Bald is Better With Earrings, Andrea Hutton
Bald is Better With Earrings, Andrea Hutton
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Bald is Better With Earrings
A Survivor's Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer

Author: Andrea Hutton

Narrator: Andrea Hutton

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 07/07/2015


Synopsis

For the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, a warm, practical, relatable handbook that dispels the terror and takes you step-by-step through the process, from diagnosis to post-treatment.
When Andrea Hutton was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wanted to know everything. She read books voraciously, devoured articles, surfed websites, and talked to everyone she knew. But nothing she found prepared her for what the surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation would feel like. Were there tricks for easing pain and discomfort? What was “fatigue” and how would it affect her? When people gave her a hug, could they tell she was wearing a prosthesis? What Hutton wanted was something she could not find: a clear how-to guide for the Cancer Girl she had become.
 Bald Is Better with Earrings is Andrea Hutton’s answer — a straightforward handbook, leavened with humor and inspiration, to shepherd women diagnosed with breast cancer through the experience. Warm and down-to-earth, Hutton explains what to expect and walks the listener through the intensely emotional process of testing, telling loved ones, surgery, chemo, losing hair and shaving one’s head, being bald, and radiation treatments.
 From tricks for treating skin during radiation and keeping track of meds to tips for tying headscarves and preventing lymphedema, Hutton offers a wealth of invaluable advice, organized into practical Top 5 Tips for each stage of treatment and beyond. Compassionate, friendly, and shaped by Hutton’s firsthand knowledge, Bald Is Better with Earrings is the comprehensive, essential companion for anyone dealing with breast cancer, from someone who’s been there.

About The Author

A graduate of Duke University and an interior designer, Andrea Hutton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 at the age of forty-one. Andrea is now five years out and cancer-free. In addition to continuing her interior design career for select clients, Andrea is a marketing and management consultant. She lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on July 16, 2015

Being recently diagnosed, post-surgery and in the chemo stage of breast cancer, I didn't know if I'd want to read this book or not. A friend gave it to me as a gift, along with a pair of cute earrings and I jumped right in and finished in 2 days. It's definitely a valuable book for those recently di......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on July 17, 2024

As someone who read this while going through breast cancer treatment, it was very good. Even if I didn’t share every experience the author had, it was nice to hear about what she went through and know I’m not alone. Great book. It’s a book about cancer so you may not come away grinning from ear to e......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on January 12, 2016

I found the book exactly what i wanted it to be, honest with some sarcasm and useful hints for new diagnosed patients. I will continue to refer to this book often while I start chemo and later radiation Thank you so much ☺️......more