Lymphedema - Living with the disease
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007JZT16S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 596 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Four Stars told me enough. "Written by Someone who Knows" according to Pat. If I have one more physician tell my mother to lose weight and brush her off as if the Lymphedema were her fault, I am going to scream!! Lymphedema is not always caused by obesity and losing weight is not the treatment for the vast majority of patients.This author has lived with this disease and understands it better than most doctors. He has clearly done a great deal of research on this topic and provides the reader with much needed information as well as resources to find better help than your primary care physician can provide.I've myself have done endless amou. "Helpful discussion on lymphedema - what it is and how to treat" according to C Hines. I have been assisting my father in law for 7 years in massage and wrapping his lower legs and now thighs that have been affected by lymphedema. I am always looking into ways to improve the situation so when I was introduced to "Lymphedema - Living with the disease", I grabbed it.First impression of the book is that it is a heart cry from a man who is suffering, hoping to impart hard earned knowledge of this debilitating disease. Clive West has suffered with lymphedema for 20 some years so he knows what he is writing about. I was shocked to learn that lymphedema wa
How often have you wished you could chat to someone who suffers from the same illness or complaint as you do? That is exactly the experience which this book offers to those afflicted with lymphedema, a common malady which goes unrecognised in a shockingly high proportion of cases.In clear, accessible language, the author explains the background to the illness, what the specific dangers are, what you can do about it if you have it, and how you can get yourself treated without having to remortgage your home. As a patient who has consulted medical text books but refrained from swallowing them, he provides a refreshingly frank account of just what it is like to live with the disease and also to have it misdiagnosed, misunderstood, and even worse.