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Before and After Cancer Treatment

Heal Faster, Better, Stronger

Julie K. Silver, MD

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The definitive guide for preparing for—and recovering from—cancer treatment.

A twelve-year cancer survivor and oncology rehabilitation specialist, Dr. Julie K. Silver wrote After Cancer Treatment to help others recover from the exhaustion and physical devastation that often follow treatment. This new edition of the book, retitled Before and After Cancer Treatment, describes improved therapies, better delivery of care, holistic care options, and energetics. In covering the benefits of prehabilitation strategies, which improve physical and emotional strength before beginning therapy, the book...

The definitive guide for preparing for—and recovering from—cancer treatment.

A twelve-year cancer survivor and oncology rehabilitation specialist, Dr. Julie K. Silver wrote After Cancer Treatment to help others recover from the exhaustion and physical devastation that often follow treatment. This new edition of the book, retitled Before and After Cancer Treatment, describes improved therapies, better delivery of care, holistic care options, and energetics. In covering the benefits of prehabilitation strategies, which improve physical and emotional strength before beginning therapy, the book adds another dimension to the experience of cancer treatment.

Dr. Silver fills this survivor-oriented book with exercise and diet recommendations as well as step-by-step instructions for fighting fatigue, monitoring mood, and overcoming setbacks. Readers are encouraged to set balanced goals, take time to heal, and consult both conventional and alternative medicine.

Most people will live for many years after their initial cancer diagnosis—often cured or in remission. Some will live with cancer as a chronic condition. The goal is always to live life to the fullest, which means feeling as strong as possible—physically and emotionally. Dr. Silver recommends daring to dream again and preparing for the future. Wherever they are in their own journey with cancer, readers will find here a personal, practical, and powerful guide to recovery.

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The key to the book’s success, is the mixture of compassionate wisdom and intelligent advice derived from the author’s unique perspective.

It just has everything in this book and the author is meticulous to detail... Although written for a US market this book is extremely valuable for the UK healthcare setting too. The book is well referenced at the end of each chapter.

Dr. Silver's book encompasses not just emotional and physical healing but spiritual as well. Her credentials as a young mother and cancer survivor, in addition to being a physiatrist with a specialization in rehab medicine, make her work both authoritative and compassionate.

A diagnosis of cancer changes one's life forever. After her diagnosis, Dr. Silver chose to continue healing—this time, healing herself. Her book is a gift to all cancer patients.

Dr. Silver, who has faced cancer as both doctor and patient, has written an excellent practical guide for patients navigating the psychological and physical demands of a diagnosis of cancer.

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Publication Date
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Available
Trim Size
6
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9
Pages
312
ISBN
9781421417776
Illustration Description
4 line drawings
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Get Your Life Back on Track
2. Understand Physical Healing
3. Dare to Dream Again
4. Prioritize What You Do and Pace Yourself
5. Seek Help from Conventional Medicine
6. Explore Eastern

Acknowledgments
1. Get Your Life Back on Track
2. Understand Physical Healing
3. Dare to Dream Again
4. Prioritize What You Do and Pace Yourself
5. Seek Help from Conventional Medicine
6. Explore Eastern and Other Medical Systems
7. Dance, Skip, and Walk: Exercise Your Way Back to Health
8. Nourish Your Body
9. Fight Fatigue
10. Ease Your Pain
11. Monitor Your Mood
12. Tap into Your Spirituality
13. Love and Be Loved
14. Surmount Setbacks
15. Look What's on the Horizon
Afterword
Appendix
Index

Author Bio
Julie K. Silver, MD
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Julie K. Silver, MD

Julie K. Silver, M.D., is the medical director of one of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's outpatient centers, located in Framingham, Massachusetts. This center is the home of an oncology rehabilitation program that Dr. Silver directs called RESTORE (www.cancer-rehab.org), which focuses on helping cancer survivors to physically heal. Dr. Silver is also an assistant professor of physical medicine...
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