Cancer Wellness Library

The Cancer Wellness Library contains the following titles, please contact the Cancer Wellness Coordinator if you are interested in borrowing

Advice for Future Corpses (and those who love them): A practical perspective on death and dying, Tisdale, Sallie
After Cancer: A Guide to Living Well, Srivastava, Ranjana
The Answer: How to discover what you want from life then make it happen, Pease, Allan and Barbara
Beautiful Birds and Treetop Treasures, Millie Marotta
Because Someone I Love Has Cancer, American Cancer Society
A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for living life and Facing Death, Miller, Bruce and Berger, Shoshana
The Best Death, Winch, Sarah
Bloom: A Tale of Courage, Surrender, and Breaking Through Upper limits, Ware, Bronnie
The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook: Issues and Answers from Research to Recovery, Steligo, Kathy
Breast Support, Gwendoline Smith
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying, Riggs, Nina
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavour Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery, Katz, Rebecca and Edelson, Mat
The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer, Greenhalgh, Trisha and O'Riordan, Liz
Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humour, And Love for Women with Breast Cancer, Mulligan, Gina L
The Dental Diet, Dr Stevn Lin
Dying for a Chat: The Communication Breakdown Between Doctors and Patients, Srivastava, Ranjana
From Breast Cancer to Love, Julie Godley
Full Catastrophe Living: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation, Kabat-Zinn, Jon
A Good Life to the End: Taking control of our inevitable journey through ageing and death, Hillman, Ken
How to Be A Friend To A Friend Who's Sick, Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Jake Bailey: What Cancer Taught Me, Jake Bailey and Nicola McEvoy
Jim Stynes: My Journey, Warwick Green
Kitchen Table Wisdom, Rachel Naomi Remen
Knocking on Heaven's Door, Katy Butler
Letting Go, Dr Charlie Corke
Life Force: An unforgettable story of family, friendship food and cancer, Du Boris, Barry, Maestre, Miguel, Keller, Amanda
The Little Book of Wisdom: change your outlook one day at a time, Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho Bunson, Matthew
Live Fearlessly, Emilia Dauway
Lobster for josing: Fabulous Food for our final days, Morgan-Jones, Peter, MacLeod, Rod, Ellis, Prudence, Lynch, Jessica, Beer, Maggie
My parent has cancer and it really sucks: real life advice from real life teens, Silver, Marc and Maya
No Mud, No Lotus: the art of transforming suffering, Nhal Hanh
Positive Oncology, Sue Mackey
Quest for Life, King, Petrea
Radical Hope: 10 key healing factors from exceptional survivors of cancer and other diseases, Kelly A. Turner
Radical Remission: surviving cancer against all odds, Kelly A. Turner
The Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook: nutritious recipes during and after cancer treatment, to share with friends and family, Shaw, Clare
Sexy After Breast Cancer, Jocelyn Binder
So it's cancer: now what, Srivastava, Ranjana
Stronger than Before: take charge of yoru healing to survive and thrive with breast cancer, Porter, Allison
Tell me the truth: conversations with my patients about life and death, Srivastava, Ranjana
Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson, Albam, Mitch
The Undying: a meditation on modern illness, Boyer, Anne
Vegetarianism Explained: Making an informed decision, Campbell-McBride, Natasha
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
Yoga for Cancer, Prinster, Tari
Your Year for Change: 52 reflections for regret-free living, Ware, Bronnie

Cancer and COVID-19

Information and support regarding cancer and COVID-19 (Cancer Council)

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental health contacts

Bendigo Health Resources:

Guided Relaxation - the beach

Guided Relaxation - mindful breathing

Guided Relaxation - heart breath

Guided Relaxation - progressive muscle relaxation

Other:

Getting good sleep during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Sleep Health Foundation)

How mindfulness can help during coronavirus (COVID-19) (Smiling Mind)

Meditation resources (Insight Timer)

Psychological tips for coping with coronavirus (COVID-19) (Head to Health, Australian Department of Health)

Managing mental health at home during coronavirus (COVID-19) (Black dog)

Physical Activity and Movement

Exercise benefits most people during and after cancer treatment. However you should always talk with your doctor before starting any new or different types of exercise to make sure that this is safe for you and your condition. If you would like more individualised information and advice about appropriate, safe and effective exercise specifically for you, please ask your doctor for a referral to a Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist in the Cancer Centre at Bendigo Health.

Bendigo Health videos:

Tai Chi

Medium-High Intensity

Low-Medium Intensity (Chair Based)

Yoga

Other:

At home workouts (Active April)

Tips for staying active during self-isolation (Heart Foundation)

LiveLighter's exercise series (LiveLighter)

How exercise can help during coronavirus (COVID-19) (VicHealth)