Now What?: A Patient's Guide to Recovery After Mastectomy - Brossura

Baker, Amy Curran; Brown, Marybeth Curran, RN; Curran, Linda

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ISBN 10: 1936303256 ISBN 13: 9781936303250

Casa editrice: Demos Medical Pub, 2011

Riassunto

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) doesnvåt 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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Informazioni sull?autore

Amy Curran Baker, MA, OTR/L has over 13 years experience as an occupational therapist. In 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy with reconstruction. Amy is an active breast cancer awareness advocate having participated in print and media interviews on the subject of hereditary breast cancer and reconstruction options. Linda Curran, NP, has practiced for nine years as a board certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse specializing in women's health. Her professional interests include breast cancer screenings, BRCA, and other hereditary cancer syndromes. She has been previously published in the nursing journal Lifelines and is employed at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in Kapolei, Hawaii. MaryBeth Curran Brown, RN, is a veteran nurse with nearly 20 years of experience. Ms. Brown has treated patients in intensive care and during all stages of post-surgical recovery. Ms. Brown was previously employed as a traveling nurse, working in New Orleans in the months following Hurricane Katrina. Her professional interests include oncology nursing, wound care, and providing nursing care to rural populations.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Demos Medical Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1936303256
• ISBN 13: 9781936303250
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 193
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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