Introduction

1

1

Diagnosis

3

2

Crisis Management

7

3

Doctor’s Visits

11

4

Treatment Decisions

15

5

Understanding Common Issues

21

6

Defining Your Adversities

25

7

Building a Vision of Your Future

29

8

Proven Ways to Cope

33

9

Coping with Treatments and Medical Tests

39

10

One-Minute Self-Affirmations

43

11

Simple Pleasures

47

12

Family

51

13

Friends

59

14

Giving Thanks

65

15

Creating Hope

67

Bibliography

71

Online Resources

73