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This is a book that is easy to read with clear diagrams, and I recommend it as an excellent reference for clinicians and patients alike. (IACFS/ME Newsletter )
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Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia is designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life. And while the good news is that people who suffer from CFS/FM aren't dying, the bad news is that it's going to take a lot of time and effort to get better since there is no one specific treatment that works for everyone.
Some of the issues covered are:
*Understanding the symptoms and how diagnoses are made
*Causes of CFS/FM and common psychological consequences, including anxiety and depression
*The role of stress and how to manage it
*The connection between the mind and the body in coping with CFS/FM
*The potential of medications, nutrition, and lifestyle changes
*The role of complementarymedications and dietary supplements in pain management
*The value and limitations of alternative and complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, and aromatherapy
*Legal issues about how to deal with medical and legal problems that may arise if insurance benefits have been stopped
Some of the issues covered are:
*Understanding the symptoms and how diagnoses are made
*Causes of CFS/FM and common psychological consequences, including anxiety and depression
*The role of stress and how to manage it
*The connection between the mind and the body in coping with CFS/FM
*The potential of medications, nutrition, and lifestyle changes
*The role of complementarymedications and dietary supplements in pain management
*The value and limitations of alternative and complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, and aromatherapy
*Legal issues about how to deal with medical and legal problems that may arise if insurance benefits have been stopped
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia,
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This review is from: Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia (Paperback)
Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and FibromyalgiaA MUST READ! In a personal, informal manner, the authors explain these complex illnesses in layman's language. They offer patients - HOPE through knowledge and understanding: * Learn about the exciting advances in research. * Understand how the mechanisms of multi-system abnormalities cause the array of seemingly unrelated symptoms and how diagnoses are made. * Learn about the potential benefits and limitations of various mainstream medical and complementary treatments. HELP through awareness and guidance: * Become aware of what you can do to help yourself. * Learn how to improve your quality of life through various life-style changes and Self-Help-Strategies such as pacing and energy conservation, sleep hygiene, pain management and nutritional/dietary support. * Learn mind-body techniques to lessen stress. * Become aware of how to deal with disability and associated legal issues. Authors are experts in their field: Dr. Alison Bested, a hematological pathologist, is a clinician and medical lecturer specializing in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities. She was a member of the Expert Medical Consensus Panel, selected by Health Canada, which developed the Canadian Consensus Document for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She played a key role in the implementation of a billing code and time-based billing for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia by the Ontario Medical Association. Dr. Alan Logan is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has published numerous papers and is the Nutrition Editor of the International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine. Mr. Russell Howe is a well-known attorney who specializes in medical disability cases. This book is the patients' complementary counterpart to the Canadian Consensus Guidelines for physicians. Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia is a valuable and uplifting patients' resource, which we are pleased to advertise on our website! Marjorie van de Sande, B Ed, Grad Dip Ed Consensus Coordinator for Canadian Consensus Documents for ME/CFS and FMS National ME/FM Action Network, Advisor & Webmaster
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helping to Understand,
By Heidi "always reading" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia (Paperback)
This book helped me to understand how Fibromyalgia affects one of my family members. There was little over-your-head talk, though you can delve as deeply as you wish into the medical explanations. The chapter lay-outs are easy to use as reference and the information pertinent.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hope and Help,... is the right name for the book!,
By Sue Rapattoni "trying to stay on the learning... (Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, 2e (Paperback)
I have read a lot of literature on CFS/ME and, for the most part, tried to get through some that was just too technical. This book is made for the average Joe who wants specifics in plain English. I haven't read through the whole book yet, but I did the "peak inside" before buying and there were quite a few pages previewed from different sections. They were all to my liking and I knew it was something I had to read, especially since it covers some much needed topics that other books on the subject don't take into consideration. As luck would have it, I've been waiting 2 1/2 years to see a specialist to diagnose my CFS and recently I was able to get an appointment with the author, Dr. Alison Bested. She has devoted her practice to CFS and Fibromyalgia and is driven to help the CFS/Fibro community in many different ways. She is one of Ontario's best, if not one of Canada's best CFS/Fibro specialists. Dr. Bested is a very caring, down-to-earth individual who actually takes the time to listen to her patients' concerns and, because of this, she can really relate to and fully understand all aspects of these debilitating illnesses, which definitely can be seen in her writings. In other words, she really know her stuff and can easily relay her insight and findings to her readers. KUDOS!
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