A must buy book for endocrinologists, Graves' patients, and their loved ones.
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Healing Options: A Report On Graves' Disease Treatments,
By Lynn Hopewell (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Healing Options: A Report on Graves' Disease Treatments (Paperback)
I highly recommend it to individuals with Graves' disease as well as their family members, health care givers, and therapists. Having recently been diagnosed with Graves' disease I found the book very informative and helpful. Giving a list of the symptoms as well as the different types of treatment for Graves' and actual stories of those with the disease. Specifically, the author. Especially since my doctor didn't provide me with any information. It explained muscle weakness as well as other symptoms/side effects of Graves' disease.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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The author clarifies a misconception.,
This review is from: Healing Options: A Report on Graves' Disease Treatments (Paperback)
I am pleased to have this opportunity to dialogue about my book and respond to reader comments. Specifically, I would like to address the misconception that my book offers a "cure" for Graves' disease. I am a 50 year-old woman who after years of misdiagnosis was finally diagnosed in 1991 with Graves' disease and Hashimoto's (chronic hypothyroidism and an autoimmune disease). I received standard U.S. treatment, radioactive iodine. To my dismay, this did not make me "better". I grew to understand that healing takes time and calls for a look at causes and not just the alleviation of symptoms. I stopped looking for a quick fix-there is no quick fix for chronic illness. Dr. Christiane Northrup says, "There is a difference between healing and curing. Healing is a natural process and is within the power of everyone. Curing, which is what doctors are called upon to do, usually consists of an external treatment and medication or surgery is used to mask or eliminate symptoms. This external treatment doesn't necessarily address the factors that contribute to the symptoms in the first place. Healing goes deeper than curing and must always come from within." I wrote this book as a part of my healing journey. It is a book I wish had existed when I was first diagnosed, feeling so vulnerable, overwhelmed, confused and alone. In my book, I explain Graves', offer practical tips on locating physicians and managing one's health care as well as address the many complementary therapies and offer help in finding practitioners. My hope is that my book will help others in their quest for wellness, their healing journey.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Healing Options: A Report of Graves' Disease Treatments,
By A Customer
This review is from: Healing Options: A Report on Graves' Disease Treatments (Paperback)
Kate Flax's informative book covers all aspects of Graves' Disease,from its onset, through treatment choices, to living the rest of your life as fully as possible. The main thrust of the book, for me, was that the responsibility for successful healing lies mainly in the control of the patient. It is up to the patient to find out about all the possibilites for healing and to then make as informed a choice as possible. This book not only helps sort out all of the medical mumbo jumbo, but it also is extremely helpful in dealing with the emotional ramifications of this diagnosis. I highly recommend this book.
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