After a Life-Threatening Diagnosis...What's Next?

This book should prove valuable in relieving stress and anxiety, especially important nowadays as the journey from diagnosis to cure or death is longer due to improvements in medical treatments. Healthcare workers and the general public worldwide would benefit as death is universal. The writing style is engaging and easy to read, yet highly informative. I would recommend this book to my patients and their families and friends. Dr. Suzanne Ward BMED FRAGP General Medical Practitioner Canberra, Australia This easy to read manual is invaluable reading following a life-threatening medical diagnosis. It is a comprehensive, clear and concise guide which can help reduce stress and improve healing potential. Written by a Registered Nurse (ret) who worked in the USA, UK, and Australia, she discusses why expressing fears soon after diagnosis can be beneficial for healing. - Whatever the diagnosis, Cancer, Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Disease, etc., you, your family, friends and colleagues will have worries and fears about your future. Reducing fears and stress early on gives more positive room for healing. - This manual is indispensable for Doctors and Nurses, encouraging them to learn why and how discussing fears early on is a positive healing opportunity rather than being negative. - Various complementary therapies are discussed to use in combination with traditional medicine, maximizing healing opportunities. - While we plan for births and marriages, we find it difficult to talk and plan for our deaths, even though none of us escapes it! This book provides tools and suggestions for preparing Wills, Advanced Directives, and listing assets and wishes at whatever age, the sooner the better. Being prepared makes life so much easier for all. - Learn how to live a more content, peaceful life alongside your family, friends, neighbors and globally. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Learn how to live fully NOW.

Carolyn Hornblow, as a Registered Nurse, worked on three continents for over thirty years in various specialties including Intensive Care and Advice Nursing. She then had her own Complementary Therapies Clinic for fifteen years. She brings her knowledge in an easy to read format. Inspired to write this book over three weeks she felt that a different approach to life-threatening illness was needed.

Acknowledgements. About the Author. Introduction: Facing Your Fears to Help You Heal. 1 'I Am Sorry to Have to Tell You.... 2 Facing the Fear - To Help You Heal. 3 Knowledge about Dying Reduces Stress. 4 'To Life' Fix, Cure or Heal? Going for It All. 5 'Please Put Yourself in My Shoes, Doctor'. 6 Life, Death and Life after Death. 7 Getting Ready to Say Goodbye Soon or Aged 100+. 8 Terminal Time - Are You Ready to Go? 9 Dealing with Life Afterwards. 10 'Avoiding the Void' No Longer. 11 'Nirvana' Here and Now. 2 Tools for Living Life Fully Now! Appendix A: Some Life-Threatening or Life-Limiting Conditions. Appendix B: Resources. Index.