Multiple Sclerosis for Dummies: 2nd Edition by Rosalind Kalb (PDF)

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Your trusted, compassionate guide to living with MSBeing diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) doesn’t mean your life is over. Everyone’s MS is different and no one can predict exactly what yours will be like. The fact is, lots of people live their lives with MS without making a full-time job of it.Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies gives you accessible, easy-to-understand information about what happens with MS—what kinds of symptoms it can cause, how it can affect your life at home and at work, what you can do to feel and function better, and how you can protect yourself and your family against the long-term unpredictability of the disease. You’ll learn how to make treatment and lifestyle choices that work for you, what qualities to look for in a neurologist and the rest of your healthcare team, how to manage fatigue, the pros and cons of alternative medicine, why and how to talk to your kids about MS, stress management strategies, your rights under the Americans with Disabilities act, and so much more.Covers major medical breakthroughs that slow the progression of the disease and improve quality of life for those living with MSHelps those affected by MS and their family members understand the disease and the latest treatment optionsHelpful and trusted advice on coping with physical, mental, emotional, and financial aspects of MSComplete with listings of valuable resources such as other books, websites, and community agencies and organizations that you can tap for information or assistance, Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies gives you everything you need to make educated choices and comfortable decisions about living with MS.

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Learn to:Make treatment and lifestyle choices that work for youManage fatigue, walking problems, and visual changesTalk to your kids about MSTake charge of your MS and live a full, active lifeNeed to know more about MS? This friendly, authoritative guide gives you expert advice on making personal treatment choices, managing symptoms, staying healthy, and maximizing your health insurance options — as well as knowing how to deal with relapses and complications so you can keep your life on track. You have MS: now what? — understand your diagnosis, get a handle on your feelings, and get to know the treatment options and healthcare professionals that can helpGet a game plan — develop immediate and long-term strategies for slowing disease activity, dealing with relapses, and managing symptomsHere’s to your health — find out how to take care of yourself with a balanced diet, the right kind of exercise, restful sleep, and stress management techniquesMake it personal — discover how to manage lifestyle issues with MS, from keeping the family rhythm going after diagnosis to building and maintaining healthy relationshipsPlan for the future — get helpful, sensitive advice on facing scary “what-ifs” and making effective plans for an unpredictable futureOpen the book and find:The latest on medications and treatment optionsTips on managing mood changes, memory problems, bladder challenges, and morePossible MS triggersWays to keep daily life on trackConsiderations for complementary and alternative medicineStress management strategies that work for you.How to explain MS to othersPlanning a family around your MS From the Back Cover Learn to:Make treatment and lifestyle choices that work for youManage fatigue, walking problems, and visual changesTalk to your kids about MSTake charge of your MS and live a full, active lifeNeed to know more about MS? This friendly, authoritative guide gives you expert advice on making personal treatment choices, managing symptoms, staying healthy, and maximizing your health insurance options — as well as knowing how to deal with relapses and complications so you can keep your life on track. You have MS: now what? — understand your diagnosis, get a handle on your feelings, and get to know the treatment options and healthcare professionals that can helpGet a game plan — develop immediate and long-term strategies for slowing disease activity, dealing with relapses, and managing symptomsHere’s to your health — find out how to take care of yourself with a balanced diet, the right kind of exercise, restful sleep, and stress management techniquesMake it personal — discover how to manage lifestyle issues with MS, from keeping the family rhythm going after diagnosis to building and maintaining healthy relationshipsPlan for the future — get helpful, sensitive advice on facing scary “what-ifs” and making effective plans for an unpredictable futureOpen the book and find:The latest on medications and treatment optionsTips on managing mood changes, memory problems, bladder challenges, and morePossible MS triggersWays to keep daily life on trackConsiderations for complementary and alternative medicineStress management strategies that work for you.How to explain MS to othersPlanning a family around your MS About the Author Rosalind Kalb, Ph.D., Barbara Giesser, MD, and Kathleen Costello, ANP-BC, have over 80 years’ combined professional experience in working with people living with multiple sclerosis. For each of them, MS was, is, and will be their chosen career. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Very outdated, I did not enjoy this book. For more updated info, I was better off going online to read. I was hoping to read about my medication, but since it’s so new, it wasn’t discussed in the book.

⭐Have had MS for 21 years. Still reading book. Lots of ideas. MS has so many variations. Always looking for other methods to do once simple tasks.

⭐Recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, my daughter was given a copy of Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies at the clinic. I purchased the book to learn more about the disease she is enduring and, the issues and, problems she is encountering in her every day life. As she lives in Alaska and, I live in Missouri this book has become a connection between us. I am extremely grateful to have the enormous wealth of information contained within and, I believe it will assist her in holding fast the confidence and, pride in herself she always maintained. The book is well written by professionals with advisement from experts in multiple related fields. It is all inclusive of the many facets of this unique accumulation of difficulties related to the disease, addressing each issue as a possibility and, sometimes a probability of what the holder is dealing with in each particular situation or case. Both factual and, well connected throughout by reference to other related information within, the book is the helping hand all multiple sclerosis patients would benefit from. This is a must have.

⭐Being that I have been diagnosed with MS in the first start of this year ( 2016 ) it answers quite a few questions I have about this autoimmune disease. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has MS and their family members. If I could I would give it 10 stars!! It has been very helpful!

⭐Very well written. Great book for those newly diagnosed and just as important for their family members. It’s a very unpredictable disease. I purchased this for a family member who still doesn’t understand why you can have changes from one day to the next. Even though I have been diagnosed over 20 years. I added that last info for those with any connection to MS. It’s not a death sentence and you can to some extent affect your progression.

⭐I had no idea what to expect when I was diagnosed This book spelled it out in a sensible way and made it not as scary

⭐I bought this book for my son who has MS.He has had it for 10 years.He needed information on how the disease progresses.He told me this book is for someone who is newly diagnosed.He said it is OK but it was to basic for what he wanted.So for anyone who is newly diagnosed it is a very good book.

⭐Good read for those wanting to learn more

⭐This book does a good job with information provision about MS, however, many GPS, consultants and ancillary staff in the UK medical system will not be as helpful as their American counterparts suggest they could be in this book. So, I read the ‘helpful’ suggestions with a rueful smile and also concerning the suggestions given in this book as to how we should all be conversing with aforementioned staff about our MS. problems….having lived in the States those suggestions would work fantastically in their medical.system. In the UK, however, much of what the patient is ‘taught’ in this book and our MS diary suggestions, etc might fall on deaf ears? I think the patients here are generally NOT expected to have researched their illness! Overall it’s a good book to own for those newly diagnosed and who are seeking to learn about the malady. I would recommend it.

⭐This book is superb & full of really useful information for anyone newly diagnosed MS or anyone who that diagnosis will affect such as partners/family etc. It’s written in a really easy style and it’s well segmented & indexed if you’re looking for specifics.

⭐It was an ok book, bought as daughter recently diagnosed and wanted to get some information and tips on how to cope and handle this disease. The same information is available on the net on the MS Society website for free. Did not learn anything I did not know already. Also did not have enough information on how to handle and cope when your child get’s MS.

⭐Informative & helpful. Good to read in sections

⭐All good cheers Good product

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