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Out of print, but available in libraries.
This book is excellent, it talks about all the emotions you go through when suffering from ME and offers guidance on how to cope with the varied emotions. It is easy to read and I felt that it could have been me who had written the book I could relate to it so well. I would recommend anyone suffering from ME reads this book and I am going to ensure that my husband reads it so he can understand better what I am feeling as I find it difficult to express sometimes.
The author Joyce Fox is an ME sufferer and also a trained counsellor. It is such a shame that this book is out of print, as I really want to buy it.

With thanks to Jane Singleton for the information.

This book gives advice on talking to your doctor; discussion of a comprehensive range of symptoms; practical measures for holding onto your job, your friends and your partner. Sympathetic support in dealing with the feelings of rage, helplessness and guilt created by M.E. essential information on the legal and welfare situations (this is now out of date as the book was written in 1992 look for a recent re-issue); In depth analysis of complimentary therapies ; the role of support groups etc: the book can be empathised with, as it describes many of the M.E. patients feelings exactly, good for some one who is just finding out about the illness and can be dipped into.

With thanks to Niccola Simpson for the information.

This book boasts on it's front cover, that it is "A self-help plan for managing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Known in America as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and improving the quality of your life."
The author informs you with a chapter about himself and M.E. Then about the disease and it's symptoms, which is all good stuff. But then he goes into the treatment of M.E. and I'm afraid it's at this point my enjoyment of the book waned, as it ventured into (in my opinion) quack remedies and treatments for M.E. maybe it's just my cynical side creeping in here but I don't feel that the recommendations here will help.
Don't let this stop you from reading this book though, as your opinion will, in all fairness, probably be different to mine.

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