 | Cellular Hypoxia and Neuro-Immune Fatigue by David S. Bell
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $10.82 Scientists know that many diseases feed on hypoxia chronic viral and bacterial infections require a hypoxic environment to replicate and further penetrate DNA structures causing chronic illness. Hypoxia also blocks recovery. Dr. Bell explains how this knowledge can be applied to many diseases and conditions.
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 | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols : A Consensus Document
Buy used from: $61.19 Infinitely more valuable to patients/physicians than stripped down "research definitions" this book documents in detail the unique diagnostic clinical pattern of signs and symptom clusters of this organic brain disease.
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 | Human Herpesvirus-6: Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Clinical Pathology (Perspectives in Medical Virology, Vol. 4)
Dr. Ablashi is one of the foremost researchers in virology as it relates to ME/CFS, particularly the connection between HHV-6A and ME/CFS. Although other viruses are also being investigated as possible triggers of ME/CFS one of the most frightening aspects of the HHV-6A virus is that it serves as an accelerant of any disease with which it is associated.
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 | Explaining 'Unexplained Illnesses': Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Gulf War Syndrome by Martin L. Pall
Buy new: $87.36 / Used from: $85.99 A professor of molecular biosciences, Dr. Pall's theory deserves thoughtful consideration. His theory that a stressor such as an acute viral infection (as opposed to the psychobabble theory of divorce as a disease producer) may trigger a vicious cycle is one that may find a foothold.
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 | Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic by Pamela Weintraub
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $9.28 Pam Weintraub's story is a mirror image of stories told by patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (aka by the peculiar misnomer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and other infectious and neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis (fakers disease). Psychiatric misattribution is a constant throughout history until medical technology and discovery render it impotent yet again.
A must read.
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 | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advances in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Basic Science Research by Roberto Patarca Montero
Buy new: $90.00 / Used from: $45.00 Although this book is a little bit dated it shines a light on the clinical biomedical research that has been overshadowed by psychiatric "mind/body psychosocial" speculation regarding "tired" people as opposed to patients with ME/CFS as well as the research showing how widespread this organic brain disease really is. There is a paperback edition of this book available at a more affordable price.
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 | In the Shadow of Memory (American Lives) by Floyd Skloot
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $0.01 ME/CFS is literally in your head. A firsthand account of the neurological devastation wreaked by this grave disease - hits like a hammer. Wry, funny, philosophical.
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 | ME: the New Plague by Jane Colby
Buy used from: $34.85 Jane Colby has been a courageous and persistent advocate of children stricken with this devastating organic disease - as in no it has nothing to do with school avoidance behavior.
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 | The Everything Health Guide To Thyroid Disease: Professional Advice on Getting the Right Diagnosis, Managing Your Symptoms, And Feeling Great (Everything: Health and Fitness) by Theodore C. Friedman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.72 The problem with any brain disease is that the brain is part of the body's master controls - so if one thing is thrown out of balance so are many other areas of the body. Hypothyroidism is one of those areas common to patients with ME/CFS. A good read.
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 | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment: A Treatment Guide (Quality Medical Home Health Library) by Erica F. Verrillo
Buy used from: $2.78 Written by two long-time suffers of ME/CFS, an organic nonpsychiatric brain disease. Like Berne's book,it is chock full of information you must know.
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 | Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits by David A. Morton
Buy used from: $2.96 Because ME/CFS and fibromyalgia are ultimately so disabling for so many people SSDI information is critical.
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 | The Night-Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & The Illness Experience by Floyd Skloot
Buy used from: $0.52 a personal guide by award winning author, Floyd Skloot, through the maze of ME/CFS symptoms
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 | I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury by Kara L. Swanson
Buy used from: $15.26 "The curious thing about the crash that ended my life is that I lived through it," says Kara Swanson. Change crash to ME/CFS and you have a book that parallels the cognitive problems of CFS.
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 | The Chronic Illness Workbook: Strategies and Solutions for Taking Back Your Life by Patricia A. Fennell
Buy used from: $2.24 Stop fighting yourself. After nine years I actually surprise myself with how happy I am - until I have to talk to yet another ignorant doctor that is. But then I've learned to pick my battles. LOL
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 | Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MEDICAL HUMANITIES SERIES) by Dorothy Wall
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $1.37 Dorothy Wall's book is more balanced than some. Wall gives a clear overview of the well documented severe biomedical aspects of ME/CFS having nothing to do with psychiatric "fatigue" illnesses which unlike ME/CFS are not defined by post exertional fatigue.
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 | Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Peggy Munson
Buy new: $41.29 / Used from: $14.63 This organic brain disease is about real people, not numbers. Read also "Shattered: Life with M.E. by Lynn Mitchell
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 | Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope by Richard M. Cohen
Buy new: $20.71 / Used from: $0.01 The reality of chronic diseases such as ME/CFS, ALS, GWS, and MS is a far cry from television shows such as "House." They are neither sexy or resolved in an hour. It is however, a transformation of the soul - an assault on the patient's very identity. Is their voice yours?
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 | The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.39 Learn to say I love you in a way that is heard. When our normal everyday worlds dissolve sometimes it is the bonds of love that make life worth living. Read it. Everything to gain, nothing to lose.
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 | The Hard Questions for an Authentic Life: 100 Essential Questions for Tapping into Your Inner Wisdom by Susan Piver
Buy used from: $0.01 This book is great for anyone who wants to live the life they choose rather than a life tied to circumstances of the moment.
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 | Diana's Story by Deric Longden
Buy used from: $2.77 This is fiction book, but a loving peek into the upheaval this couple experiences centered around the wife's CFS/ME. Great author, and although fiction, it is the true story of his marriage.
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 | Beyond Chaos: One Man's Journey Alongside His Chronically Ill Wife by Gregg Piburn
Buy used from: $0.75 Divorce statistics for people with ME/CFS and fibro run at about 75-90% this is a refreshing book about for better or worse, in sickness and health
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 | Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives by Mira Kirshenbaum
Buy used from: $0.01 CFS/ME may seem inexplicable, unjust, even cruel; shattering our perception of the world, our understanding of ourselves, and our faith in a higher power. If you are asking "Why" this may help you.
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 | Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Chronic Illness And Pain by Carol Sveilich
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.42 As a member of the "You look too healthy to be severely ill" club I found this book went beyond the usual platitudes and really explores life of the severely ill from the inside out
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 | Adolescence and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Journeys with the Dragon by Roberto Patarca Montero
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $5.94 More and more children are being accurately diagnosed with CFS/ME. Growing up is hard enough but when you are "different" it is all the more difficult. Perspectives: Teen, parents and CFS Specialist
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