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STICKING OUT OUR NECKS | March 2004 -- Special Issue
Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well -- "We're Patients...Not Lab Values!" from Patient Advocate Mary J. Shomon, Author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease, The Thyroid Diet Success Guide and The Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Success |
This newsletter is located online at: http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/mar2004special.htm
Back issues are online at http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/index.htm
Many people with thyroid disease also have symptoms of two other overlooked, underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. With as many as 6 to 12 million people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- or CFS -- and Fibromyalgia, a great many undiagnosed, there's a possibility that you or someone you know may have one of these complex conditions.
The most common symptoms: debilitating fatigue in CFS, and chronic body pain and interrupted, unrefreshing sleep, in Fibromyalgia. But crossover in symptoms is common, and there are a variety of other symptoms and markers astute practitioners look for in making a diagnosis. But unfortunately, as you suffer these symptoms, you may face the additional challenge of getting properly diagnosed. Some of the more shortsighted members of the medical profession actually consider CFS and Fibromyalgia to be "fad" diseases or psychosomatic illnesses!
As someone who has experienced bouts of both CFS and Fibromyalgia, I've tackled these issues in my new book, which has just been released, Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know. It's the third book in my best-selling "Living Well..." series. The first two books focused on Hypothyroidism, and Autoimmune Disease.
In this information-packed 416-page book, I've drawn on extensive research, the input of the nation's leading practitioners, and my own battle against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia to give you the tools you need to create a personalized plan for living well with these illnesses. Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know demystifies these often confusing conditions and arms you with vital information on every important aspect of CFS and Fibromyalgia.
While most books promote one particular theory and treatment approach, Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know looks at the bigger picture, by exploring a myriad of theories and treatment options--from conventional therapies such as medication and vitamins, to alternative approaches including yoga and massage.
The book includes:
See the Table of Contents now online.
DO YOU HAVE CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME OR FIBROMYALGIA?
Are you female? Do you have any personal or family history of thyroid disease, chronic sinus infections or ear infections, autoimmune diseases, mononucleosis/glandular fever/Epstein-Barr Virus? Have you recently had an infection, a physical injury or trauma, do you have a history of severe life stress? These are just a few of the risks for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
Do you have serious fatigue that is not much relieved by sleep or rest, and substantially worse after exercise? Do you have a regular sore throat? Tender armpits or lymph nodes? Muscle and joint pain? Brain fog and difficulty concentrating? Do you wake up frequently, and feel that you are not rested after sleep? So you have specific pain particularly in the area where the neck attaches to the throat, in the shoulders, near the elbows, in your buttocks and hips, above the knees, neck and breastbone area? Do you have headaches, worsening food or chemical sensitivities, mood swings? These are just a few of the symptoms that are frequently seen in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
A first step in assessing your own risk and symptoms is to fill out the Risk Factors and Symptoms checklist online at http://www.cfsfibromyalgia.com/info/checklist.htm.
There's also a downloadable, easily printable PDF version online at http://www.cfsfibromyalgia.com/info/checklist.pdf.
This online tools are summary versions, but the comprehensive, full-length full checklist with all the details is featured in my book Living Well With Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia.
MORE RESOURCES ONLINE
Your next step is to learn more about CFS and Fibromyalgia. I've put together a number of helpful resources, including:
MARY SHOMON: MY OWN STORY
My own story, in terms of my experiences with CFS and Fibromyalgia, and how I'm living well now, are featured in a free sample chapter of the book that is online. Read the chapter now at http://www.cfsfibromyalgia.com/book/excerpt.htm.
GET YOUR COPY NOW AT BOOKSTORES
If you want a copy of the book, you can get it now at bookstores everywhere in the U.S. If you live outside the U.S., ask your bookseller to order you a copy:
Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know
by Mary J. Shomon
Published by HarperResource/ HarperCollins
ISBN #: 0060521252
Retail list price: $14.95 US Dollars
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Mary Shomon is a brilliant and compassionate patient advocate who has written a thorough and balanced book that will teach you how to get well now.-- Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, CFS/FMS researcher and practitioner and bestselling author of From Fatigued to Fantastic and Three Steps To Happiness - Healing Through Joy, founder of the End Fatigue and Vitality 101web sites.
If you're one of the millions afflicted with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or think you may be, start changing your life for the better now by reading this crucial book. There are very real answers that will help you even more than you dare to hope, and Mary Shomon has done an absolutely masterful job of providing them to you here.-- Dr. Joseph Mercola, dietary physician, author of the New York Times best-seller The No-Grain Diet and founder of popular natural health website Mercola.com
