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  • Reconstruction

  • How to Rebuild Your Body, Mind and Life After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
  • By: Rosamund Dean
  • Narrated by: Rosamund Dean
  • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Summary

The complete guide to what to expect when you’re expecting the worst.

Reconstruction is a pragmatic but positive handbook for anyone navigating a diagnosis of primary breast cancer. It contains clear, useful advice on what to do and what to expect at all stages of treatment, from questions to ask your doctors and practical ways to reduce your risk of recurrence, right down to what to pack in your hospital bag.

Written by journalist and breast cancer patient, Rosamund Dean, this reassuring guide combines the most up-to-date therapeutic information from a variety of medical experts with evidence-based lifestyle advice, and will help every patient to live well during treatment and beyond.

©2023 Rosamund Dean (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers
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‘A brilliant, comprehensive guide for anyone with a breast cancer diagnosis. Clearly and calmly written – I wish this had been available when I was diagnosed.’
Victoria Derbyshire

‘An inspirational, important and friendly book that will be a supportive companion to many women and men with breast cancer, as well as those that love them.’
Melissa Hemsley

‘This book will help patients, their families and their friends to navigate the often confusing and overwhelming world following a cancer diagnosis.’
Dr Lisa Dvorjetz

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‘Rosamund is dedicated to improving the lives and experiences of people with breast cancer and this book is a tremendous collection of helpful tips for those embarking on, going through or coming out the other side of treatment. I look forward to sharing it with my patients.’
Kat Tunnicliffe, oncological physiotherapist

‘Having a breast cancer diagnosis can be a lonely and overwhelming experience, and there is an overload of information right from the start. Rosamund’s book is not only the manual I wish I’d had, but also warm, funny and kind. It's like having a big sister who has been through the same thing, right by your side. Informative and calming, Reconstruction should be prescribed at the moment of that frightening diagnosis. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.’
Sarah Cawood, broadcaster

‘I wish a book like this had been given to me when diagnosed. It would have been the companion I absolutely needed to navigate the craziness of a breast cancer diagnosis and will support so many as they face their own frightening diagnosis.’
Carly Moosah, breast cancer campaigner

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Thanks for keeping me company through the long nights ✨

When the dark thoughts come out to play and the questions for Google flow freely, this book has been like having my very best no-nonsense friend gently holding my hand whilst firmly telling me how I can help my situation. I’ve learned new things about the intricacies of cancer, I’ve cried at how acutely Rosamund’s words resonated with my experiences, and I’ve felt reassured that, essentially, when the sh*t hits the fan, there are ways to dodge at least some of the downwind ;)

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Brilliant book

Rosamund writes in such a relatable way that it makes for ‘easy’ listening on a very delicate and emotive subject.

I wish this book had existed when I received my diagnosis, but even post treatment, I’ve gleaned so much.

The bonus is that Rosamund narrates the book herself.

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