Navigating the C
A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care
Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN, OCN
Foreword by Survivorship Solutions Co‑Founders
Kristin M. Carroll, PT & Jillian Schmitt, MSPT, CEAS
Do you want to take control of restoring your well-being and quality of life after cancer treatment? Would you like to feel more confident in helping someone you love through a cancer diagnosis, treatment, and beyond? Do you want to make the thought of a cancer diagnosis less traumatic and terrifying?
Navigating the C provides the insight, knowledge, and skills everyone needs to prepare for a cancer diagnosis affecting someone close to them. The book walks you through the steps to improve your cancer literacy so you can communicate your needs in the healthcare system, and find your way back from cancer to being yourself, and the potential for emerging better than ever.
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Origins of Cancer Harbors
“Alene helped with my immediate health needs in union with my physical, spiritual and emotional issues. Her approach is a unique blend of inspiration and compassion, combining her expertise as a oncology nurse, in the workings of the human body, as a coach and healer, enabled me to embark through a personal transformation after cancer. I am deeply grateful for the way you shared your passion and purpose.”
K.B., Fort Collins, CO
- A Self-Care Exercise
- About Online & Printed Information
- After Cancer Treatment: Important Things to Know
- AIs: Holding Yourself & Your Doctor Accountable with a Checklist
- Athletes with Cancer
- Beginning Weight Bearing Routine for Osteoporosis
- Benefits of Exercise Related to Cancer
- Beware! Too Good to be True! (Using Caution with Health Information)
- Breast Reconstruction Options
- Chair Core Routine
- Control
- Dealing with Difficult People
- De-Stressing (Not Stress Management)
- Diaphragmatic Breathing
- During Cancer Treatment: Important Things to Know
- Electrolytes
- Emotional Needs & Support
- Exercise & Activity Part I: The Basics
- Exercise & Activity Part II: FIERCE Concept, Yoga, & Other types of exercise
- Exercise During Chemotherapy & Radiation: Precautions with Active Cancer Treatment
- Exercise Safety
- Exercise vs. Physical Activity: Understanding the Difference
- Exercises to do After Breast Surgery: With or Without Reconstruction
- Facing Fears & Anxiety
- Full Body Warmup Routine
- Goal Setting & Reframing
- Healthy Foods vs. Healthy Diet
- Home & Everyday Safety
- Indoor Restorative Environments
- Joint Aches
- Journaling & Expressive Therapies
- Lemonade Routine: Exercises to do in bed
- Lifelong Learning
- Living with Aromatase Inhibitors & Tamoxifen
- Lymphedema
- Mental Health & Cancer: Depression, Anxiety or other conditions
- More About Blood: Anemia
- More About Blood: Neutropenia
- More About Blood: Thrombocytopenia
- Nadir
- Neuropathy
- Newly Diagnosed with Cancer? Important Things to Know
- Outdoor Restorative Environments
- Pain After Cancer Treatment
- Prevention, Risk & Cause
- Quality of Life (Food for Thought)
- Radiation Therapy Aftereffects
- Self-Advocacy: Actions to Take as an Effective Self-Advocate
- Self-Advocacy: Communication with Healthcare Providers & Physicians: Finding the Right Doctor
- Self-Advocacy: Communication with Healthcare Providers & Physicians; Scope of Practice, Expectations vs. Reality, Palliative Care
- Self-Advocacy: Communication with Healthcare Providers & Physicians; Symptoms & Pain
- Self-Advocacy: Introduction
- Self-Advocacy: Taking Responsibility for Your Ongoing Health
- Sleep
- Spiritual Considerations
- Taking Action with Side Effects of Aromatase Inhibitors
- Taking Medication
- Time & Energy Conservation (Coping with Fatigue)
- Trauma, PTSD & Coping
- Understanding Chemo Brain & Cognitive Dysfunction
- Understanding Labs (Blood Work)
- Understanding the Language of Exercise
- Upper Body Warmup Routine
- Using Social Media & Tweetchats for Information & Support
- Weight Control & Nutrition I
- Weight Control & Nutrition II
- Weight Control & Nutrition III
- Weight Control & Nutrition IV
- Weight Control & Nutrition V
- What Doctors and Nurses Don’t Talk About
- What is Cancer Prehabilitation?
- What to Do About Chemo Brain & Cognitive Dysfunction
- Workplace, Occupational, and Legal Considerations
- Your Blood & How It Works
- Your Veins & Chemotherapy
Meet Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN, OCN
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Alene Nitzky is a Registered Nurse certified in Oncology with experience in critical care, chemotherapy infusion, community survivorship care, and oncology research. She is the founder of Cancer Harbors, the FIERCE exercise program, and author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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