Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain

by Lene Andersen

Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain is the ultimate guide to living well with this chronic, at times debilitating, autoimmune disease. Lene Andersen has 40+ years of living with RA and is working as Community Leader for HealthCentral.com's RA site. She has amassed an almost encyclopedic knowledge of how to manage the many challenges of life with the disease. Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis covers medication and treatment options, questions of opioids and addiction, down-to-earth tips to manage side effects, and techniques to control the pain that is often part and parcel of RA. This is an informative, honest and often very funny book. It offers hope, comfort and help to empower both the newly diagnosed and those who have had the disease for years. Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain is the essential companion to creating a good life with rheumatoid arthritis.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

252 pages, Paperback

First published February 16, 2013

Reviews

[Chanouel · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with rhematoid arthritis, this is must read. It is full of information on the disease itself and how to deal with the pain.
Whether you have mild or high levels of pain or whether your disease is very active or slow progressing, the book is full of tips, tricks and reliable information on living with the disease.

One warning: only take what applies to you. The author describes some extreme situations that can make you run to your doctor in panic if you have a tendency towards hyperchondria.

[Stasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book delivers exactly as promised. A thorough and informative look at rheumatoid arthritis from the perspective of someone who obviously knows the disease well. Lending her expertise and charming voice, Lene has created a truly wonderful resource for anyone battling to find their stride with the chronic illness.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This isn't a book that you finish reading. I'm sure I will keep going back to it for a long time. This book offers great ways to manage and control chronic pain. It's full of good advice!

[Renee Skrotzki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super informational!

[Renee Matthews · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Definite Must Read For Anyone With RA!!

A very comprehensive book written from the viewpoint of someone who has personal knowledge, having had RA for 40 years. Things never told to me in the past 12 years by doctors are covered in this book and filled in some missing pieces for me. This book contains 200+ pages of valuable insight, advice, tips, and links to helpful resources. I HIGHLY recommend this book. It's not a one-time read, but will serve as a wonderful reference for future use as well. Well worth the money.

[Dori · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book I needed when I was first diagnosed, though it has much information that I found useful now. It answers a lot of the questions you have when you are facing RA and discusses some of the things you can only learn from someone who has experienced the disease. As someone who has chatted with the author, I can tell you that she is sincere in her wish to help others learn how to understand and cope with the RA's daily challenges.

[Stefany J Suto Mendl]

Good read



Very informative along with a personal insights given to the readers. highly recommended to anyone living with the effects of this disease
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