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A Trusted Guide

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Navigating the health care system can be overwhelming when you are just diagnosed with cancer, but assistance from a trusted source can help you feel empowered and more in control of your health.

LIVESTRONG created a tool to guide a survivor from the point of diagnosis through treatment and beyond- The LIVESTRONG Guidebook. This two-volume set contains helpful information and journal spaces that help survivors address the physical, emotional and practical concerns they may have during the cancer journey.

The LIVESTRONG Guidebook helps survivors, loved ones and caregivers:

? Learn about cancer and treatment
? Find the best health care
? Find good resources and support services
? Learn what questions to ask
? Make health and life planning decisions
? Understand insurance and financial issues
? Keep track of the cancer experience
? Find hope

Order your copy of The LIVESTRONG Guidebook for yourself, a loved one or your physician’s office today. Go to http://www.livestrong.org/guidebook.

We have received a number of compliments on the guidebook recently. These are from survivors, health care providers, family members and other cancer organizations.

?Wanted to send you a personal note and let you know how wonderful the materials are! What great tools to put in people’s hands when they are diagnosed. It is such an overwhelming experience but the guidebook and planner provide such a wealth of information that in and of itself give people hope and allows them to take charge of their treatment from day one. Thanks for all you do!?

?I am so impressed! Let me say that again I AM SO IMPRESSED!! There is so much valuable information and support in the books. When finalized we would really like to put them in all of our patient’s cancer bags. Also from the wife of a survivor, so much information that I didn’t have that we need/needed.?

? A patient had received the (Guidebook) book and he loves it! He brings it with him to all his appointments and shows it to the doctors and nurses. He reported that one doctor liked it so much he ordered multiple copies for their office. He also said that he was speaking with another woman in the waiting room and she was very depressed. He showed her his book and she read the success stories and was feeling much better by the time she went to see the doctor. Sounds like the LAF team really put together an excellent resource!?

Do you have a guidebook? Did you find it helpful?

  • http://josh-vs-lymphoma.blogspot.com/ Josh Schwiesow

    The guidebook was an excellent eye opener for me. There were so many things I never thought of prior to reading it, just in terms of things to expect and potential problems that may eventually come up. I like to think the early warning helped avoid many of those problems.

    The planning book / journal was a little less useful to me since my care center has online downloads of medications, labs, etc. My wife made a huge binder of trials and so-on specific to me. I used a blog as my “journal.” Had we jumped on the journal sooner, it may have been more useful. Might have been nice to be able to order the two books separately for those who may not need the black one as much, or maybe one black one and a few yellows.
    -josh

  • Jim Rhoades

    Yes! I have dstributed over 1000 Guidebooksets for Livestrong to hospitals, cancer centers & hospice groups the past two years; all at my own expense! I can no longer continue to incurr the cost of these materials, unless you provide these to me free in the future!

    Sorry … but those are todays financial realities.

    Respectfully;

    Jim Rhoades
    jrho278886@aol.com
    214-415-5558

  • http://www.bikerepairmobile.com Patrick

    Hello,
    I would like to donate money to Livestrong but in a different way. I developed an application for iPhone called Bike Repair, that shows you how to repair and maintain you bike. So I’m trying to reach someone at livestrong to offer them a deal. If they can get Lance Armstrong to mention my app on his twitter/facebook account, I would donate half of the profit to livestrong. Let me know if you can help me with this.

    Patrick