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The Canary and Chronic Fatigue

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We CFS sufferers are going to change the face of medicine. This book explains why and how. If you have CFS you must stop going to any doctor who prescribes a drug to relieve your symptoms. You must stop going to an allergist who is still giving shots using the useless RAST test. They are just making your coffin more comfortable. Get to a holistic physician who knows that treating and reversing CFS requires nondrug nutrient therapies and effective allergy treatment. Parents should especially read this book to realize the extreme importance of identifying allergy problems in their children now - before they develop autoimmune disorders and emotional disturbances when they get older.

This book tells the story of my life.

When I read the book I felt enormous relief. For the first time in my life, some one actually described accurately my illness - starting with the symptoms,going through phases of the illness and right to the impossible struggle of trying to get diagnosed - and acknowledged !

I have had most of the classical symptoms of CFS for years - but until I read this book I never quite realised that they were connected.

Neither did any of the family doctors that I went to.

The book is easy to read and optimistic - because it gives hope for healing, and because it treats CFS for what it its: a physical situation that needs healing.

It would teach some physicians about how patients feel when they come to a doctor who is simply ignorant and unwilling to learn.

If my physicians read it and understood - they would realise that CFS is a real, physical thing - it's not depression, it's not shirking it's not imaginary !

I have had ME/CFS for 13 years now and for the first 4 life was bad. I read everything I could and this book provided the best solutions for me!
Even so it took me 5 more years for things to work as it took me that long to find a doctor in New Zealand that agreed to try and help - finding a medic to help is the most differcult task. Even then we had to agree on a modified treatment but at least he read the book as well and it helped.
Dr Ali provides a detailed solution to the problem. The solutions offered will not apply to all but they will provide a strong basis to find your own

Like many others in this group I felt much the same. I read this book 5 years ago and I still look at it as a book that guided me in the right direction. Today I live a normal life but follow many of the guidelines laid in this book. One important rule to getting better is to look for problems and not expect sympathy. Don't expect a wonder pill this sickness is a wakeup call you will appreciate in the future if you make the commitment. This book along with an open attitude and continuous changes & education will help you get back your life if you suffer from the pain of CFS.

I am a physician who treats Chronic Fatigue Syndrome successfully and recommend this book to patients. Dr. Majid Ali is a very brilliant man and this book opens the door to looking at Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia in a new and very treatable way.

*Some* of the text may be hard to digest for those with a slim biochemistry background, as Dr. Ali can get technical. But his overall approach to treating CFS is the sanest, most sensible I've seen (and I've been looking for years.)

I highly recommend this book to ANYONE suffering from chronic fatigue, or even just allergies

I have had ME/CFS for a little over 10 years. This book was recommended to me. I read it, absorbed it, and my own consultant has used some of Majid Ali's advice in my treatment. I have come a long way.....I am getting better. I can in all honesty recommend this book to all sufferers and those who wish to know more about this ' tip of the iceberg' illness. ( Medics may wish to avoid some of the anecdotal stuff in the first part of the book, although try to read it if you have time ). I have read many books on ME/CFS and some are good. If you can only go for one.......this is it!!

Dr. Ali is a brilliant doctor who understands chronic fatigue and the human "canaries". This book gave me peace and reassurance that non-drug treatments are the only way to treat this disease. There are so many options and drugs that medical doctor's may prescribe for chronic fatigue, only because they do not understand. This book eliminates the confusion surrounding those looking for answers. His explanations fit with all that I have experienced in my journey of healing. Thank you Dr. Ali for your wisdom and your willingness to share with the rest of us.

Dr. Ali's writings has helped me more than you can know. He helped me to understand my illness and conveyed ways to cope with it. I am now on the long, hard road to recovery thanks to Dr. Ali and my own personal physican.

As i turned the pages of this book, i felt that for the first time in 9years someone knew exactly how my body was functioning, and could explain why! This was such a relief. So many books are about personal experiences of the condition, but they do not answer any questions. This common sense presentation, backed with clinical research findings and a human face in holistic medicine, was so refreshing! Congratualtons on your pioneering work, would love to know if you have any recent findings or publications or how i can find a practioner in the UK that follows and treats patients in line with your philosophy. Reading the book, for the first time made me realise that Chronic means now and forever, a hard fact to swallow, however what it did do was show me a way of managing the symptoms so that i might have some quality of life in the future. From my lowest point when i contemplated ringing the Samaratians i picked up this book and it has given me Hope! Thank you so much