Recovery & Renewal

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When breast cancer treatment is over and you're unsure about what life will be like, we want to encourage you to act today as if there is a tomorrow—a lot of tomorrows! We hope the information you find here will help you get as much joy and satisfaction as possible out of every day for the rest of your life.

In the following pages of the Recovery and Renewal section, you can learn about:

• Nutrition
  
  How foods and dietary supplements affect your risk factors, recovery, and treatments.

• Pain
  
  Types of pain, what causes it, and what you can do about it.

• Understanding Your Immune System
  
  How your immune system works and how you can strengthen it.

• Fatigue
  
  What causes fatigue and what you can do about it.

• Reconstruction
  
  Different types of breast reconstruction and what to expect from each.

• Arm Lymphedema
  
  Who gets Lymphedema, how to avoid it, and how to treat it.

• Managing Menopausal Symptoms
  
  How to manage hot flashes, depression, memory problems, weight gain, vaginal dryness, and more.

• Bone Health
  
  Measuring bone density, dealing with osteoporosis, effects of breast cancer treatment on your bones, and what you can do to help keep them strong.

• Sex and Intimacy
  
  Changes in your intimate relationships during and after breast cancer, and how to deal with them.

• Hair, Skin, and Nails
  
  Learn tips and tricks for managing treatment side effects, including a helpful list of resources.

• Quality of Life
  
  How to deal with lingering side effects of treatment and make the most of your life during and after breast cancer.

• Fertility, Pregnancy, Adoption
  
  Information about how breast cancer treatment can affect your ability to have children, and what you can do to increase your chances.

• Staying Informed
  
  Keeping in touch with your doctors after treatment ends is important to your health.