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This page will contain information that I have gathered from 20
years of nursing and 6 years of disability with fibromyalgia.
The main things I will share here are links
to web and non-web resources, and book recommendations.
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| These links will take you to Amazon, where you can read more reviews, write your own review, or buy the book if you want. If you don't see what you want, click on the Amazon logo at the bottom of the page for other books, audio tapes, or CD's. I've read all of the books listed below and can recommend them as a nurse and as a patient. Please bookmark this page, so if you decide to buy in the future you can come back here and use my links. It doesn't cost you anything extra, and it generates a referral fee for my little online bookstore. |
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Betrayal by the Brain The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, and Related Neural Network Disorders by Jay A. Goldstein Price: $23.96 Paperback - 313 pages(August 1996), Haworth Pr; ISBN: 1560249811 Dimensions (in inches): 0.80 x 8.43 x 5.99 My comments: If you wish your doctor knew how to read your mind, offer him this book. Goldstein’s nuclear physics level analysis of brain chemistry is most instructive. You may not be able to understand much of the scientific language, but the colored pictures alone speak the thousand words you want to doctor to hear. |
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The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, and Living With CFIDS by David Bell Price: $12.00 Paperback, ISBN: 0201407973 My comments: Excellent book for patients, their loved ones, and their doctors as well. David Bell thoroughly explores the latest theories on the cause and treatment for the 10 million U.S. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia sufferers. His broadminded perspective enables the readers to draw useful conclusions and to more successfully redirect their own health care management. Smooth reading for the beginner, intermediate, or advanced audience. |
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Prescription for Nutritional Healing The A to Z Guide to Supplements A Handy Resource to Today's Most Effective Nutritional Supplements by James Balch MD., Phyllis Balch Price: $6.25 Paperback - 192 pages (January 1998), Avery Pub Group; ISBN: 0895298163 Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 6.99 x 4.15 My comments: This is the Reader’s Disgest version of nutrients that the US population needs to know. Applying the standard Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why method to delivering data, it teaches you all the things your mother didn’t. The explanation of the amino acid arginine alone is worth the price of the book. Balch and Balch are an unbeatable team who’ve authored several Must Read books. See also Prescription for Natural Healing. |
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Eat Right for Your Type The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight by Dr. Peter D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney Price: $19.96 Hardcover- 392 pages (January 1997), Putnam Pub Group; ISBN: 039914255X Dimensions (in inches): 1.30 x 9.29 x 6.32 My comments: Basic blood type. Who could know it held so many secrets? D’Adamo is to diet as Freud is to psychiatry. His retrospective exploration into the evolution of human digestion is a major breakthrough in the long-lived addage "You are what you eat." Now you can learn why. |
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Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible by Earl R. Mindell, Earl L. Mindell Price: $6.99 Mass Market Paperback Revised & expanded edition (November 1991) Warner Books; ISBN: 0446361844 Dimensions (in inches): 1.02 x 6.76 x 4.15 My comments: Mindell’s bible is an alphabet soup for the vitamin-challenged. Opening with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "The first wealth is health" and closing with a glossary and pages of recommended reading, the inside is packed with predigested information on how to shop for your basic dietary needs. A primary reference manual for anyone who eats. |
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Toxic Metal Syndrome by Richard H., Dr Casdorph, H. Richard Casdorph, Morton Walker (Contributor) Price: $11.96 Paperback - 413 pages (January 1995), Avery Pub Group; ISBN: 0895296497 Dimensions (in inches):1.06 x 9.00 x 5.99 My comments: If you’ve ever cooked in aluminum, had teeth filled, or eaten fish you’ll be interested in what it can do inside your skull. If anyone close to you has Alzheimer’s or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, this book will help you understand why. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Yeast Connection A Get-Well Guide for People With This Often Misunderstood Illness--And Those Who Care for Them by William G. Crook, Cynthia Crook (Illustrator), William C. Crook Price: $16.95 Paperback- 386 pages (August 1992), Professional Books; ISBN: 0933478208 Dimensions (in inches): 0.99 x 9.21 x 7.38 My comments: This is the most basic instruction I can offer anyone with Chronic Fatigue, whether formally diagnosed or not. It’s so simple your kids could understand it, pictures included. If you’re a menstruating woman [or ever were], this is a major reference manual. The cascade diagrams on pages 17 and 33 should be made into posters for doctors’ offices. Tell me if you agree. |
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Optimal Wellness by Ralph Golan, MD. Price: $16.00 Paperback (September 1995), Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0345358740 Dimensions (in inches): 1.53 x 10.87 x 8.48 My comments: If your doctor hasn’t read this one, fire him. This text puts you in the driver’s seat of your own health care vehicle. Replete with scores of reference tables and layman’s language, it tells you more than your health teacher knew. Accurately described as a bible for 21st-century medicine, I bought one for my teenager. |
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Healthwise Handbook A Self-Care Manual for You by Donald W. Kemper Price: $9.95 Paperback 13th edition (January 1997), Healthwise; ISBN: 1877930296 My comments: The strength of this book lies in its first chapter. With five-word sentences and oodles of checklists, it tells you how simple it is to get results in the complicated world of sickness. The main text is a quick reference on what you can handle at home and when to call a doctor. |
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