Finding a New Normal: Living Your Best Life with Chronic Illness - Softcover

Jackson, Suzan L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1734299010 ISBN 13: 9781734299014

Publisher: Suzan L. Jackson, 2020

Synopsis

"As a physician who manages patients with chronic pain and other debilitating illnesses, I consider this book to be a must-read." - Dr, Rita Hancock, M.D.

5 stars: "“I am only half way through and it has saved my life. Seriously.”

Get back to living, not just surviving, with this guide to daily living, emotional coping, improved relationships, and more joy.
Whether you are in the early days of living with chronic illness or have been at it for years (or decades), there are always challenges in living a life framed by restrictions, where isolation is a common issue. This guide, packed with practical tips, provides inspiration, advice on coping, and guidance on living your best life with chronic illness from someone who’s been there. Though it seems impossible at first, your life will eventually settle into a new normal, and while that life may be different than the one you had planned, it can still be a vibrant, fulfilling life based on strong relationships, a healthy emotional state, and finding joy in every day.

From Sue Jackson, the author of the popular and award-winning blog Live with ME/CFS, comes a book to help you live your best life with chronic illness. Based on Sue’s over 20 years living with chronic illnesses in her own family, writing her blog, writing articles on chronic illness, and leading multiple support groups, she provides support and practical advice you can use.

About this title

About the Author

Suzan Jackson is a freelance writer whose work focuses on topics related to health, family, travel, and media reviews and has appeared in many magazines, websites, and anthologies. She has had ME/CFS, an immune disorder, since 2002, and also has Lyme disease. Both of her sons also became ill with ME/CFS in 2004. Her younger son is now fully recovered, after 10 years of mild illness. Her elder son, who recently graduated from college, still has ME/CFS as well as three tick-borne infections. Sue and her sons managed to improve their conditions with a number of treatments. She runs several support groups, both online and locally, to help others. Sue writes two blogs: Live with ME/CFS at www.livewithcfs.blogspot.com and Book By Book at www.suebookbybook.blogspot.com. You can see Sue's other published work at her writer's website, www.suzanjackson.com, and follow her on Twitter at @livewithmecfs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Suzan L. Jackson
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734299010
• ISBN 13: 9781734299014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 181