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Mommy has cancer : what I learned about cancer, and how I helped my mommy

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Stevenson Jr., Corey L. Meadville, PA: Christian Faith Publishing , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S847m 2020

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Stevenson Jr., Corey L.

Place of Publication: Meadville, PA

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 24 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Mother-Child Relations; Family Relations; Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Juvenile Literature

ISBN: 9781098048693

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S847m 2020

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

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Hahn, Olivia. [Victoria, BC]: Self publishing , [2023].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written …

Author: Hahn, Olivia

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC]

Publisher: Self publishing

Publication Date: [2023]

Physical Description: [111 unnumbered pages] : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Grief; Loss; Love; Adolescent; Parental Death; Parent-Child Relations; Life Change Events; Neoplasms - psychology; Juvenile Literature; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written in the voice of a teenager as a teenager and is an account of finding my voice through all this loss" -- Back cover.

ISBN: 9798385789801

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 H148h 2023

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Good mourning : a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death : for kids by a kid

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Peden, Seldon, Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.). [United States]: 1st Word Publishing, LLC , [2021].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

Author: Peden, Seldon; Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.)

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: 1st Word Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: [2021]

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subjects: Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Juvenile Literature; Bereavement; Grief

Abstract: "The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon

ISBN: 9780578855738

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

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At my mother's breast

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Watson-Burgess, Heather, MacDonald, Joe. Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 W338 2005

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Watson-Burgess, Heather; MacDonald, Joe

Place of Publication: Montreal, QC

Publisher: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 55 minutes

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 W338 2005

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Journal : a mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

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Clark, Annabel, Redgrave, Lynn, Lerner, Barron. New York, NY: Umbrage Editions , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

Author: Clark, Annabel; Redgrave, Lynn; Lerner, Barron

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Umbrage Editions

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Adaptation, Psychological; Pictorial Works; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781884167430; 1884167438

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C592 2004

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Truth of it : an unscripted video series about cancer : breast cancer

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Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Cancer View Canada , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 T875c 2010 v.4

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Corporate Author: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Cancer View Canada

Publication Date: 2010

Series: Truth of it 4

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Social Support; Adaptation, Psychological; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Family Relations; Survivors; Patients; Body Image; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 T875c 2010 v.4

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But hope is longer : navigating the country of breast cancer

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Levine, R. Tamara. [Toronto, ON]: Second Story Press , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 L665 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Levine, R. Tamara

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Second Story Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 261 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781926920894; 1926920899

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 L665 2012

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Heart of a champion : inspirational stories of people who have overcome many of life's challenging adversities

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Winnipeg, MB: Children's Programs , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM171 H436 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Truthwaite, Rob

Place of Publication: Winnipeg, MB

Publisher: Children's Programs

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological - popular works; Social Adjustment - psychology; Disabled Persons; Chronic Disease - popular works; Child; Emotions; Motivation; Juvenile Literature; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 1550567837

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM171 H436 2000

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How to win a tickle fight

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Lang, Mike, Bryant, Aaron. Common Language Storytelling | Hands On Films , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

How to Win a Tickle Fight is a true story that follows one young father, Brock, and his family for two years as they strive to live full, meaningful lives despite the metastatic cancer diagnosis they are navigating. Brock desperately wants to leave a legacy for his 7 year old son and be remembered …

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Alternate Title: How to win a tickle fight : a true story about what can go right, even when things have gone terribly wrong

Author: Lang, Mike; Bryant, Aaron

Corporate Author: Survive & Thrive Cancer Programs; Family Lines; Canadian Cancer Society

Publisher: Common Language Storytelling; Hands On Films

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: 50 min.

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Adaptation, Psychological; Young Adult; Personal Narratives; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: How to Win a Tickle Fight is a true story that follows one young father, Brock, and his family for two years as they strive to live full, meaningful lives despite the metastatic cancer diagnosis they are navigating. Brock desperately wants to leave a legacy for his 7 year old son and be remembered as more than a 'sick person'. Kristen, Brock's wife, wants to maintain a closeness with her husband even while he is dying. And their son Ben... he just wants to have fun with his mom and dad. Through their difficult journey, the family comes to realizes that many things can still go right even when things have gone terribly wrong.

Notes: The complete documentary can be viewed online.

Language: English

Material Type: Video; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Childhood cancer survivors : a practical guide to your future

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Keene, Nancy, Hobbie, Wendy, Ruccione, Kathy. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. , 2007. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 K26c 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Keene, Nancy; Hobbie, Wendy; Ruccione, Kathy

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Sebastopol, CA

Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xxiv, 436 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - complications; Follow-up Studies; Survivors; Parents; Adolescent; Adult; Adaptation, Psychological; Infant; Child; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780596528515; 0596528515

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 K26c 2007

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How I coped when mommy died

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Blake, Brett Hardy, Hope, Lori. [Boston, MA]: Fanlight Productions , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 B636 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Blake, Brett Hardy; Hope, Lori

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Fanlight Productions

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: 26 minutes ; booklet

Subjects: Loss - psychology; Death - psychology; Grief; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Adolescent; Child; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 1572958308

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD; Booklet

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 B636 1999

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Breast stories : cancer survivors speak out

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Carpenter, Phil. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

Author: Carpenter, Phil

Place of Publication: Markham, ON

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy; Portraits; Family Relations; Survivors - psychology; Pictorial Works; Photographs; Body Image; Personal Narratives; Canada

Abstract: Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

ISBN: 9781554552726; 1554552729

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

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Pandora's DNA : tracing the breast cancer genes through history, science, and one family tree

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Stark, Lizzie. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 S795 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Stark, Lizzie

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 324 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - history; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Mastectomy - history; Genetic Screening; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781613748602; 1613748604

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 S795 2014

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Seventeen short films about breasts

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Robertson, Cathryn. Bowen Island, BC: Oystercatcher Film and Television Inc , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 R649 2008

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Topics Covered:chemotherapy; radiation; radiation burns; nursing; nursing mothers; sexuality; aging; invasive; stage 1, 2, 3 & 4; war on cancer; biopsy; ductal carcinoma; invasive breast cancer; prosthesis; radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy; breast cancer risk factors; hats and wigs; chemo bra…

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Alternate Title: Chemobrain

Author: Robertson, Cathryn

Place of Publication: Bowen Island, BC

Publisher: Oystercatcher Film and Television Inc

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 56 minutes

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Mastectomy; Risk; Mammaplasty; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: Topics Covered:chemotherapy; radiation; radiation burns; nursing; nursing mothers; sexuality; aging; invasive; stage 1, 2, 3 & 4; war on cancer; biopsy; ductal carcinoma; invasive breast cancer; prosthesis; radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy; breast cancer risk factors; hats and wigs; chemo brain; nipple tattoo; fertility; working breasts; lumpectomy; triple negative; her-2 positive (pronounced hair); environment; not stress; radial mastectomy; breast tissue; chemo brain; fertility; eggs on ice; frozen fetus; egg harvesting; radiation burns; type 1, 2 & 3 cell; stage; node; margins; primary; tumor; metastasis; mammary node; auxiliary nodes; primary; secondary; distant

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 R649 2008

Website Notes: To view trailer of DVD

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Dead mom walking : a memoir of miracle cures and other disasters

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Matlow, Rachel. [Toronto, ON]: Viking , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M433 2020

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal... Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when t…

Author: Matlow, Rachel

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Humor; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: "When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal... Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when two people who've always written their own script go head to head with each other, and with life's least forgiving plot device." - Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780735236301

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 M433 2020

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Only 10 seconds to care : help and hope for busy clinicians

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Harpham, Wendy Schlessel. Philadelphia, PA: ACP Press , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W62 H295 2009

Availability: 6 copies, 5 available

Author: Harpham, Wendy Schlessel

Corporate Author: American College of Physicians

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: ACP Press

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xvii, 195 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Physician-Patient Relations; Professional-Patient Relations; Empathy; Neoplasms - psychology; Communication; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Patients - psychology; Quality of Life; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781934465394; 1934465399

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library; Abbotsford Library

Call Number: W62 H295 2009

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Surviving triple negative breast cancer : hope, treatment, and recovery

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Prijatel, Patricia. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 P951 2013

Availability: 6 copies, 5 available

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Author: Prijatel, Patricia

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xvii, 223 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; ebrary books for public

Subjects: Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Breast Neoplasms - metabolism; Receptors, Estrogen - genetics; Receptors, Progesterone - genetics; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780195387629; 9780199908738; 9780199393855

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Internet

Call Number: WP870 P951 2013

Website Notes: Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

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