- Forewords
- [By] Dr. Julie R. Gralow
- [By] Dr. Paul Farmer
- Introduction
- I: Doubting
- 1. Could it be…?
- Mammogram at 40
- The mammogram and the precipice
- What is a BI-RADS?
- I am not overreacting
- Tell me I am overreacting!
- Next steps; first decision
- 2. Pause to enjoy the world of the healthy
- The wait
- Disneyland… To go or not to go
- Though it sounds childish: The magic of Disney
- 1. Could it be…?
- II: Knowing
- 3. It is
- The biopsy: Now I know
- Lunch in Tlalpan
- One afternoon to get my life in order
- Hannah’s question
- 4. Meeting my altered-self
- Becoming a patient
- The first surgery
- The first night
- My mother
- Next steps amid tribulations
- Celebrate life as if you were healthy
- Decisions, round one
- 3. It is
- III: Accepting
- 5. Tómatelo a Pecho
- The birth of an idea
- Juanita
- 6. A tempest of decisions
- Facing my fear
- The friendly tumor board
- I am cancerous
- My first, second opinion
- Alone, for the first time
- 7. In search of answers
- The trip to Seattle
- A cancer hospital with a view of the bay
- Some answers and more questions
- Navigating the labyrinth
- 8. Time with friends
- Decisions
- Cushions
- Moving forward
- 9. To mastectomize or not to mastectomize?
- Confusion
- My first MRI
- Results and progress
- A gift to myself: painting with hospitalized children
- The second trip to Seattle
- Radiation or mastectomy
- I finally cry
- 5. Tómatelo a Pecho
- IV: Embarking
- 10. A farewell to health
- Bridging the worlds of the healthy and the sick
- Sky, sand, sea, and moon
- The rock of singing seals
- Mastectomy is right for me
- Inner peace
- 11. The mastectomy
- The surgery will be in Mexico
- Presenting Tómatelo a Pecho
- The mastectomy
- I can do this
- 12. Facing chemotherapy
- Concentration camps and chemotherapy
- Becoming a patient
- With Maha’s help
- 13. Preparing for chemotherapy
- The wig business
- Looking in the mirror
- Breast ‘inflation’
- Acapulco
- 14. The first dose: FEC #1
- The haircut
- The day before
- The day finally arrives
- Chemotherapy begins
- Unveiling the wigs
- 10. A farewell to health
- V: Learning
- 15. I lose my hair and rediscover myself
- The loss begins
- I decide to live life
- Helping Maha to assimilate loss
- Hair just keeps falling
- With Hannah, I manage to end the endless hair loss
- I develop a new identity
- 16. Life with chemotherapy
- Coping strategies
- Healing myself through exercise
- Taking heart: opportunities to enjoy life
- Finding inspiration
- 17. Expectations mold perceptions
- My last dose of chemotherapy
- Venturing back
- Sepsis
- 15. I lose my hair and rediscover myself
- VI: Surviving, Living, and Giving
- 18. Entering survivorship
- Why survivorship
- Life post-chemotherapy
- 19. Living survivorship
- Some surprising improvements
- Breast reconstruction …an ongoing dilemma
- Sexual non-health
- Ongoing challenges
- Living with the fear of recurrence
- 20. The many forms of prayer
- I was blessed with many prayers
- Giving back is a way of healing
- A chapter of beginnings
- Moments mean so much more
- Feeling health
- To loving life
- 18. Entering survivorship
- Epilogue
- The partner’s perspective: four love letters [Julio Frenk]
- Bibliography
- Websites
WOMEN, HEALTH, AND EQUITY
Beauty without the Breast
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$17.95 • £15.95 • €16.95
ISBN 9780982914410
Publication Date: 01/14/2013
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410 pages
6 x 9 inches
48 color photographs, 1 line illustration
Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University > Women, Health, and Equity
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