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LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Notebook

08/16/2008

The LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Notebook is designed to organize and guide your cancer experience. It is a portable spiral-bound notebook, so you can take it with you to health care appointments and other important meetings. It includes the following:
  • Survivorship Tools - this section will help keep you organized. It contains a personal health journal including an appointment diary and list for medications, practical life summary for health and financial information, and a medical history and treatment section.
  • Survivorship Stories - full of stories of cancer survivors talking about their experiences with cancer. This section hopes to inspire and empower people affected by cancer.
  • Survivorship Topics - this section is broken down into three categories:
    1. Physical Topics (e.g. Aftereffects of Treatment, Healthy Behaviors, and Physical Rehabilitation)
    2. Emotional Topics (e.g. Support Systems, Fear, Hope, and Uncertainty)
    3. Practical Topics (e.g. Communicating with your Health Care Team, Life Expectancy, and Planning for your Financial and Medical Future)
Each topic has readings and answers to questions that you might have, plus available resources for you to use for more information.
LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebooks are offered free of charge from the Lance Armstrong Foundation as an easy way for cancer survivors and their caregivers to access and keep important survivorship information organized.

To order a notebook, visit www.livestrong.org and click on “Get Organized” under the “Cancer Support” section, or call LIVESTRONG SurvivorCare (866.235.7205) to place your order.