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by Richard L. Bruno (Author) "One winter morning I happened to take a phone call in my office at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center from a thirty-six-year-old polio survivor from New Jersey..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Warner Books (28 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0446529079
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446529075
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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The leading expert in Post-Polio Syndrome exposes the link between the polio disease that was 'cured' 50 years ago and the debilitating health problems 80 percent of the polio survivors are experiencing today. Polio is a disease of paradoxes, the major one being that although the threat of the 'dreaded disease' ended with the Salk vaccine in 1954, many polio survivors are now experiencing the onset of Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), new, but related symptoms which may include chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, intolerance to cold, joint pain and more. In his ground breaking book, Dr Bruno has sounded an alarming wake-up call for both doctors and PPS sufferers, including a large number who were originally misdiagnosed with something other than polio and can now pursue the medical help they need.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Polio survivor? This will change your life, 8 Feb 2003
If you had polio in the fifties, get someone who loves you to buy you this book. Scary thought? Asking someone for something? Admitting you're disabled? Acknowledging that someone might love you? Yeah, me too. And that's why we need Dr. Bruno's book.

We polio people were well taught to deny, to apologise, to over-compensate, to rely on ourselves alone. And you know what, it's destroying us. Post polio syndrome (or sequelae as Bruno calls it) is here, it's nasty and it's not going away. And however hard to face up to, we need all the help we can get to cope with it.

And then along comes the Polio Paradox. It's dynamite. Full of personal stories, detailed research and straightforward practical advice, it's what we all should have had by the bedside for the last forty years. Prepare for a bumpy ride though. A lot of the news isn't good, especially if you've invested heavily in playing nearly able bodied for half a century. But then feeling this fatigued isn't too enjoyable either, and the Polio Paradox really can help with that.

As it's a US publication, it's no surprise to find that the information about British health services isn't entirely accurate or useful but hey, we over-achieving, over-educated polio survivors know how to get the extra information we need, don't we? It's just admitting we need it that's the problem.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The complete answer for survivors and physicians, 17 July 2003
By M. Hopkinson "mobilehg12aj" (North Yorkshire UK) - See all my reviews
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I learned more in the 5 days it took to read this book than in 50 years of visiting doctors and so called 'specialists'. This book should be read by all polio survivors in order to assist them understand what this virus has done to them and what to expect in the future. Many are told after a short time that they are "cured"; this is not so. Damage to the brain occurs in every known case which catches up with you usually 40 years after the initial infection. This book should also be compulsory reading for all in the medical profession but unfortunately the attitude is that polio is beaten and that they have more important things to deal with. With thousands of polio survivors now reliving the hell that destroyed their lives some 40 years ago, we have, with this book a chance to teach ourselves the best way to preserve what we have left and hopfully to educate our doctors and physicians how to deal with the new plague. I saw a quote on a polio website which sums up "The Polio Paradox" in a few words.

I SLAYED THE DRAGON IN MY YOUTH; AND NOW I HAVE TO FIGHT IT AGAIN.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading for Polio Suffers ME/CFS suffers alike, 30 Nov 2002
By Jon Hinchliffe (Essex, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I got this book as it was recommended by my specialist. I am an ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ) sufferer so I was baffled as to why it was getting such a push in ME groups.
Once I started reading it I knew. It described a lot of my symptoms and gives excellent explanations for what is going on.
ME sufferers probably need to read Chapter 17: Fatigue By Any Other Name first.
There is no miracle answer just listen to your body and take the strain off it. This book shows why and is the best book I have found on the various Polio/ME/Gulf War Syndrome symptoms.
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As soon as the book arrived I started to read and didn't stop. I was moved by it's content and learned so much about the desease and myself. Read more
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