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Summary: Necessary Information for the Person with Autoimmune Disease
Review: The book includes clear information difficult to find anywhere. The information gives you confidence to deal with everyday illness and reduces some of the anxiety associated with dealing with the disease. Mary Shomon speaks directly to the patient and answers questions that is long overdue.
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Summary: It Helped Me
Review: The checklists included in the book are helpful tools in working with my doctor to try to figure out what is wrong. I also found that because I had read the book I was able to understood so much more of what was going on that I had more of a feeling of control over my own health. That by itself made me feel better.
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: There isn't a fact or bit of advice in this poorly written book that you can't easily find and read on the Net for free. Written by yet another patient that thinks she can write and has something to say.
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Summary: A good reference book on autoimmune disorders
Review: This book gives some good background on various autoimmune disorders, some of which I didn't know are actually classified as autoimmune, and some I'd never heard of. However, I found this book to possess more breadth than depth. It mentions many autoimmune disorders, but it does not always go into depth about every disorder that is mentioned; on the other hand some disorders rate their own sections. This book is worth owning anyway, since it brings up both conventional and alternative treatments, and it's a place to start your journey. If you find something of interest in this book, you'll probably need to reference other books or information elsewhere to get the rest of the details.
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Summary: A good reference book on autoimmune disorders
Review: This book gives some good background on various autoimmune disorders, some of which I didn't know are actually classified as autoimmune, and some I'd never heard of. However, I found this book to possess more breadth than depth. It mentions many autoimmune disorders, but it does not always go into depth about every disorder that is mentioned; on the other hand some disorders rate their own sections. This book is worth owning anyway, since it brings up both conventional and alternative treatments, and it's a place to start your journey. If you find something of interest in this book, you'll probably need to reference other books or information elsewhere to get the rest of the details.
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Summary: A Must Read for Autoimmune Sufferers
Review: This book is filled with many facts and suggestions along with symptoms and suggestions for better health. Mary once again has provided a resource tool for patients to better understand what is going on in their own bodies. Since autoimmune patients have difficulties getting through to their own physicians this assists us (the patient) in understanding the cause for our pain and fears. I highly recommend this book and only wish that it would become mandatory reading for the physicians who treat thyroid or other autoimmune diseases. Patients are educating themselves more then ever with the advantages of the Internet. Now if the doctors would only do the same many of the patients frustrations and anxiety would diminish.
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Summary: great for people with lupus, ra, fibromyalgia
Review: this book touches on so many autoimmune disorders. it gives insightful information about treatments, the disease itself, etc. i found it to be one of the most helpful books i have read for my conditions.
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Summary: Gives a brief overview of everything but nothing in depth
Review: This review is sort of blasphemy. Shomon is the queen on this topic so my comments will probably meet with lots of resistance.
Nevertheless it's a rather slam dunk book; very general and cursory. Allot of the information here is old & vague and almost proverbial in it's common sense.
Nevertheless everyone will tell you to read her so you might as well get it cheap from Amazon so you'll know the name and hype that way you can talk the talk and walk the walk.
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Summary: I've been waiting for this book!
Review: Two years ago I dragged myself to the doctor for blood tests after a friend told me to read Mary Shomon's Living Well with Hypothyroidism. Reading that book changed my life, it gave me the tools I needed to DEMAND correct treatment by my doctor. I've been waiting for Living Well with Autoimmune Disease to read more about Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (my autoimmune disease) and to share the book with my mother, who suffers from Raynaud's Phenomenon. I can't believe that Ms. Shomon keeps writing books that *I* need; it's like she's a close personal friend.
So far my mother has already taken what she's read in this book and written it all down to ask her doctor questions about changing her current treatment. To empower my mom this way is just a gift. I need to buy two more copies now, as I know folks with Crohn's Disease who will benefit greatly from Ms. Shomon's wisdom. 5 Stars.
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Summary: It's About Time....
Review: With all of the confusion and misinformation about autoimmune illnesses that is so prevalent, it is a past time for the common sense approaches Mary Shomon offers in this book. Patients, care-givers, family members - and especially healthcare practitioners - need to get a copy of this resource and recommend it to those they care for. Looking beyond medical textbooks and the politics of healthcare, Mary incorporates common sense conventional and alternative solutions for those who have struggled for years with little help. I can't recommend this book highly enough. - Rick Hall, MS, RD
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