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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Sharing Sister to Sister | |
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| Surviving for a Purpose | |
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| Where to Begin? | |
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| Journaling | |
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| Personalizing and Praying the Scriptures | |
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| Making the Annual Appointments | |
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| It's That Time of Year Again | |
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| The Suspicious Alarm | |
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| Setting the Follow-Up Appointment | |
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| It's Mammogram Day | |
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| This Is Surreal! | |
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| Meeting the Breast Specialist | |
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| Facing the Dreaded Diagnosis | |
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| Life Is Messy Right Now | |
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| It's Diagnostic-Test Day | |
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| The Agonizing Wait for Test Results | |
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| They Say It's Cancer! | |
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| Telling the Family | |
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| Who Else to Tell and Who Should Do the Telling? | |
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| Paralyzing Shock | |
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| A State of Shock | |
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| It's All So Confusing! | |
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| Becoming "One of Them" | |
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| Single and Sick! | |
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| Asking What If? What About? Why? | |
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| What If? | |
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| Maybe It's All a Mistake | |
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| What About My Schedule and My Plans? | |
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| Why? | |
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| Dealing with People's Reactions | |
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| People Say the Darnedest Things | |
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| Top Thirteen Dos and Don'ts | |
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| Preparing for What Comes Next | |
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| Putting Together Your Treatment Team | |
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| The Planning Conference | |
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| Time to Make a Decision | |
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| More Waiting | |
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| Being a Good Witness | |
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| Starting Treatment | |
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| Someone's Praying | |
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| We're Not Just a Number | |
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| It's Time for Surgery | |
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| Being Strong for Our Loved Ones | |
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| We Need Friends | |
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| What Did They Do to Me? | |
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| The Hospital Stay Is a Relief | |
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| The Lonely Oncology Ward | |
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| Your"C-A" | |
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| Enjoying the Good Days | |
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| There Are Humorous Moments | |
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| Feeling Like a Little Girl Again | |
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| Lots of Love | |
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| Making It through the Bad Days | |
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| It's Hard Being Brave | |
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| The Journey Can Be Lonely | |
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| Elusive Sleep | |
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| It Still Hurts | |
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| Losing It! | |
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| Getting Needed Support | |
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| A Mentor Helps | |
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| It's All about You | |
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| Should You Join a Breast Cancer Support Group? | |
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| My Family Needs a Support System Too | |
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| Knowing Who Is in Control | |
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| Spinning Out of Control | |
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| Controlling the Controllable | |
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| Seeing God in Control | |
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| Adjusting to a New Normal | |
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| "Normal" Isn't Normal Anymore | |
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| Where Did Your Energy Go? | |
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| Chemo-Radiation Brain | |
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| Learning to Receive | |
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| A New Need for Peace and Calm | |
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| Adapting to Body Changes | |
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| The Miraculous Creator | |
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| Lopsided | |
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| To Reconstruct or Not? | |
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| An Extreme Makeover! | |
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| What About Your Hair? | |
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| Coping with the Private Issues | |
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| Good Girls Don't | |
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| How Will Breast Cancer Affect Your Marriage? | |
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| Grieving the Losses | |
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| The Grieving Process | |
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| The Steps of Grief | |
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| Working through Sadness | |
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| It's All Over, so Why Are You Depressed? | |
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| Feeling Guilty | |
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| Where Were Those You Expected to Be There? | |
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| Restoring the Joy! | |
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| It Feels Good to Be Happy! | |
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| A Transforming Blessing | |
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| You Can Rejoice in the Trials | |
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| Discovering a New Focus and Purpose | |
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| Changing Focus | |
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| Finding Purpose in Your Breast Cancer | |
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| How Does God Want to Use Your Breast Cancer? | |
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| Talking about Your Breast Cancer on Purpose | |
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| A New Boldness | |
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| Living with Breast Cancer | |
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| How to Let Others Know You're Not Back Yet | |
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| You Need an Outlet | |
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| It Could Come Back | |
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| Eliminating Stress | |
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| Releasing Fear | |
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| Relying on God | |
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| Can You Hear Him Now? | |
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| God Always Answers Prayer | |
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| Drawing Close to God | |
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| Breast Cancer Tests Our Faith | |
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| There Are "Angels" All Around | |
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| Our Hope Is in God | |
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| Making a Difference | |
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| It Just Takes One Woman | |
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| Breast Cancer Sisters | |
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| Giving Back | |
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| Finding a Cure | |
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| Praying Expectantly | |
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| Pray God's Word | |
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| Pray for Your Doctors | |
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| Pray for Everyone Touched by Your Breast Cancer | |
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| Pray for All Your Breast Cancer Sisters | |
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| Ending at the Beginning | |
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| Preparing for the Inevitable | |
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| We've Only Just Begun! | |
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| Remembering When | |
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| Dates That Changed Your Life | |
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| Memory Notes | |
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| Picture Me | |
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| Sanity Tools | |
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| Doing Research | |
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| Research Notes | |
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| National Contacts | |
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| Books Janet Found Helpful | |
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| Decisions, Decisions, Decisions | |
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| Peacekeeping Worksheet | |
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| Appointments, Appointments, Appointments | |
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| Appointment Notes | |
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| Oh No! I Just Remembered | |
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| Questions-and-Answers Note Page | |
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| There's the Phone Again | |
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| Phone Notes | |
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| We Are in This Together | |
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| My Medical Team | |
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| Important Information about My Medical Team | |
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| Additional Numbers Others or I May Need | |
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| Keeping Good Records | |
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| Taking My Meds | |
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| My Breast Cancer Journey Map | |
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| My Support and Help Team | |
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| Minding the Doctor | |
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| Bless You! Here's Where I Need Help | |
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| When I Need Comfort or Someone to Talk To | |
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| Who Will I Call or Where Will I Go When I Am Feeling | |
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| Where Can My Husband and Family Go for Comfort? | |
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| Support System for My Family and Friends | |
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| My Breast Cancer Purpose and Plan | |
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| Prayer-and-Praise Journal | |
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| Express Yourself! | |
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| About the Author | |
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| About His Work Ministries | |
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| For More Information and to Contact Janet | |
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| Notes | |