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Chemo Sabe: A Guide to Being a Personal Advocate for a Chemotherapy Patient
 
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Chemo Sabe: A Guide to Being a Personal Advocate for a Chemotherapy Patient [Paperback]

Brenda L. Joyner (Author)


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June 2003
Chemo Sabe contains a wealth of tips, techniques, and information for anyone supporting a cancer patient going through chemotherapy or radiation treatments. It's a unique reference for the Personal Advocate who needs to organize all of the aspects related to the biggest - and likely most frightening and emotional - project in anyone's life.

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Someone you love has cancer and is facing chemotherapy. What Can YOU Do?

In addition to love and moral support, there are many practical things you can do to assist someone undergoing chemotherapy. Chemo Sabe offers a wonderful collection of helpful hints and practical information used by the author during her own experiences as a Personal Advocate.

In Chemo Sabe, you will discover a chapter on each topic below, filled with tips on how to:

> Work with the chemotherapy patient and decide on your role as a Personal Advocate

> Get organized to help manage the logistics of treatments

> Make the most out of doctor visits

> Monitor blood test reports - the barometer of a chemotherapy treatment - as well as drugs and other vital statistics

> Optimize insurance benefits while minimizing hassles

> Be sensitive to the patient's changing food preferences and needs

> Use the Internet to supplement information and communications

> Be mindful of your own health

You can benefit from a wealth of helpful tips gathered from numerous chemotherapy patients and professional caregivers.

Become a Personal Advocate. Fulfill the need to help. Gain a sense of control over a frightening and emotional experience. Work to positively impact the outcome of chemotherapy treatments.

About the Author

Brenda Joyner has over twenty years experience as a program manager, having worked for large corporations such as AT&T, Control Data and Fidelity Investments. She faced her biggest project challenge ever when her husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease, a form of lymphatic cancer. She drew on her professional experience to manage the many aspects of chemo and radiation treatments her husband underwent, looking to optimize the chance for win over cancer. She became her husband's Personal Advocate, a partner in the course of diagnoses and treatments.

After her husband's cancer was conquered, and realizing that, despite the wealth of information that can be gathered searching through the Internet and caregivers offices, there was no single source of practical information for the Personal Advocate, she collected the knowledge gained and wrote Chemo Sabe.

Brenda is a five year survivor of breast cancer. She and her husband live in Virginia.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Polonius Pr; 1 edition (June 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0972918000
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972918008
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,611,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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