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Now What? : A Patient's Guide to Recovery After Mastectomy
Overview
All the information you need after mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery so that you can focus on what matters most: healing and staying well.
Why am I so tired all the time? What about these drains? Should I worry about lymphedema? Your mastectomy (with or without reconstruction) doesnÌt end when you leave the operating room. In Now What?, Amy Curran Baker, an occupational therapist who has had a double mastectomy and direct to implant breast reconstruction, and her co-authors, two registered nurses, answer all of your post-surgery questions in this comprehensive and empowering guide. Now What? helps you:
- Consider your options and make the decisions that are best for you
- Deal with frozen shoulder syndrome, wound care, swollen lymph nodes, and other side effects of mastectomy
- Organize the nitty-gritty issues of wound management post-op care with helpful charts and logs
- Hear real stories from other breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781936303250
- ISBN-10: 1936303256
- Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
- Publish Date: December 2011
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 192
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