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Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer

176 Pages, 5th Edition, ©2003 $14.95

ISBN# 1-886665-11-7
Item# 02


Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer is described as the essential “how-to” manual for support partners. It is a complete primer on disease and treatment options, sexual relationships after cancer, therapeutic communication guidelines and balancing daily living with the fear of recurrence. Illustrated procedures, a glossary and experiences from other partners make this book an invaluable resource for the support partner.


Topics include

  • Your Emotional Pain
  • Impact on Your Mate
  • Dealing with the Children
  • Health Insurance
  • Understanding Breast Cancer
  • Surgical Decisions
  • Facing Surgery Together
  • Therapeutic Communication
  • Understanding the Pathology Report
  • Breast Cancer Treatments
  • Future Fertility
  • Managing Fear of Recurrence


Finding A Lump in Your Breast

174 Pages, 2nd Edition, ©2003 $9.95   $2.95

ISBN# 1-886665-04-4
Item# 03


Finding A Lump in Your Breast—Where To Go... What To Do instructs women on how to monitor their breast health. It is a practical guide designed to help women acquire a healthy knowledge of their breasts, understand common conditions that may occur and how to detect abnormal changes.

Topics include

  • Breast Anatomy
  • Why Are My Breasts So Lumpy?
  • Diagnostic Procedures
  • Understanding Your Pathology Report
  • Understanding Breast Cancer
  • Breast Self-Exam
  • Breast Self-Exam After Surgery
  • Hormones & Breast Disease
  • Breast Pain Assessment
  • Breast Discharge Assessment
  • Common Benign Problems
  • “High Risk” History
  • The Drug Connection & Breast Problems
  • Communicating With Your Healthcare Provider
  • Full Breast Glossary
  • Over 50 Illustrations


Solving the Mystery of Breast Pain

96 Pages, 2nd Edition, ©2003 $14.95   $2.95

ISBN# 1-886665-06-0
Item# 04


Solving the Mystery of Breast Pain offers women proactive steps to assess and manage breast pain. Instructional worksheets assist the woman and her physician to identify potential causes of pain. Included is a list of more than 400 prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as common herbal products that may cause or promote breast pain.

Topics include

  • Cyclic Pain Description
  • Identifying Cyclic Pain
  • Promoters of Cyclic Pain
  • Reproductive Hormones
  • Caffeine
  • Diet
  • Herbal Products
  • Medications
  • Non-Cyclic Pain Description
  • Identifying Non-Cyclic Pain
  • Promoters of Non-Cyclic Pain
  • Benign Breast Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Conditions
  • Physiological Conditions
  • Pain caused by Cancer


Solving the Mystery of Breast Discharge

55 Pages, 1st Edition, ©1996 $9.95   $2.95

ISBN# 1-886665-07-9
Item# 05


Solving the Mystery of Breast Discharge provides information on identifying potential causes, managing breast discharge and when to seek medical intervention. Normal and abnormal discharges are described. Worksheets are included to help assess breast discharge, thus avoiding possible expensive and unnecessary diagnostic tests. Listed are more than 400 prescription and over-the-counter medications that may cause or promote breast discharge.

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