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Cover Page
Introduction and Disclaimer
Chapter 1: Getting Started
1) Introduction
2) Overview
3) Questions |
Chapter 2: Living with Illness
1) Introduction
2) The Intrusion of Illness
a. Work
b. Leisure
c. Relations with Others
d. Looking After Yourself
3) Balance
4) Dealing with Change
5) Questions
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Chapter 3: Waiting for Transplant
1) Application for Transplant
2) Non-Medical Criteria for Transplant
3) Acceptance to a Waiting List
4) Waiting for Transplantation
a. Reality sets in
b. Thinking About the Donor
c. Gallows Humor
d. Superstitions and Rumors
e. Competition
5) Questions |
Chapter 4: Recovery from Transplantation
1) Introduction
2) Postoperative Recovery
a. Family and Friends
3) Complications
a. Organ Rejection
b. Infection
4) Adaptation to Transplantation
a. Changes in Your Body
b. The New Organ
c. Surgical Scars
d. Anti-rejection Side Effects
5) Questions
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Chapter 5: Understanding Stress
1) Introduction
a. Stress
2) An Event or Change Occurs
3) You React to What has Happened
4) You Chose Your Response
a. Problem Solver
b. Look after Yourself
c. Adapt
d. Ask for Help
e. Do Nothing
5) Questions
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Chapter 6: Dealing with Stress
1) Introduction
2) Starting with What You Know
3) Self Talk
a. Working with Your Thoughts
4) Mantra
5) Writing
6) Talking with Others
7) Physiological Relaxation
a. Basic Principles
b. Progressive Muscular Relaxation
c. The Calming Breath
d. Guided Imagery
e. Meditation
f. Self-Hypnosis
8) Questions
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Chapter 7: Working with Others
1) Introduction
2) When Coping Styles Clash
a. Interest in Information
b. Talking with Others
3) Support People
a. Friends and Acquaintances
b. Those Who are ill are at Ease
4) Questions
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Chapter 8: Knowing When to Ask for Help
1) Introduction
2) Depression
3) Anxiety
4) Delirium
5) Mental Effects of Anti-rejection Drugs
a. Cyclosporine
b. Prednisone
6) Questions |
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Chapter 9: Transplantation and Personal Growth
1) Introduction
2) Personal Changes with Organ Transplant
3) How Personal Change Occurs
a. Personal Identity
b. The Strain of Personal Identity
c. Illness as a Challenge to Personal Identity
d. Spiritual Growth
4) Questions |
Appendix I: Relaxation Exercises
1) The Calming Breath
2) Progressive Muscular Relaxation
3) Guided Imagery
Appendix II: Recommended Reading
1) Introduction
2) Personal Accounts
3) Dealing with Doctors and the Health Care System
4) Living with Illness
5) Healing, Relieving, Tension and Stress
6) Death and Dying, Grief; Near Death Experiences
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