Multiple sclerosis : tips and strategies for making life easier / Shelley Peterman Schwarz.

By:

Schwarz, Shelley Peterman [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Demos Health, [2017]Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780826156341
0826156347

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Multiple sclerosis.DDC classification:

616.8/34 23

LOC classification:

RC377 .S26 2017eb

NLM classification:

WL 360

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Contents:

Basic principles for living with ms -- A thriver's guide -- Taking charge, mentally and physically -- Medical issues -- Family and friends -- Marriage -- Sexual compatibility and intimacy -- Being a parent -- Your house and home -- Mealtime -- Dressing, looking your best -- Working -- Driving and disability -- Travel -- Finding help and support.

Summary: "An MS diagnosis presents many unanswered questions: How is this diagnosis going to change my life? Where do I begin? How will I manage to take care of my family, work, and travel? No one knows the answers to these questions better than Shelley Peterman Schwarz, who has lived nearly forty years with multiple sclerosis. Schwarz imbues her updated collection of practical tips and short cuts with personal stories that highlight her trials and triumphs. Shelley shares her real-life experiences as a wife, mother, friend, and employee/employer coping, managing, and growing with MS with a humorous warmth and unflinching honesty. This extensively revised and updated third edition is packed with helpful information and now includes over 800 tips and new solutions and strategies for confronting the challenges of living a full life with a debilitating chronic illness. With Shelley's guidance, readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making everyday tasks easier, manage symptoms, maintain positive relationships, stay motivated, and bounce back when MS knocks you down."--Amazon.com

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"An MS diagnosis presents many unanswered questions: How is this diagnosis going to change my life? Where do I begin? How will I manage to take care of my family, work, and travel? No one knows the answers to these questions better than Shelley Peterman Schwarz, who has lived nearly forty years with multiple sclerosis. Schwarz imbues her updated collection of practical tips and short cuts with personal stories that highlight her trials and triumphs. Shelley shares her real-life experiences as a wife, mother, friend, and employee/employer coping, managing, and growing with MS with a humorous warmth and unflinching honesty. This extensively revised and updated third edition is packed with helpful information and now includes over 800 tips and new solutions and strategies for confronting the challenges of living a full life with a debilitating chronic illness. With Shelley's guidance, readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making everyday tasks easier, manage symptoms, maintain positive relationships, stay motivated, and bounce back when MS knocks you down."--Amazon.com

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