Coping with Endometriosis: A Practical Guide [Paperback]

Robert Phillips (Author), Glenda Motta (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2000

"Coping with Endometriosis" is the latest addition to Avery's "Coping With Chronic Diseases" series, with over 390,000 copies sold. An estimated 5.5 million women in the U.S. and Canada suffer from the physical and emotional pain of chronic endometriosis. Despite this number, the disease is largely misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed. This authoritative book thoroughly explains endometriosis, a disorder that effects a woman's reproductive and immune systems, causing painful growths, bleeding and often infertility. Readers will learn about the latest treatment options, including both conventional and alternative therapies. Like the other books in this series, it offers wonderful suggestions for alleviating the psychological and emotional anguish, which often accompany chronic diseases. This is a coping guide that will help women and their families take control and lead fuller, more normal lives.

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About the Author

Glenda Motta, RN, MPH is a nurse who suffered with severe pain since age 10. She was not diagnosed with endometriosis until in her late 30s with the onset of laparascopy. After undergoing extensive surgery at age 47, she has been pain free for six years. Glenda understands endometriosis from the perspective of both a patient and a healthcare professional.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Avery; 1 edition (October 23, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583330747
• ISBN-13: 978-1583330746
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Endometriosis
  • #54 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Genitourinary & STDs

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Buy for your Dollar!, March 5, 2003

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Lola Pantone (Plymouth, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Coping with Endometriosis: A Practical Guide (Paperback)

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis in 2001 & had my first surgery that year. Toward the latter part of 2002, I started to be in chronic pain for this disease. I'll make a long story short. (If you want to see the long story, go to my review about Jennifer Lewis' book that I think is medically inaccurate). This book is compelling, thorough and most of all, helpful. It was a book I *SHOULD* have had in 2001. Since dealing with my pain, this book has opened my eyes to therapies I can use, how I can deal with ALL the aspects of this disease, and how it affects my loved ones. This is a great book because it talks to you through a whole person concept--- not just dealing with the reproductive Endometriosis, but it deals with all of the areas surrounding it, too, like emotions, finances, and so on. It doesn't talk down to you, and won't make you feel like you're in a pity party, but gives you tools to try to cope and even recover. Check this book out. You'll be glad you did.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, Encouraging and Empowering!, December 15, 2000

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Heather "Heather" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coping with Endometriosis: A Practical Guide (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book, containing all the latest (as of the date of publication) on research and treatment, coping tools, fertility, emotional aspects, diet/nutrition, medications, surgery, alternatives and too much more to list.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars outstanding, June 25, 2002

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Amanda (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coping with Endometriosis: A Practical Guide (Paperback)

After being diagnosed and in denial for awhile about the disease, this was the 3rd book i began reading to help myself understand my body and what was happening to it. This book put a lot of things into perspective and began to shed some light on the disease and what I needed to do get control of it. This is the book that my friends need to read so that they can also understand what I am going thru.