Survivorship begins at the time of diagnosis: what you need to know and do now -- Getting the most out of this book -- Setting your goals -- Understanding cancer -- Preparing for the initial consultations and treatment -- Initial consultation -- Beginning treatment -- Understanding what is happening to you -- Disclosure -- Why is my team so uncomplimentary about complementary care? -- Just finishing treatment (and feeling lousy) -- How each part of the LEARN system can guide the healing process -- New challenges -- Medical problems I had before become more complicated -- Hormones and hormone blockade -- I'm not spiritual: am I in trouble? -- Finding my way back is not what I thought but is possible -- Living beyond cancer: the first three months -- How people treat me -- New everyday routines: who do I call? back to work? can the personal health record help? -- Back into the real world -- Living beyond cancer: four to six months -- Fertility -- Giving back/giving forward -- Living cancer free -- Living with a recurrence, relapse, or residual care -- The next word -- Resources & worksheets.