Includes index.

Chapter 1Regaining Control 1 -- How Do I Regain Control of My Life? Roberta, 27: The Patient as Manager -- How Do I Regain Control of My Body? Lanita, 31: Marathon Runner -- Survivor Suggestions on Regaining Control -- Chapter 2 Work and Career 35 -- What If My Career Is No Longer Fulfilling? Helen, 32: The Career Switch -- What If My Career Priorities Change? Janis, 33: Setting Limits -- What If I Thrive on My Career? Anne, 27: Getting Back to Business -- What If I Have No Health Insurance? Nora, 27: Adventures in Medicaid -- Survivor Suggestions on Work and Career -- Chapter 3 Sexuality and Dating 87 -- Dating? You've Got to Be Kidding! Becky, 26: Wedding under the Arches -- How Does Breast Cancer Affect Sexuality? Amanda, 35: Healing Arts -- What If I Don't Want to Reconstruct? Mary, 36: Amazon Woman -- Survivor Suggestions on Sexuality and Dating -- Chapter 4 Pregnancy, Children, and Family 133 -- What If I Want to Have Children? Susan, 40: Breast-feeding in Dana Farber -- What If I Want to Adopt? Jacquie, 29: A Different Life, a Parallel Life -- What If I Have Children? Barbara, 26: Telling the Girls -- What If I Have the Breast Cancer Gene? Paulette, 25: Living with Uncertainty -- Survivor Suggestions on Pregnancy, Children, and Family -- Chapter 5 Faith, Religion, and Spirituality 189 -- How Can Ritual Help Me? Dana, 26: Feeling Blessed -- Can Faith Help with Uncertainty? Robin, 33: Finding Faith in All Things -- Can Faith Deepen? Dawn, 31: A New Relationship with Jesus -- Survivor Suggestions on Faith, Religion, and Spirituality -- Afterword: Life After Breast Cancer 241.