Comments on: Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aspiring to lifelong growth http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Aspiring to lifelong growth Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:26:55 +0000 http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/#comment-61 This book provides excellent information about what rheumatoid arthritis is, how to distinguish it from osteoarthritis, etc. <br /> <br />However, I don't want to live with RA, I want to recover from it. As such, this book offers no help in this regard. It tells me about drugs that I can take and splints that I can wear to help me from becoming completely disabled, but offers me no hope of recovery. <br /> <br />In contrast, the book "Conquering Arthritis" by Barbara Allan, is the well-researched account of someone who took charge of their health and fought to recover from the disease, to get their life back. And succeeded! I'm well on the road to recovery myself by applying the principles in her book. Now that's a book well worth spending your money on! Rating: 2 / 5 This book provides excellent information about what rheumatoid arthritis is, how to distinguish it from osteoarthritis, etc.

However, I don’t want to live with RA, I want to recover from it. As such, this book offers no help in this regard. It tells me about drugs that I can take and splints that I can wear to help me from becoming completely disabled, but offers me no hope of recovery.

In contrast, the book “Conquering Arthritis” by Barbara Allan, is the well-researched account of someone who took charge of their health and fought to recover from the disease, to get their life back. And succeeded! I’m well on the road to recovery myself by applying the principles in her book. Now that’s a book well worth spending your money on!
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Saffry http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Saffry Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:47:13 +0000 http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/#comment-60 I was diagnosed with RA in December and picked this book up soon after. It gives lots of information about the course of the disease, medications, exercises and diet. I've loaned it to family members and reference it whenever I have a question about what my body is doing. The only drawback is that medications are developing at such a fast rate, that the book is already a bit outdated after only 3 years. However, it is still a great starting point. Rating: 5 / 5 I was diagnosed with RA in December and picked this book up soon after. It gives lots of information about the course of the disease, medications, exercises and diet. I’ve loaned it to family members and reference it whenever I have a question about what my body is doing. The only drawback is that medications are developing at such a fast rate, that the book is already a bit outdated after only 3 years. However, it is still a great starting point.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Midwest Book Review http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Midwest Book Review Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:15:59 +0000 http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/#comment-59 Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis by Tammi L. Shlotzhauer (Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Practicing Rheumatologist at Rheumatology Associates of Rochester) and James L. McGuire (Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a large print compendium of the latest information on Rheumatoid Arthritis concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and daily life (from special diets to possible alternative therapies and more) with this troublesome and painful disease. Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis informatively presents its facts in terms and text ideal for the non-specialist general reader, yet without glossing over specific issues, problems, medicines, or other challenges facing rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. Simply put -- this is a work of superb medical scholarship and Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis should be on the shelves and available to the patrons of every community library system in this country. Rating: 5 / 5 Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis by Tammi L. Shlotzhauer (Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Practicing Rheumatologist at Rheumatology Associates of Rochester) and James L. McGuire (Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a large print compendium of the latest information on Rheumatoid Arthritis concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and daily life (from special diets to possible alternative therapies and more) with this troublesome and painful disease. Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis informatively presents its facts in terms and text ideal for the non-specialist general reader, yet without glossing over specific issues, problems, medicines, or other challenges facing rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. Simply put — this is a work of superb medical scholarship and Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis should be on the shelves and available to the patrons of every community library system in this country.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: K. Morland http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/comment-page-1/#comment-58 K. Morland Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:31:56 +0000 http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/#comment-58 Book came in just a few days and was in like new condition. Book was informative and easy to read for the layman. Rating: 5 / 5 Book came in just a few days and was in like new condition. Book was informative and easy to read for the layman.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Ricky Bishop http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Ricky Bishop Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:19:51 +0000 http://arthritishealingcenter.com/living-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/#comment-57 When I suddenly experienced intense pain and swelling, leading to the discovery that I had developed RA, I felt totally blindsided. I knew nothing about this disease and needed info that I could understand right away. This book was a huge help to me and I still find reasons to go back to it again and again. Rating: 4 / 5 When I suddenly experienced intense pain and swelling, leading to the discovery that I had developed RA, I felt totally blindsided. I knew nothing about this disease and needed info that I could understand right away. This book was a huge help to me and I still find reasons to go back to it again and again.
Rating: 4 / 5

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