Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia (Hope & Help for) - Softcover

Bested, Dr. Alison C.; Logan, Alan C.

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9781581824650: Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia (Hope & Help for)

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ISBN 10: 1581824653 ISBN 13: 9781581824650

Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing,US, 2006

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This work is designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life.

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It has been said that chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (CFS/FM) are like the old Indian story of the blind men and the elephant. As the men felt various parts of the elephant, they described it as a snake, a brush, a tree, or a wall, depending on which part they had touched. Each thought of the elephant in terms of his own experience, mistaking part of the elephant for all of it. Likewise, everybody working with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia has a piece of the puzzle but much work remains to be done before a complete picture emerges. This book is designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life. And while the good news is that people who suffer from CFS/FM aren't dying, the bad news is that it's going to take a lot of time and effort to get better since there is no specific treatment that works for everyone.

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