Stand By Her: A Breast Cancer Guide For Men | Book Review

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 ad 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 experience and extensive research, Stand By Her is both a practical guide and an uplifting, inspirational work.

STAND BY HER is a step-by-step program targeted to men who want to become invaluable breast cancer caregivers to their loved ones, while at the same time helping them address and overcome their own personal fears, frustrations and anxieties caused by this disease. Combining anecdotes from his own and others’ secondhand experiences of breast cancer with extensive research and abundant resources, Anderson provides information, strategies and guidance on countless medical and emotional minefields men face, every day.  Beginning with the challenge of interpreting and handling the initial diagnosis, he clearly explains the range of breast cancer treatments—from lumpectomy and chemotherapy to double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

Author John W. Anderson 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. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia.

A very inspiring book by a man who knows first hand how it is to help a woman through breast cancer. In it you will find ways to help you understand what breast cancer is and prepare you for what might happen with her breast, her body, her personality and your relationship. This will be a very stressful time and you will find ways to help you help her. You will also find ways to help her recover from surgery, maintain a sense of normalcy and how to celebrate each year of remission. I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone who is seeking answers. For more information please go to http://standbyher.org/