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People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/ME experience extreme tiredness and a range of other symptoms, including pain, headaches, impaired concentration and memory, anxiety, sleep problems, and palpitations. The condition can affect all areas of a sufferer's life and, in turn, the lives of those who are close to them. This book provides the families and friends of people with CFS/ME with an accessible introduction to the condition, and explains what can be done to support those who have it. It offers useful advice on how to help a loved one cope with the illness, and suggests ways to help them with everyday issues such as personal hygeine, nutrition, finances, and relationships. Recognising that coping with the impact of CFS/ME can be just as difficult for the relatives and friends of those with the condition, it addresses the emotional, social, and practical aspects of having a loved one with CFS/ME, explains how to understand the changes in their relationship with the sufferer, how to manage stress, and where to go for further help and support. The book also includes detailed case studies and practical advice from a wide range of people with mild, moderate, and severe CFS/ME, and their loved ones. This book offers much-needed information and support to the friends, families, and carers of people with CFS/ME. It will also be a useful resource for health professionals who wish to deepen their understanding of CFS/ME, including home helps, care staff, counsellors, therapists, doctors, and nurses.
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Elizabeth Turp is an integrative counsellor working in NHS primary care and private practice on Merseyside in the UK. She has worked as a counsellor for 15 years with various client groups including victims of crime, the homeless, students and GP patients. In 2005 she became ill with CFS/ME and at her worst was unable to work, walk, read or drive. Faced with losing everything, she put her research and health care skills into finding out all she could about the illness and recovered some of her health. She is now writing to pass on what she learned to other people affected by CFS/ME. She loves music, dancing, food, film and being outdoors.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An absolute gem of a book. Perfect for anyone who knows someone with CFS/ME but doesn't know how to help or doesn't understand what they are going through. It offers sound and practical adice on what you can do to support the person with CFS/ME as well as give essential information on what they are going through. Written with warmth and personal experience, it makes a very complicated illness/condition understandable - useful for people with CFS/ME to pass to their friends and family who don't understand what is going on.
An essential book for anyone who knows someone with CFS/ME.
An essential book for anyone who knows someone with CFS/ME.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Excellent book. It covers all aspects of CFS/ME in an accessible, jargon-free way. Especially enlightening are the "case studies" where sufferers talk of their experiences in their own words. Recommended not only for people with the condition - whether mild or severe - and those close to them, but also for many in the medical profession who continue to be obstinately ill-informed about this illness.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Well done to Elizabeth Turp, for writing such an accurate and helpful book on just what ME?CFS is, as someone who has had ME for over 10years, reading this book has helper me understand even more about this illness. I found myself reading the book, and going 'yes i had that' or 'that is how i felt'. I think this is a must read book for anyone who wishes to understand one about CFS/ME.
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Genuinely Recommended!
A great book to explain the ins and outs of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to someone who's on the outside looking in. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sophie
A must read
I love this book from its cover to its contents. It is set out so clearly and the topics are covered comprehensively. Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. Braben
Excellent - must read book!!
This book is truly excellent, it fills the gap that had existed for so long for carers of people with ME. Read more
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