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The Essential Guide to Cancer Caregiving at Home

Edited by Julia A. Bucher, Peter S. Houts, and Terri Ades

Everything you need to know about caregiving at home! Life changes in an instant when a person receives a cancer diagnosis. But life also changes for the caregiver. Whether a spouse, partner, adult child, friend, or other family member, the caregiver plays a crucial role. This practical, easy-to-use guide is an invaluable resource for anyone dealing with the challenges of cancer treatment and caregiving. The book includes information on a wide range of issues a family caregiver might encounter. 

List Price: $24.95

Winner! USA Best Books Award

Winner! GOLD Living Now Book Award

Winner! GRAND Apex Award

A Journey Through Radiation Treatment

Written and Illustrated by Sally Loughridge; Foreword by Eve Ensler

A diagnosis of cancer brings with it not only serious medical realities, but often an unfamiliar and daunting emotional landscape. To help steady herself during radiation therapy, Sally Loughridge created a painting and a journal entry each day after treatment, an amazing resource to encourage expression, sharing, and connection between cancer patients and their loved ones.

List price: $16.95

An At-Home Guide for Patients and Families

From the Experts at the American Cancer Society

The perfect quick reference for caregiving at home! A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event for the entire family, often thrusting key family members into caregiving roles that may be overwhelming. Designed to alleviate the stress of the caregiver in this demanding role, this easy-to-read, award-winning book details the many situations that can arise, while providing solid advice on how to deal with symptoms and warning signs.

List price: $14.95

Winner! Benjamin Franklin Awards

Winner! SILVER MEDAL, National Health Information Awards

From the Experts at the American Cancer Society

Everything you need to know to make informed decisions about complementary and alternative cancer therapies! This comprehensive, award-winning guide responds to the growing public demand for accurate and timely information on complementary and alternative cancer therapies—information free of hype and focused on the latest scientific evidence.  It provides an in-depth look at more than 200 therapies, including 30 Mind, Body, and Spirit Therapies; 32 Manual Healing and Physical Touch Therapies; 82 Herb, Vitamin, and Mineral Therapies; 27 Diet and Nutrition Therapies; and 38 Pharmacologic and Biologic Therapies.

List price: $24.95

Winner! GOLD MEDAL, Mom's Choice Awards 2010

Winner! SILVER MEDAL, National Health Information Awards

Winner! National Best Books Awards

My Hair Loss Experience

Written and Illustrated by Tani Miller

A fresh, upbeat look at the hair loss experience!  An upbeat, colorfully illustrated story of one woman's experience with hair loss during the ups and downs of chemotherapy. This award-winning book addresses the apprehension and fear that comes along with losing one's hair, providing an honest and ultimately optimistic look at hair loss.

List price: $11.95

Winner! GOLD MEDAL, Mom's Choice Awards

Finalist! National Best Books Awards

Use the Power of Your Mind to Take Control of Your Life During Cancer

Written by Jarrod Skole and Gary Skole

Is your son or daughter fighting cancer? Then help them fight like a pro! When Jarrod Skole was 10 years old, he used the same techniques used by cyclists, gymnasts, football and baseball stars—even ballet dancers—to help him battle cancer and achieve his goal: to be cancer free! The technique is "visualization," and Jarrod created a way for kids to do it, too! This award-winning book can help your child get started. Here they'll find seventeen easy and fun visualization exercises: some to help your child relieve stress, some to help your child fight pain, some to help your child imagine a winning fight against cancer.

List price: $12.95

Finalist! USA Best Books Awards

Communication Cards for Kids & Adults

Illustrated by Bonnie Gordon-Lucas

Give a voice to cancer patients, young and old!  This award-winning set of eighteen laminated cards, in both English and Spanish,  features messages that can be put to use by anyone in the hospital or at home who has trouble speaking or is too tired or sick to communicate. The unique flip-book format with a built-in easel allows the cards to stand alone on a bedside table or hospital tray.

List price: $9.95

Winner! GOLD AWARD, Mom’s Choice Awards

Winner! Benjamin Franklin Awards

Finalist, National Best Books Awards

Understanding and Managing Lymphedema After Cancer Treatment

From the Experts at the American Cancer Society. Foreword by Sam Donaldson

Are you at risk for lymphedema? Lymphedema is a potential side effect of cancer treatment that causes a buildup of fluid in body tissues, leading to swelling and other possible complications. This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and management that addresses precautions that may help, how to detect it early, and your role in diagnosis; effective treatment options and how to control swelling and discomfort; how to cope with physical effects, emotional stresses, and changes in body image; practical challenges such as treatment cost, finding treatment, and insurance issues; and areas of research as well as experimental, unproven, and ineffective treatments. This book offers the practical information and compassionate support you need to cope with this often-misunderstood and overlooked condition.

List price: $16.95

Understanding and Managing Cancer Pain

From the Experts at the American Cancer Society

Learn the 10 Myths of Cancer Pain!  Did you know that 9 out of 10 people can find relief from cancer-related pain? Learn about a variety of methods for pain control and discover how to achieve the optimal balance between pain relief and potential side effects of pain medication.

List price: $18.95