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Library Journal? 12/01/2013 Palliative care nurse and social worker Jacobs often related bad news to patients and their families, but the shock of her own breast cancer diagnosis was still difficult to assimilate. In this offshoot of a blog she wrote with her husband, her path from lump discovery and diagnosis to double mastectomy and reconstruction to chemotherapy and radiation is accessibly detailed and cleverly communicated. Jacobs reveals the worst (constipation, diarrhea, and vomiting during chemo) while allowing for the best (a silver lining) at every turn. Boxed "Lifelines" simplify basic actions to take, while "Practical Matters" sections list terminology, therapies, questions to ask, and strategies to follow. The photos by Messina include a few expected bald heads and bare chests, but most are lovely evocations of life and all that we hold dear.



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