Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men »

JOHN W. ANDERSON (Roanoke, VA) is an Emmy-nominated director for Lifetime Television’s “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” campaign and an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and many other publications. He has helped his mother, wife, sister, and a close friend in their battles against breast cancer.

Every year, more than a million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. They are shocked, depressed, and terrified-and they shouldn't have to fight this battle on their own. They are going to need support from their families and close friends, and in particular from husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and other men in their lives. But as brave and strong as those men want to be, they too are facing what may be the challenge of a lifetime-and they are going to need help. Based on the author's personal experiences and extensive research, Stand by Her is both a practical guide and an uplifting, inspirational work.

Foreword magazine

Such candor as one finds here, along with page after page of sound practical advice and empathic counsel for every stage of this fearsome disease, make Anderson's book an undisputable choice for a place on the shortlist of guides for caregivers.

Foreword Ruth Oratz vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Abyss: "I Have Breast Cancer": (Black) 7

Chapter 2 Breast Cancer War: Assembling Her Armed Forces: (Gray) 41

Chapter 3 The Battle Begins: Surgery: (Purple) 83

Chapter 4 Chemotherapy: The Shot Felt Round the World: (Red) 113

Chapter 5 Warning: The Radioactive Emotional Fallout: (Blue) 155

Chapter 6 The New Normal: Rebuilding Her Life and Yours (Green) 181

Chapter 7 The Great Unknown: Will It Return?: (White) 215

Chapter 8 The War Is Over: Five Years Later: (Pink) 239

Web Resources 245

Index 249

About the Author 257