Product Description

Chronic pain disables more people than cancer or heart disease. More than eighty-six million patients have been diagnosed. One out of three have this condition. This book takes a no-nonsense approach that can be understood by chronic pain patients, families, friends and professionals alike. It is a practical guide describing lifestyle changes others can learn and use to take control of the pain. Share the struggle and triumphs of the following types of chronic pain patients:

* Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
* Pain Due To Compression Fractures From Osteoporosis
* Failed Back Syndrome Pain
* Cancer Pain
* Arachnoiditis Pain
* Abdominal Pain
* And More

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1521122 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 194 pages

Review
...By reading this book, the patient will know the emotions they are feeling are normal and that there is help. -- Dr. Patrick Higgins, September 20, 2004

...Ms. Wilhoff has written an excellent "insiders" account of her own chronic pain experience from injury through recovery. -- Dr. Kevin C. Murphy, Ph.D., September 15, 2004

...This book is a must have for patients who suffer with chronic pain. It could save your life. -- Dr. Michael W. Brown, Neurosurgeon, September 30, 2004

Customer Reviews

If you're dealing with chronic pain, this book is for you
Jude Willhoff shares her extraordinary journey of how she's dealt with chronic pain, from overcoming the darkest depths of depression to finding a meaningful life. Practical tips, anecdotes from fellow pain sufferers, and strength flow from these pages, giving the reader hope that there is life after chronic pain. A must read for chronic pain sufferers and their care-givers.

It's All About Living
Bravo, Jude Willhoff. At last a book about chronic pain, and the options available, told from a lay person's perspective. Ms. Willhoff shares her intensely personal journey so that people living with chronic pain know they're not alone and that they *can* take their lives back.

Learn why doctors think enough of Ms. Willhoff's message to put her book on their reception room tables. I defy anyone living with chronic pain to read this book and walk away uninspired.

Those who live with chronic pain daily need this book
Jude Willhoff's story is a gift of hope and inspiration to anyone suffering from chronic pain. It has the ability to pull us back from the brink of desperation and give us the strength to go on with our lives. Thank you Jude for sharing your story with us!