Prostate cancer survivors speak their minds: advice on options, treatments, and aftereffects

The aim of this book is offer the essential medical facts about prostate cancer, what patients and their doctors are grappling with to defeat the disease, and the best possible outcomes resulting from their treatments. The explanations offered will give meaning and context to the stories prostate patients tell. These are personal and intimate stories about and told by courageous men. Asvaried as they may be, they all speak as one when it comes to revealing an optimistic view of life despite what they have gone through or continue to experience. They offer inspiration and hope to the many thousands of men who are now dealing with prostate cancer. INDICE: Contents Part I Diagnosis and Coming to Terms Chapter 1 Norman S. Morris: End of an Odyssey Chapter 2 Arthur L. Burnett, MD: Your Life In Our Hands Chapter 3 Richard Meyers: In the Race for Positive Outcomes, Lady Luck MayRide the Inside, but Better Preparation Can Carry the Day Chapter 4 Malcolm Mac Ogilvie and Trudy Ogilvie: Dont Let Your Health Insurance Kill You! Chapter5 Paul Haley: For Some, Faith Can Illuminate the Obscure Decision-Making Process Chapter 6 Russell Windle/Victor Kralisz: Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Invisible Burdens Part II Considering Options and Treatments Chapter 7 Scott Erskine and Susan Erskine: Research FBI Style: The Importance of Being Thorough Chapter 8 Arnold Palmer: A Golfers Challenge: to Drive Prostate Cancer Under Chapter 9 Leonard St. Louis and Elizabeth St. Louis: Often it Takes a Woman to Do the Heavy Lifting Chapter 10 Robin Cole: A Celebrated Linebackers Charge to the End Zone Chapter 11 Ken Griffey, Sr: Baseball Hall of Famer Knocks the Big One Out of the Park Chapter 12 Elliott Halio: Choice May Not Be in the Cards. Staying Alive Is the Ace Up Your Sleeve! Chapter 13 Yohannes Abate: Side-Stepping a Rush to Judgment Part III Warnings and Conflicts Chapter 14 Earl G. Graves, Sr: African American Publishers Stern Advice to Young Black Men, Listen Up!Chapter 15 Pat Robertson: Action and Prayer Define His Courage Chapter 16 Charles Brickell and Karen Brickell: Sometimes there are More Questions than Answers and Nothing Seems to Add Up Chapter 17 Lennox Graham: Does Minimal Prostate Cancer Guarantee You a Free Pass? Part IV After Effects Chapter 18 Jim S: When Libido Takes Control Chapter 19 Bruce Hamlett: Getting Your Sex Life Back Chapter 20 Father Ronald Hazuda: His Prayers for a Miracle Find a Response in an Ingenious Device Chapter 21 Lloyd T. Bowser, Sr and Dr. Geneva Bowser:The challenges of surviving advanced prostate cancer. Chapter 22 Gabe Daniels: No Love Lost: A story just between us boys Chapter 23 Robert Piscotty and Mary AnnePiscotty: Climbing a Steep Mountain of Medical Complexities One Step at a Time The Future: Treatments and Perspectives Resources ReferencesArthur L. Burnett, MD is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes and is one of the worlds most distinguished authorities on prostate cancer. Heis the Director of the Male Consultation Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute and a visiting professor and lecturer on prostate cancer worldwide. He is also renowned for his studies that led to the formulation of Viagra. The writer, Norman Morris, worked as a staff producer/writer and news manager for CBS News for some thirty years in both television and radio.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-57881-0
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés