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Reconstruction

How to Rebuild Your Body, Mind and Life After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
By Rosamund Dean
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Reconstruction by Rosamund Dean is a pragmatic yet hopeful guide for those facing a primary breast cancer diagnosis. Combining the latest medical insights from experts with evidence-based lifestyle advice, it offers practical guidance on everything from questions to ask your doctor to preparing your hospital bag. Written by a journalist and breast cancer patient, it supports patients through treatment and beyond, helping them live well during this challenging time.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is essential reading for anyone diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as their families, carers, and friends seeking supportive and practical information during treatment and recovery.

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The complete guide to what to expect when you’re expecting the worst.

The new breast cancer guide that will boost your wellbeing and protect your physical and mental health post diagnosis

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The complete guide to what to expect when you’re expecting the worst.

Reconstruction is a pragmatic but positive handbook for anyone navigating a diagnosis of primary breast cancer. It contains clear, useful advice on what to do and what to expect at all stages of treatment, from questions to ask your doctors and practical ways to reduce your risk of recurrence, right down to what to pack in your hospital bag.

Written by journalist and breast cancer patient, Rosamund Dean, this reassuring guide combines the most up-to-date therapeutic information from a variety of medical experts with evidence-based lifestyle advice, and will help every patient to live well during treatment and beyond.

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Praised as a brilliant, comprehensive guide by Victoria Derbyshire and described as inspirational, important and friendly by Melissa Hemsley, this book is valued for its clear, calm communication. Dr Lisa Dvorjetz highlights its role in helping patients and loved ones navigate diagnosis, while oncological physiotherapist Kat Tunnicliffe calls it a tremendous collection of helpful tips. Stylist magazine simply labels it empowering.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008585204

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thorsons

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 352

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Rosamund Dean Self-Help & Personal Development Women's Health

About the Author

Rosamund Dean is a journalist, author and former deputy editor of Grazia. In 20 years of working in women's magazines, she has cooked with Jamie Oliver, coaxed Winona Ryder onto a sketchy rooftop in downtown LA, been taken to Bill's by Renee Zellweger, and allowed a human behaviour scientist to rearrange her kitchen. She is also the author of Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life, and recently launched Well Well Well: a weekly wellness newsletter for busy, cynical people. In 2021, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and documented her journey with a column in The Sunday Times Style. Rosamund lives in London with her husband, Sunday Times writer Jonathan Dean, and their two children.

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