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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.0019 EAN: 9780393034080 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0393034089 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 284 Publication Date: 1992-11 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: A guide to coping with chronic illness teaches readers how to become aware of the attitude they have toward their illnesses and shows how they can communicate with themselves, their doctors, and their loved ones in ways that meet their needs. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent resource!As someone who suffers with more than one ICI, I found this book to be both a comfort and a help. While some of the medical descriptions are slightly out of date, the confirmation and understanding of the emotions that are an integral part of the ICI experience are right on target. While the chapters about treatment and therapy are not as detailed as I would have liked, they did offer a good starting place for me to talk with my doctor about practical steps I could take to improve my quality of ... Read More Rating: - Sound AdviceThis book is an excellent combination of concrete examples and reflective thought about what it means to be constantly ill. Filled with specific stories of individuals and their struggles, it also has a section on more constructive steps one can take to interact more fruitfully with ones friends, family and society in general. It does a good job of helping one to be feel understood without allowing self pity to be the dominant emotion. Rating: - Start their New Year with this bookA friend recommended this book to me when I got sick, and I'm so grateful he did. I've been sick for two years, but I know I'm not alone or crazy. Now one of my family members has finally agreed to read this book. I plan to start her New Year with it. Rating: - Comforted and Informed Instead of Sick and TiredDr. Donaghue and Dr. Siegel have given us a gem of a book! By drawing on their own personal experiences as well as the experiences of their patients, they have presented a through and comforting introduction to living with chronic illness. After months of living with my own invisible illness, I finally read this book and by chapter 2 I could not put it down. I have dog-eared and highlighted, circled and starred. I have made sure my parents and friends have read sections. It is like glimpsing ... Read More Rating: - First class in a mostly invisible and sometimes "Lost" classThis is one of a handful of books that give insight and help to a problem that is killing people, if not eating them up alive. The handbooks that are available for this topic are few, but those that are there are brilliant. The exposition and the methods made available by this book is truly a life saver. In many respects though, we still have a long way to go. Progress will not be made unless the surgeons who treat the sufferers of this disorder/disease are made to understand what is happening. ... Read More |
