You Can Live Well With Multiple Sclerosis

You Can Live Well With Multiple Sclerosis is a comprehensive guidebook that provides step-by-step guidance to empower people with MS. Readers will leave armed with the knowledge and practical tips they need to make informed decisions about their health. Mitzi Joi Williams, MD, FAAN, inspires and breaks down the information you need to gain more clarity and understanding about this complex disease. She provides an encouraging and enlightening look at embarking on your unique health journey with a solid foundation. Learn more about key aspects of navigating MS, including:?How to prepare for medical appointments?Treatment options for your symptoms?The impact of diet and exercise?Maintaining physical and mental wellness with MS?Advocating for yourself From day-to-day to long-term care, You Can Live Well With Multiple Sclerosis is an essential resource for anyone affected by MS-the newly diagnosed and those who love and care for them.

MS - Living Symptom Free shares Bryant's daily regimens that have resulted in his symptom-free living. With hard-won insight, practical advice, fitness tips, and recipes, this invaluable guide instructs readers on how to eat properly and live a healthy life while controlling, reducing, and eliminating the symptoms of MS. In each user-friendly chapter, Bryant covers topics including symptoms and complications, the author's own road to MS, the benefits of conventional medication, things doctors don't tell you, popular MS diets, vitamins and supplements, exercise and sleep, staying on track, support systems, and more. The guide also features more than twenty-five easy recipes that adhere to many prevalent MS-friendly diets.

An inspiring and empowering guide to changing your mindset, feeling better, and living a full life after receiving a troubling diagnosis. Discussing everything from diet and exercise to stress and emotion management, Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis provides tools readers can use immediately to help them feel better while living with a diagnosis. Written by a master certified mindset coach who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000, readers won’t find negative, scary stories about how a diagnosis will hurt them. Instead, they will find stories of bravery, wellness, support, and detailed steps on how they too can live their life—not their diagnosis. Praise for Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis “Powerful and empowering. Hanson shares a fresh, brand new, systemic guide to reframing one’s perspective and living with a difficult diagnosis.” —Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD, Founder and Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth, distinguished University Professor, author of Make Your Brain Smarter “A spectacular book. . . . The lessons [Andrea] teaches and the exercises she provides will help anyone who is struggling with any type of medical diagnosis or challenge.” —Brooke Castillo, Master Certified Coach and Founder of The Life Coach School “A true guide on how to listen to our bodies, connect to them, nurture ourselves, and understand the power of our mindset. . . . A must-read for anyone diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Love it!” —Katherine Treadway, LCSW, MSCIR, CRND

Your trusted, compassionate guide to living with MS Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) doesn't mean yourlife is over. Everyone's MS is different and no one can predictexactly what yours will be like. The fact is, lots of people livetheir lives with MS without making a full-time job of it. Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies gives you accessible,easy-to-understand information about what happens withMS—what kinds of symptoms it can cause, how it can affectyour life at home and at work, what you can do to feel and functionbetter, and how you can protect yourself and your family againstthe long-term unpredictability of the disease. You'll learn how tomake treatment and lifestyle choices that work for you, whatqualities to look for in a neurologist and the rest of yourhealthcare team, how to manage fatigue, the pros and cons ofalternative medicine, why and how to talk to your kids about MS,stress management strategies, your rights under the Americans withDisabilities act, and so much more. Covers major medical breakthroughs that slow the progression ofthe disease and improve quality of life for those living withMS Helps those affected by MS and their family members understandthe disease and the latest treatment options Helpful and trusted advice on coping with physical, mental,emotional, and financial aspects of MS Complete with listings of valuable resources such as otherbooks, websites, and community agencies and organizations that youcan tap for information or assistance, Multiple Sclerosis ForDummies gives you everything you need to make educated choicesand comfortable decisions about living with MS.

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis is an established and successful program of treatment. Once a diagnosis of MS meant inevitable decline and disability. Now thousands of people around the world are living healthy, active lives on the Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis recovery program. Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis explains the nature of MS and outlines an evidence-based 7 step program for recovery. Professor George Jelinek devised the program from an exhaustive analysis of medical research when he was first diagnosed with MS in 1999. It has been refined through major ongoing international clinical studies under Professor Jelinek's leadership, examining the lifestyles of several thousand people with MS world-wide and their health outcomes. Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis is invaluable for anyone recently diagnosed with MS, living with MS for years, or with a family member with MS. It makes an ideal resource for doctors treating people with MS. 'I would have no hesitation in recommending Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis to my patients, but also to my friends and colleagues.' Professor Gavin Giovannoni, MBBCh, PhD, FCP (S.A., Neurol.), FRCP, FRCPath, Chair of Neurology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis combines hard scientific evidence with practical advice and compassion. It will be of benefit to nearly everybody affected by MS and I heartily recommend it.' Dr Peter Fisher FRCP , Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and Director of Research, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

This completely revised second edition of Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains tips, techniques, and shortcuts to help MS patients organize and simplify their lives. With over 300 tips readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making life easier, so they can enjoy life to the fullest....

There is no cure for Multiple Sclerosis, but you can make a real difference by changing what you eat. Medical research increasingly shows that a diet very low in saturated fat can reduce the progression of the disease and even reverse its course in some cases. The Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Cookbook gathers over 200 favourite recipes from people with MS from around the world. They are delicious wholefood meat-free and dairy-free recipes for home cooks. There are recipes for all occasions, from quick and easy lunches and dinners, a variety of seafood dishes, to luxurious weekend breakfasts, special occasion cakes, and holiday baking. It includes vegan and gluten-free recipes, tips and a menu plan created by a qualified nutritionist. The recipes in this book are healthy for the whole family. They can be beneficial for anyone with heart disease, type 2 diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory and auto-immune diseases. 'Mouth-watering and wholesome recipes' - Professor George Jelinek

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that 400,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with MS. Because MS is a chronic disease, people with this diagnosis will live with the disease for years. MS sufferer Margot Russell and Dr. Allen C. Bowling, a nationally known MS expert, team up to help you: Recognize signs and symptoms Understand the types of MS Decide on treatment and find the right doctor Explore alternative therapies Take charge by creating a management plan Develop strength and avoid relapse And more! Filled with tips for daily living (like staying cool) and the latest information on new treatments, this reassuring book offers more than medical advice. It gives readers with MS the strength, knowledge, and resources they need so they can live a full, active life!