Navigating Glioblastoma

A Caregiver's Perspective

Sally Connolly (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8319-5 (ISBN)

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For Sally Connolly, three years of struggle followed her husband Peter's surgery for terminal brain cancer at 61. Connolly's clear-eyed and affecting memoir recounts their wrangling over gender roles, money management, domestic decisions and lifestyle changes. Through their traumatic journey, they find humor and comfort in unexpected places.

A stale marriage. A deadly diagnosis. For Sally Connolly, three years of struggle followed her husband Peter's surgery for terminal brain cancer at age 61. Choosing treatment options that interfered least with his career, Peter focused his limited energy on work, with little left for his family, further straining the marriage during his remaining days. Connolly's clear-eyed and affecting memoir recounts their wrangling over gender roles, money management, domestic decisions and lifestyle changes. Through their traumatic journey, they find humor and comfort in unexpected places.

Sally Connolly, MSW, facilitates cancer support groups at the Dempsey Cancer Center in South Portland, Maine. A retired teacher and social worker, she lives in Scarborough Maine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Gobsmacked

2. Dynamics

3. Surgery

4. Recovery at Home

5. Preliminaries to Treatment

6. Beginning the Regimen

7. Lifelines

8. Family

9. Finances

10. Life

11. Temodar

12. Next Steps

13. Here We Go Again

14. Surgery Again

15. Rehab

16. Home and Back Again

17. Retired?

18. Into the Unknown

19. The White Flag

20. Next

21. Rest and Recovery

Appendix: Glio-What?

Chapter Notes

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-8319-0 / 1476683190
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8319-5 / 9781476683195
Zustand	Neuware