The Breast Cancer Companion; A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

The Breast Cancer Companion is full of health information, tips, questions, resources, and inspirational quotes from breast cancer survivors that will guide women through the treatment process. It provides encouragement and ample space to record questions, thoughts and feelings, doctor's appointments, medications, and contact information for the oncology team and others. It will help women be well-organized and well-informed, so that they have the time and energy to focus on what matters most: staying well. Book jacket.

Nancy Sokolawski, RN, OCN, is a nationally recognized breast health specialist, with a 30-year career at Norwalk Hospital (a teaching affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine.) Nancy's role as the co-founder of the hospital's Smilow Family Breast Health Center and her pioneering role of breast cancer navigator assisting newly diagnosed breast cancer patients through the myriad of hospital services make her uniquely positioned to write. The Breast Cancer Companion. Valerie Rossi is co-author of the critically acclaimed My Diabetes Workbook: The Essential Planner and Organizer for People with Type 2 Diabetes, Valerie is a graduate of Cornell University and lives in Westport, Connecticut.