What's in store in the next few weeks

Prayer, Laughter & Broccoli
Being There When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer

Contents

Our Odyssey

Tell Her You Love Her

Be Faithful.  Be Monogamous.

Say “Yes” to Help

Humor Heals

Cry

Follow Her Lead

Being There

I Love You, Not Your Breasts

Go to Her Appointments

Let Her Know You’re There for the Long Haul

Help With Your Child or Children

Eat Your Broccoli

Cook A Meal

Remember Pregnancy Cravings?  They’re Back

Be Available by Phone

She Is Not An Invalid

Take Over on Chemotherapy Nights

You Can Make A Goof.  Do Not Buy Her A Scarf or Head Covering

Learn From Prostitutes

Another Lesson From Prostitutes

Pray

She Is Your Trophy Wife

Use Complementary or Alternative Medicine

Use the Serenity Prayer

Lemonade From Lemons

Anger

One Day At A Time

Avoid Doom and Gloom

Have Fun

She Is Not Damaged Goods

Chivalry Is Not Dead

Read Proverbs

Psalms for Health and Healing

Be Trustworthy

Be A Good Listener

Take Her to Treatments

Bring Her Home if She Wants to Be Home

What You Say

Believe In Miracles

Bride for Life

Pay It Forward

Be Passionate About Life

Enjoy the Mundane

Chemotherapy

Radiation Therapy

Hormone Therapy

You Are Both A Miracle

Synchronicity

Thoughtful Gifts

Speak Up for Her and for You

Good Patient, Bad Patient

Mastectomy, Lumpectomy and Reconstruction

Sex After Breast Cancer

Alive

Support Groups
BRCA Testing
Epilogue

Reflections by Alison Flierl

Growth

Scared

A Daughter’s Letter Home
Notes from November 8-9, 1982