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Recovery from CFS - 50 Personal Stories is a simple collection of recovery stories from people who have recovered from CFS/ME. Men, women and children from six different countries who were all diagnosed with CFS/ME and who were ill for between 2 and 25 years, have written their own individual and very different accounts of their return to good health and a normal life. At the end of each account they have offered advice, suggested helpful books and websites, and many have even given contact details for readers needing support.
The foreword is written by Dr Jacob Teitelbaum, Medical Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, Inc. USA. Dr Teitelbaum had CFS himself as a medical student and is one of the world's foremost experts in CFS. Two of the stories are written by doctors, including that of Dr Clare Fleming who edited two reports from the UK National Task Force and who contributed to the Action for ME rehabilitation courses. There is also the miraculous story of canoeist Anna Hemmings who returned to win the world championship Gold medal nine months after recovering from CFS.
20% of the book proceeds go to CFS/ME research.
About the Author
Alexandra Barton is a life coach, counsellor and nutritional therapist living in the UK. She specialises in helping people with CFS/ME to regain their health. (www.alexbarton.co.uk) Alexandra was ill for many years with CFS/ME but recovered to lead a normal life. When she was ill Alexandra was depressed by the lack of recovery stories available to give her hope for her own recovery. When she recovered Alexandra felt that people with CFS/ME needed to know that recovery is possible and so she advertised in newspapers and magazines to find people who had recovered and who would be willing to write their story. Fifty people kindly agreed to write their stories of hope. The result is the book "Recovery from CFS - 50 Personal Stories".
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am an ex-CFS sufferer, and have read many books on the subject since I first became ill several years ago. This book is by far the best, for two reasons. The first is that, by giving examples of 50 people who have recovered from the illness (in some cases after decades of suffering) it provides an incredible amount of much-needed hope and positive inspiration to people with CFS. The other reason is that, by showing the wide range of different ways that the people involved eventually found recovery, it gives a very good idea of the range of possible treatments which can be successful in finding a cure to this often misunderstood condition. Very often CFS sufferers who become cured by a particular approach become evangelical about that approach as the solution to all CFS sufferers. This book shows that the way to get better from CFS is different for different people, and there is no one solution that will be successful for everyone. For example, one sufferer achieved complete recovery through following a low-carbohydrate diet. Others found the answer lay in therapies such as Mickel Therapy, Reverse Therapy, the Lightning Process, or following the treatment protocols of doctors such as David Smith, Sarah Myhill or Jacob Teitelbaum. Many found the solution lay in using meditation, yoga or other relaxation techniques, or in making radical changes in their lifestyles. Very often the answer turned out to be a combination of a number of these approaches.
There is, however, one basic message from this book for all CFS sufferers: Never, ever give up - if you look hard enough you will eventually find the cure for your illness.
There is, however, one basic message from this book for all CFS sufferers: Never, ever give up - if you look hard enough you will eventually find the cure for your illness.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this is an excellent book for anyone struggling with M.E/CFS.It gives hope when you feel you have none and really uplifts you when you feel hopeless. I couldnt wait to get to bed to read one more story and often would go to sleep smiling as peoples stories would make you realise recovery is possible and makes you have a real look at all that is troubling you in your life. I thoroughly recommend this book!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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A total life-saver of a book!! Everyones story is different and with a different story of success treatment. The most import word here being, success!!! My advice is to read the book through, digest the information, read it again and mark out the pages and life stories that are most like yours - then you will see the best treatment for revovery staring you in the face. I really cannot thank this author enough for changing my life around!!
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44 cases of misdiagnosis - ouch
This book is supposed to be a cheer-me-up for someone who has been diagnosed with CFS, and fill you with joy at the knowledge that you CAN recover. Read more
Published 5 months ago by L. Hendry
The CFS/ME Bible
This book is amazing, easily the best book I have read of many CFS/ME books!
I was so feed-up of reading stories of people never getting over CFS/ME that when i found this... Read more
I was so feed-up of reading stories of people never getting over CFS/ME that when i found this... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Faith
Life changing!
This book changed my life. Alex Barton has no idea how much her book will encourage the desperate, hopeless and suffering. ME and CFS are evil diseases that there are no cures for. Read more
Published 12 months ago by mandy gill
Inspiring
Don't expect 'THE' answer from this book but DO expect inspiring true-life stories that show you CAN GET BETTER! Read more
Published 18 months ago by sarena
What about a Recovery from M.E. Book?
If you have neurological ME don't buy this book. I read it looking for stories to inspire me and found only psycho-babble. I have had moderate M.E. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MICE
terrific
This is just a terrific book. These fifty people haven't 'coped' with chronic fatigue, they have recovered - sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, but in each case, fully. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Alan Cutts
Clear-headed empiricism in this age of hype
When I saw this book, my first thought was "what an excellent idea: instead of opining on CFS, why not collect data from a wide variety of sufferers and actually see what... Read more
Published 22 months ago by R. Mijic
A positive boost
The idea of a whole book full of recovery stories was exactly what I needed to find so I bought it straight away. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2010 by L. Hutchinson
recovery cfs
After three years with this terrible condition and a recent bad set back I thought I had read many books on this subject but none compared to this. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by I. R. Fenner
positive steps
This was a heartening read that focuses on what has worked in helping ME/CFS sufferers to recover. It helps the reader to concentrate on the positive and gives hope and... Read more
Published on 26 July 2009 by S. J. Green
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