Dear God, They Say It's Cancer: A Companion Guide for Women on the Breast Cancer Journey

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Simon and Schuster, Oct 10, 2006 - Health & Fitness - 400 pages
A faith-filled guide to facing breast cancer head on…no matter where you are in your journey.

Whether you’ve just heard the dreaded diagnosis for the first time, you’re in the middle of decisions and treatments, you’re experiencing the disappoint of recurrence, or you’re several years beyond the initial trauma, you need someone who understands. You need a trusted friend to walk beside you, someone who’s gone before you.

You’ll find that friend in the pages of this book.

Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer is yours to use in whatever way serves you best. You can start in the beginning and work your way through, or you can use the detailed table of contents to help you find just what you need for what you are experiencing on any given day.

Each chapter in this supportive guidebook includes:
-A Sister Shares—stories from breast cancer “sisters”
-Mentoring Moment—lessons learned, helpful hints, encouragement
-God’s Love Letter to You—paraphrased scripture for you to personalize
-Journaling Guides—encouraging prompts to help you journal your own breast cancer journey
-And more!

You don’t have to go on this journey alone. Hope and help await you in this useful reference, written just for you in your time of need.

Bonus! A Sanity Tools Appendix includes:
-How to do research
-National contacts
-Decision-making worksheets
-Breast cancer journey map
-Finding your purpose in your pain
-And much, much, more
 

Contents

MAKING THE ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS
11
FACING THE DREADED DIAGNOSIS
29
PARALYZING SHOCK
47
ASKING WHAT IF? WHAT ABOUT? WHY?
59
DEALING WITH PEOPLES REACTIONS
73
PREPARING FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
83
STARTING TREATMENT
99
ENJOYING THE GOOD DAYS
119
COPING WITH THE PRIVATE ISSUES
205
GRIEVING THE LOSSES
215
RESTORING THE JOY
231
DISCOVERING A NEW FOCUS AND PURPOSE
243
LIVING WITH BREAST Cancer CANCER
259
RELYING ON GOD
277
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
293
PRAYING EXPECTANTLY
305

MAKING IT THROUGH THE BAD DAYS
129
GETTING NEEDED SUPPORT
145
KNOWING WHO IS IN CONTROL
161
ADJUSTING TO A NEW NORMAL
171
ADAPTING TO BODY CHANGES
189
ENDING AT THE BEGINNING
321
REMEMBERING WHEN
333
SANITY TOOLS
341
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About the author (2006)

Janet Thompson is the founder and director of About His Work Ministries and the author of numerous books, including Everyday Brave and the Dear God series. She is also a speaker on topics relevant to today's Christian.