Table of Contents
Welcome 1
Part 1 On treatment
1 And then it was cancer … 11
2 Normal 19
3 Finding your purpose and meaning: part 1 27
4 Preparing for treatment and having a plan! 33
5 Chemotherapy 39
6 Radiotherapy 53
7 Surgery 57
Part 2 Off treatment
8 Finishing treatment 69
9 What if it comes back? 77
10 Finding your purpose and meaning: part 2 81
11 Why is everyone behaving like I'm back to normal? 89
Part 3 Living with advanced cancer
12 Living with advanced disease 101
13 Finding your purpose and meaning: part 3 109
14 Planning and decision-making (even if you don't need it!) 121
Part 4 The psychology part: How can you manage all of this?
15 Mood vs treatment 133
16 Anxiety 141
17 Sleep 147
18 Appetite 153
19 Fatigue and exercise 157
20 Body image 165
21 Relationships and sexuality 171
22 Working 177
23 Being present 183
24 Being grateful 189
25 Managing other people 191
26 Pain 195
Some final thoughts 203
Acknowledgments 206
References 208
Index 211