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All of us would probably agree that 2009 was a very bad year for the bodies, minds, and souls of most Americans. Luckily, publishers issued excellent advice about coping with cancer.

Sometimes, when you get a break from caregiving, it’s impossible to decide what to do. You’ve been so much in the front line/bunker mode that you can’t figure out what to do – for you. Don’t let this indecision bother you.

As hopeful as the statistics are, there will be our loved ones who won’t win their battle. They will die. And it will hurt. But the one good thing, if there is such a thing, with breast cancer is that it gives her, and you, time to work through everything between you before she leaves.

Parents who complain of feeling burned out at work are more likely to have kids who are burned out at school.

Is there a better way to be bereaved?

This is a very interesting, and timely article that was written by a doctor about the need for the medical community to be more aware of, and concerned about, the caregivers of their patients.

All of us would probably agree that 2009 was a very bad year for the bodies, minds, and souls of most Americans. Luckily, publishers issued excellent advice about coping with cancer.

Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal’s “The Informed Patient” columnist, has selected STAND BY HER as one of 2009’s best health books, and a recommended read for the New Year.

Here’s an article that iVillage asked John Anderson to write for Breast Cancer Awareness month about the women in his life who all went through breast cancer.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure website excerpts STAND BY HER.

“Guys: How to Help Your Loved One Beat Breast Cancer” by John W. Anderson Huffington Post

John W. Anderson was interviewed by a Canadian online magazine called “Ever Better” for the 50+ audience.

Stand by Her was excerpted in the Sunday edition of the New York Daily News. Here’s a link to the coverage: New York Daily News