- Paperback: 221 pages
- Publisher: Longstreet Press; illustrated edition edition (1 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1563523825
- ISBN-13: 978-1563523823
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although it is not life-threatening, fibromyalgia is a very real condition that can seriously impact your quality of life. Just knowing that you have fibromyalgia, what it is and what to do about it allows you to discontinue expensive testing and develop a more positive attitude about your condition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was a long awaited publication by the Arthritis Foundation. I could not wait until it was available. However, upon reading the book, I found it to be filled with propaganda, that has a pull yourself together and pretend your not in pain atittutude. While it has been admitted that Fibromyalgia can be as disabling as Rheumatoid Arthritis, a chapter on disability issues is not included in the book. People with Fibromyalgia are suffering with a Chronic Invisible Illness which usually takes years before proper diagnosis and treatment can be started. For some afflicted with this condition daily life becomes full of pain. Excercise and self care are important, but for many of us disability is still a reality. More money needs to be spent for research on this condition. I hope that a future revised edition will take a realistic look at those of us that suffer with Fibromyalgia. No amount of smiling throught the pain or denying what your body is feeling is going to lead to a better life. It will leave us detatched from our feelings and out of touch with our bodies. Without listening to your body, taking good care of your self, conserving your energy and excercising wisely, you cannot find peace with this often life long condition.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book sends some very bad messages. It does not explain how the course of fibromyalgia can be mild, moderate, or severe. Some people with severe FMS have incapacitating pain. This book implies, that, if you have incapacitating pain, you are 'just giving into it', and 'you need to find better ways of dealing with your pain than laying in bed'. Unfortunately, people who do not have FMS read books like these, and get the wrong messages about people with severe FMS. I would not recommend this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book had some very wrong messages in it, the authors are uneducated. (FMS can be mild, moderate, or severe, everyone is not at the same level) Some people have incapacating pain, and this book implied that if you do, "you're just giving into it", or, "you need to find other ways of dealing with your pain besides laying in bed" Unfortunately, people who don't have FMS pick these books up and read them, thus giving a bad message about the ones who have severe fibromyalgia
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Authors need to be more educated about disabling effects
This book had some very wrong messages in it, the authors are uneducated. (FMS can be mild, moderate, or severe, everyone is not at the same level) Some people have incapacating... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1999
Excellent resource for Fibromyalgia patients.
This is a good book to add to your library on the subject of Fibromyalgia. While I don't entirely agree with all the content and all the view points in this publication, it has a... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 1999
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