Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Bladder Cancer (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

✍ Scribed by Mark L. Gonzalgo (Editor)

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 147
• Series: Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Bladder Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining bladder cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

✦ Table of Contents

TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
DEDICATION......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK TO YOUR BENEFIT......Page 13
CHAPTER 1 FIRST STEPS—I’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BLADDER CANCER......Page 15
CHAPTER 2 MY TEAM—MEETING YOUR TREATMENT TEAM......Page 35
CHAPTER 3 TAKING ACTION—COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS......Page 45
CHAPTER 4 BE PREPARED—THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT......Page 63
CHAPTER 5 STRAIGHT TALK—COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, COWORKERS, AND YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS......Page 77
CHAPTER 6 MAINTAINING BALANCE—WORK AND LIFE DURING TREATMENT......Page 83
CHAPTER 7 SURVIVING BLADDER CANCER—RE-ENGAGING IN MIND AND BODY HEALTH AFTER TREATMENT......Page 91
CHAPTER 8 MANAGING RISK—WHAT IF MY CANCER COMES BACK?......Page 99
CHAPTER 9 MY CANCER ISN'T CURABLE—WHAT NOW?......Page 103
CHAPTER 10 BLADDER CANCER IN OLDER ADULTS......Page 107
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTED RESOURCES—FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT BLADDER CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT......Page 123
INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNS HOPKINS......Page 131
FURTHER READING......Page 133
GLOSSARY......Page 135
INDEX......Page 141