In Uplift bestselling popular novelist & cancer survivor Barbara Delinsky creates exactly the resource she wished had existed at the time of her treatment. Delinsky has collected a compendium of survival secrets that have nothing to do with doctors, machines or drugs & everything to do with women helping women. In this uplifting book women recount the strategies that helped them through all aspects of cancer, including: diagnosis, treatment, support groups & how to best conduct relationships with family, friends & in the workplace; the practical & emotional side of losing a breast; advice on what to expect from radiotherapy; how to handle chemotherapy & hair loss; how to make the workplace more user-friendly; advice on your relationship with your partner & your sex life; top exercise tips; how to take charge of your life & remain positive.