 | 101 Tips for Coping with Diabetes by Richard Rubin
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.65 Wonderful, practical advice by people who know diabetes from inside and out -- mostly doctors and health educators who have diabetes themselves
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 | The Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life by Cheri Register
Buy used from: $3.75 Excellent on the interpersonal and psychological issues. Best take on team-building that I have seen
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 | The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health and Well-being When You Have a Chronic Illness by RN David Spero
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $1.99 Skills, inspiration, stories, practical tips, and scientific studies
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 | Guided Imagery for Self-Healing by M.D. Martin L. Rossman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.46 For those who want to take a more active role in understanding and managing their condition, guided imagery is a great way to do that.
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 | A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness by Susan Milstrey Wells
Buy new: $15.75 / Used from: $4.46 A very warm, supportive approach similar to mine
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 | The Chronic Illness Workbook: Strategies and Solutions for Taking Back Your Life by Patricia A. Fennell
Buy used from: $3.46 As a workbook, it gives lots of exercises and practical step-by-step plans
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 | Diabetes Burnout: What To Do When You Can't Take it Anymore by William Polonsky
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.41 Dr. Polonsky and I are sort of soul brothers -- a lot of humor and emotional understanding. I was sure he must have a chronic illness himself, but he doesn't. He's just cool.
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 | When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy (Plume) by Geneen Roth
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 If compulsive eating is part of your problem, this will help. It also applies to compulsive almost anything else.
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 | Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions: Self-Management of Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema & Others by Halsted, M.D. Holman
Buy used from: $0.02 The book that started the self-management movement. I trained in this program, and this book is a good complement to mine.
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 | The Arthritis Helpbook: A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia by Kate Lorig
Buy used from: $0.01 A terrific book -- very strong on exercise, which is key to dealing with arthritis (and a lot of other conditions too.)
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