| View Larger Image | Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine, Faith, Love and Sex Can Renew Your Life | Paperbackby Rabbi Edgar J. Weinsberg (Author), Dr. Robert I. Carey (Contributor)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Health Success Media, LLC | | Edition: | 1stst Edition | | Page Count: | 352 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 16, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 321,417st |
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Product Description
This inspiring physical, emotional, and spiritual guide empowers patients and survivors, including Boomers and Seniors, to face diagnosis with dignity, explore their options realistically, and tackle recovery with optimism and determination. "Rabbi Weinsberg draws on his own medical ordeal to bring guidance and comfort to others." -- Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People "Successfully wrestles with the concerns of those confronted by prostate cancer." -- Robert Butler, M.D., Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why Survive? Being Old in America and CEO of the International Longevity Center The first book to emphasize robotic surgery for prostate cancer from an informed layman's perspective, CONQUER PROSTATE CANCER discusses the latest research and advances in treatment, and profiles twenty patients who chose various treatment options. As the author and his wife share the most intimate details of their prostate cancer journey, readers learn how to: -- Become an active member of their medical team -- Reduce pain and stress and renew vitality -- Overcome impotence and incontinence -- Enhance intimate relationships -- Draw strength from faith, family, and friends Prominent robotic surgeon Dr. Robert Carey discusses medical and patient-care concerns and the author's wife provides a running commentary, sharing her thoughts about how she and her family coped with the disease and its effects. With its low-key humor, hopeful tone, and well-researched facts, this book is a powerful tool for surviving prostate cancer, and a valuable resource for prostate cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones. The author, Rabbi Ed Weinsberg, is a prostate cancer survivor and rabbi with a doctorate in gerontology from Columbia University. Contributing author Dr. Robert Carey is a prominent urologist and robotic surgeon with a Ph.D. from MIT. Dr. David Kauder, the book's medical advisor, has been a urologist for the past 30 years and is a past president of the Massachusetts Association of Practicing Urologists. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 9 reviews)
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Not Just for PC by Diana Daffner  5 Stars
November 05, 2009
Rabbi Weinsberg has provided such useful information in this book, that I recommend it even if the health challenge being faced is something other than prostate cancer. The natural health suggestions he makes, the relaxation techniques he describes, are useful for everyone, especially someone about to undergo surgery. Most of all, as a sex educator and couples' coach, I applaud and appreciate his open discussion of the sexual experiences and struggles that accompanied his journey to wellness. He and his wife, in their admirable desire to help others, courageously reveal what normally stays hidden behind closed doors. In so doing, they encourage readers to more comfortably relate to their own sexual situation and to explore ways to improve it.
Diana Daffner, CS, M.A.
Author, Tantric Sex for Busy Couples: How to Deepen Your Passion in Just Ten Minutes a Day
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Excellent information source by Paul Schellhammer (va. beach, va) 5 Stars
November 05, 2009
A well-written, well researched, and well-balanced account describing a patient's encounter with the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The dilemma of multiple treatment choices and variable quality of life outcomes are described so as to aid fellow patients in their decision process. I have read the other reviews and the praise is unanimous.
Paul Schellhammer MD
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Lucid and Credible by Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Wilson 5 Stars
July 27, 2009
This book is very clear and lucid to read. It is just the type of book you want to share with others because it is written with candor, humor, a holistic approach to healing rendered most credible through personal experience with the subject and useful input from medical experts and current researchers in the field.
Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Wilson
Professor of Biblical Studies
Gordon College, Wenham, MA
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Prostate cancer affects thousands of men every year, but it isn't a death sentence by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) 5 Stars
March 09, 2009
Prostate cancer affects thousands of men every year, but it isn't a death sentence. "Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine Faith, Love, and Sex Can Renew Your Life" is a guide for living with prostate cancer and fighting it as well. With much advice on doing what one can on the medical front, as well as making everyday life more liveable, Rabbi Ed Weinsberg shows much wisdom and sly wit in encouraging his readers to embrace life in their battle. "Conquer Prostate Cancer" is a fine present for anyone faced with the diagnosis.
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A Must Read for Prostate Cancer Patients by Joe M. (Greensboro, NC) 5 Stars
February 28, 2009
This book is a must read for any guy diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. I received it as a gift and ended up e-mailing Rabbi Ed to thank him for writing it. I received the book after having made my treatment decision to undergo laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy. I still had serious doubts and worries about the surgery and more so about its aftermath. The book is most informative and really put me at ease with my decision.
Early stage prostate cancer is unique in that the patient generally must decide upon the method of treatment. This was a decision I struggled with for weeks. If I had read the book at that time I believe the selection process would have been much less difficult. If you have been recently diagnosed I wish you well and implore you to read this book. I plan to tell my urologist to recommend it to future patients
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