Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Rehabilitation

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Summary: Great book for those newly-diagnosed with MS
Review: Well, since my MS diagnosis three months ago, I've gone through every book on the subject in my provincial library system. I've not left a page unturned in pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, etc. I'm just so eager for information on the subject, I can't get enough of it. And the best for information advice? No argument, hands down, it's this book. Okay, so it's probably supposedly a medical textbook but it's so darn great for people with MS to read, too. As a matter of fact, I could understand it more readily than some books written for laypeople. It was no-nonsense in its approach to the matter, and certainly not biased one way or the other re treatments, medications, progressions, what-have-you. It's sub-title should've been "Everything you wanted to know about MS - and much much much more". A laywriter writing a book, usually a person with MS, concentrates on his or her own symptoms but this book covers a multitude of them and explains in detail. It's not just mentioned that a person may have (for example) "sensory symptoms". It explains what "sensory symptoms" are to the nth degree. Not many GP's know much about the history, treatments, symptoms, signs of MS. I wish my doctor had this book on his shelf. My first sit-down read of it lasted three hours and I only got quarter-way through - and this without missing out one page. The rest of it I can dip into over time. I felt reassured reading this book, comfortable even. Forewarned is forearmed they say, and this book is forearming me well!! - I'm not (so) scared now.