I do?
- Handling unexpected outcomes
- How long do I have?
- What is palliative care?
- How do I tell the kids?
- Keeping hope alive
- Advance care planning
- Will my death be painful?
- The impact of being a carer
