Multiple sclerosis : tips and strategies for making life easier /
Schwarz, Shelley Peterman,
Multiple sclerosis : tips and strategies for making life easier / Shelley Peterman Schwarz. - Third edition. - New York : Demos Health, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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
9780826156341
Multiple sclerosis--Popular works.
Multiple sclerosis.
Multiple Sclerosis
Electronic Books.
RC377 / .M858 2017
Multiple sclerosis : tips and strategies for making life easier / Shelley Peterman Schwarz. - Third edition. - New York : Demos Health, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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
9780826156341
Multiple sclerosis--Popular works.
Multiple sclerosis.
Multiple Sclerosis
Electronic Books.
RC377 / .M858 2017