'Outsmart Lyme' is an excellent quick-reference guide as well as beginner's book, covering the most popular and effective treatments for chronic Lyme disease. Treatments are purposefully condensed to be reader-friendly and time-saving. The author was introduced to chronic Lyme disease when her son and mother struggled with it for many years. As a result of keeping ahead of the disease by utilizing their symptoms as guides and rotating treatments, they succeeded in becoming Lyme symptom-free. With the information and research provided, 'Outsmart Lyme' puts you in the driver's seat of your own healing process. For more information visit ChronicLymeInfo.com.
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Eighteen of the most popular antibiotic and non-antibiotic treatments for Lyme disease are explained clearly and precisely to the reader. The author details each treatment, enabling readers to make choices and be more in charge of healing their own illness. There are two especially important chapters on Emotional Health and Caregiving. Through her book you will have references to medical journals and websites. Gigi Guthrie's frustration with oral antibiotics not helping her son s debilitating Lyme symptoms led her to research further. Today, he is enjoying a Lyme symptom-free life again. The author's website, ChronicLymeInfo.com, is very informative and helpful too. - K. Farrell, CT
Since Lyme disease is relatively under-researched, there are many different treatments, all with risks and side effects. This book will help the reader understand their options and discuss with their doctor the best plan of attack; it is a user-friendly manual explaining the different types of treatment for Lyme disease. Instead of a set regimen, it acts as a guide that allows the reader to take into account the pros and cons of each treatment, and decide what best suits the specific needs and situation of the individual. - K. Van Nest, CT
The problem nowadays in searching information is where to start. Information is easily accessible, but the extent is vast, the quality unknown, and when you start looking on the web, you tend to read for hours without ending. Gigi's book is easy to read, covers all that a layperson needs to know about Lyme disease in order to understand the why and how of the most common treatments, and their pros and cons. The book provides facts in order that the patients and their caregivers are able to understand and interact with their medical doctors. As a RN, I often experienced that patients, under stress, are not always able to remember all the contents of the doctor's consultation. This book is a valuable supplement of reliable information. - C. Panning, R.N., CT
Since Lyme disease is relatively under-researched, there are many different treatments, all with risks and side effects. This book will help the reader understand their options and discuss with their doctor the best plan of attack; it is a user-friendly manual explaining the different types of treatment for Lyme disease. Instead of a set regimen, it acts as a guide that allows the reader to take into account the pros and cons of each treatment, and decide what best suits the specific needs and situation of the individual. - K. Van Nest, CT
The problem nowadays in searching information is where to start. Information is easily accessible, but the extent is vast, the quality unknown, and when you start looking on the web, you tend to read for hours without ending. Gigi's book is easy to read, covers all that a layperson needs to know about Lyme disease in order to understand the why and how of the most common treatments, and their pros and cons. The book provides facts in order that the patients and their caregivers are able to understand and interact with their medical doctors. As a RN, I often experienced that patients, under stress, are not always able to remember all the contents of the doctor's consultation. This book is a valuable supplement of reliable information. - C. Panning, R.N., CT
About the Author
Gigi Guthrie, MSW, is a psychotherapist specializing in the field of Lyme disease. She is a graduate of Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, New York, NY and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Previously, she was a residential counselor at Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan, CT.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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More An Outline Than A Book,
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I found this book to be almost useless. It consists of brief descriptions of possible Lyme treatments, and is devoid of specifics for the most part. The description of "pulse antibiotic therapy", for instance, is 5 sentences, followed by the possible pros and cons. No examples are given of what the treatment might actually consist of. I also question the accuracy of some of the statements.
The "product description" says it is 131 pages; it's really 109, one fourth of which is the appendix. If you've read any other books about Lyme, you already know twice as much as you'll get from this book. I suppose if you knew nothing about Lyme, and did not want to get into the details too much, this book would provide a superficial primer. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.
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I give this two stars rather than one because it is a good and reasonably thorough list of all possible lyme disease treatments. But in the end it is just a shopping list that anyone with a laptop and free weekend could have written.
Long lists of all possible Lyme treatments are available on the internet - and hardly useful. By contrast, books which really tell you WHAT to do in detail, WHAT really works, and the EXPERIENCE of the author from many hundreds of cases - THEY ARE BOOKS WORTH HAVING. This book is not worth having and the author has short changed the buyer. Instead, five star books on Lyme - hugely more valuable and born of medical experience (with detailed protocol explanations) are: The Lyme Disease Solution by Kenneth B. Singleton -would earn 6 stars if that were possible. The Lyme Disease Survival Guide: Physical, Lifestyle, and Emotional Strategies for Healing by Connie Strasheim. Also excellent. If you are short of money and can only buy one- it is t he Singleton book above. Good luck. And quickly click away from this page.
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For those of us unlucky enough to be stricken with this awful disease, this book does not contain any information that we didn't already know...does not go into detail (each topic is about a short page long, so you still need to research more about the topics)..and the info is easily obtained online by googling lyme disease..You don't need this book to add to your knowledge or to other, better lyme disease books. Save your money unless you are clueless about the disease and want quick info.
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Although taking one antibiotic for ten to thirty days often eliminates Lyme disease for newly infected patients, it may not be enough for those who were bitten months or years earlier and have only recently discovered that they have Lyme disease. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
smart disease, chronic lyme disease, microcurrent therapy, lyme borreliosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Retrieved November, Retrieved October, New York, Journal of the American Medical Association, Retreived November, Combination Oral Antibiotics, Clinical Infectious Diseases, The New England Journal of Medicine Browse Sample Pages:
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Although taking one antibiotic for ten to thirty days often eliminates Lyme disease for newly infected patients, it may not be enough for those who were bitten months or years earlier and have only recently discovered that they have Lyme disease. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
smart disease, chronic lyme disease, microcurrent therapy, lyme borreliosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Retrieved November, Retrieved October, New York, Journal of the American Medical Association, Retreived November, Combination Oral Antibiotics, Clinical Infectious Diseases, The New England Journal of Medicine Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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