Conquering Arthritis: What Doctors Don't Tell You Because They Don't Know by Barbara D Allan |
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Part memoir, part self-help manual, this is one woman's story of living with-and thriving in spite of-arthritis, and an empowerment guide for the millions (43 million in the United States alone) who suffer from this disease.
Amye Leong was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was eighteen years old. Chronic, debilitating, and incurable, the disease has inflicted pain and humiliation on her, and she has undergone sixteen arthritis-related surgeries, including twelve joint replacements. But Amye has not only coped successfully with the disease, she has found dignity and empowerment in a life perpetually affected by illness.
While Get a Grip is Amye's personal story, what she has experienced is common to all arthritis sufferers to some degree. Readers will gain hope and inspiration from her example and learn how to overcome this disease at home and in the workplace. Written by someone who has suffered with the disease for more than thirty years, and enthusiastically supported by national arthritis organizations, Get a Grip is an emotional and inspirational story, as well as a handbook for coping with arthritis on a day-to-day basis. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Mye Leong is highly visible in the arthritis community and well respected by high-ranking medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, and government personnel. She is a past chairman of the American Juvenile Arthritis Organization; a member of the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation; the founder of Young Et Heart, America's first and largest network of young adults with arthritis; and official spokesperson for the United Nations/World Health Organization's Bone and Joint Decade. The Arthritis Foundation named her one of America's 50 Heroes and gave her their highest honor, the Harding Award.
Joe Layden is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Rock Says.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Part memoir, part self-help manual, this is one woman's story of living with-and thriving in spite of-arthritis, and an empowerment guide for the millions (43 million in the United States alone) who suffer from this disease.
Amye Leong was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was eighteen years old. Chronic, debilitating, and incurable, the disease has inflicted pain and humiliation on her, and she has undergone sixteen arthritis-related surgeries, including twelve joint replacements. But Amye has not only coped successfully with the disease, she has found dignity and empowerment in a life perpetually affected by illness.
While Get a Grip is Amye's personal story, what she has experienced is common to all arthritis sufferers to some degree. Readers will gain hope and inspiration from her example and learn how to overcome this disease at home and in the workplace. Written by someone who has suffered with the disease for more than thirty years, and enthusiastically supported by national arthritis organizations, Get a Grip is an emotional and inspirational story, as well as a handbook for coping with arthritis on a day-to-day basis. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Mye Leong is highly visible in the arthritis community and well respected by high-ranking medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, and government personnel. She is a past chairman of the American Juvenile Arthritis Organization; a member of the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation; the founder of Young Et Heart, America's first and largest network of young adults with arthritis; and official spokesperson for the United Nations/World Health Organization's Bone and Joint Decade. The Arthritis Foundation named her one of America's 50 Heroes and gave her their highest honor, the Harding Award.
Joe Layden is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Rock Says.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The saddest moment-the scariest moment-came not in a surgical suite or a doctor's office but in a beautiful waterfront apartment, in the cool blackness of night. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Los Angeles, Arthritis Foundation, Daniel Freeman, United States, Amye Leong, Marina del Rey, New York, Olympic Torch Relay, Bakersfield Junior College, Loss of Dignity, Project Magic, Centinela Hospital, West Lafayette New!
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The saddest moment-the scariest moment-came not in a surgical suite or a doctor's office but in a beautiful waterfront apartment, in the cool blackness of night. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
people with arthritis, patient organizations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Arthritis Foundation, Daniel Freeman, United States, Amye Leong, Marina del Rey, New York, Olympic Torch Relay, Bakersfield Junior College, Loss of Dignity, Project Magic, Centinela Hospital, West Lafayette New!
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- Getting Well Again: The Bestselling Classic About the Simontons' Revolutionary Lifesaving Self- Awareness Techniques by O. Carl Simonton M.D. on page 124, and Back Matter
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincen Peale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by W. Stone in Back Matter
- Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century by Napoleon Hill in Back Matter
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