AFTER SHOCK: From Cancer Diagnosis to Healing is a user-friendly step-by-step guide, providing encouragement and practical advice to help patients and their families organize all aspects of their cancer experience-specifically: Medical choices: How to enlist support; get the most out of doctor appointments; make informed treatment decisions based on both established Western practices and complementary and alternative therapies. The overwhelming mountain of paperwork: How to track medical reports, test results, billing, insurance, personal notes and information about cancer. A personal "wellness program": How to select healthful practices such as relaxation, guided imagery, exercise and diet to support lifestyle changes; using the mind, emotions and spirit to contribute to physical healing. Endorsements include: MDs-Christiane Northrup, Larry Dossey & Marc Sheldon Feldman; writers-Marian Woodman, Rosalyn L Bruyere & Jason Elias; others with personal experience of cancer. Born and educated in Scotland, Thomson now lives in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York State where she is founder and director of ROOTS & WINGS. Thomson created Roots & Wings-Guided Imagery and Meditations to Transform Your Life, an audio with music by Richard Shulman (1996) and a companion workbook (1999).
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Miraculous self help book for those facing cancer,
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This review is from: AFTER SHOCK: From Cancer Diagnosis to Healing - A step-by-step guide to help you navigate your way (Paperback)
There is simply nothing else like Puja Thompson's Aftershock. It fills a need that anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer will recognize.Those of us who have been told that we have cancer experience a shock unlike any other. Each of us goes through it by ourselves no matter how much support there is around us. And, yet, there are common experiences that all of us have and, until now, there have been few means of support. Puja's book gives that support. From the time that a person is diagnosed to the time that they make decisions as to treatment to spiritual support Aftershock is a miraculous self-help book for those of us with cancer and their loved ones. Puja provides a step by step support. There are few times when a person feels more vulnerable than when they have been told that they have cancer. At that time, even the most critical and well-read of us will revert to helplessness and throw all of our trust in the particular physician that we happen to see. Puja shows us the need to visit a physician or oncologist with a friend or relative--never to do it alone. I wish I had that insight when I had my experience with cancer. Most of us have little access to alternative forms of treatment. Without grinding an axe Puja gives us all kinds of places to go to see for ourselves. She provides some methods in the book. I wish I had that guide when I had my experience with cancer. Puja shows us how to ask the right questions when visiting a health care practitioner. She shows us how to get the most out of health related appointments. She shows us how to organize paperwork, medical reports and even financial records related to the illness. I wish that I had that guide when I had my experience with cancer. It may sound perverse but people who are diagnosed with cancer are luckier now with Puja Thompson's book. It deserves to be in every hospital, every cancer patient's home. It is a milestone.
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A Comprehensive Guide,
This review is from: AFTER SHOCK: From Cancer Diagnosis to Healing - A step-by-step guide to help you navigate your way (Paperback)
After Shock is a complete and comprehensive guide to dealing with cancer care. It covers everything from organizational strategies to alternative and complimentary treatment options. Thomson advocates approaching cancer care in a way that allows the individual to grow personally in addition to healing. The guidance Thomson offers is applicable not only to cancer but any illness. It also offers insights to those looking to support a love one during a time of illness. This book would be an asset to anyone experiencing illness or anyone looking for ways to assist a loved one's healing process.
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A Generous Offering,
This review is from: AFTER SHOCK: From Cancer Diagnosis to Healing - A step-by-step guide to help you navigate your way (Paperback)
Puja Thomson offers a comprehensive roadmap through the challenging terrain of cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Her book is equally useful for anyone facing a health crisis of any sort, covering the challenges of facing the complexities of the medical community and the spiritual and emotional shock that must also be cared for during crisis. A lot of thought and a lot of heart is present in this book. I am grateful to have it as a resource for myself, friends and clients who may be in need of its generous support.Joseph Jastrab, author of "Sacred Manhood, Sacred Earth"
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