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What The Hell Is Wrong With Me?
My reason for writing this book was simple, I wanted to relay a first hand experience to an audience possibly struggling to understand just what living with an autoimmune condition means.
I make little or no attempt to educate or impart knowledge from a medical point of view, this is best left to health professionals far better qualified to present this kind of information. I do address key medical facts relating to my specific conditions. I do this not to teach, only to highlight the complexities associated with my personal story.
This book is about my journey! A path I have travelled now for over 10 years. In saying that I feel strongly that my story is synonymous to most if not all afflicted with an autoimmune disorder. Although our illnesses may vary, the changes to our lifestyle and way of living prove eerily similar in context.
I hope to provide those recently diagnosed with strategies and basic knowledge of what they might expect in coming years. One of the major motivating factors for writing this book however was to inform the family and friends of sufferers. I know from personal experience just how difficult it is for those around us to fully grasp the complexities of what we live with day to day.
This is a confusing and frustrating time for both patients and their loved ones alike. The constant and ongoing struggle for individuals, our families and social connections to fully understand just what it is to live with an autoimmune condition.
I make little or no attempt to educate or impart knowledge from a medical point of view, this is best left to health professionals far better qualified to present this kind of information. I do address key medical facts relating to my specific conditions. I do this not to teach, only to highlight the complexities associated with my personal story.
This book is about my journey! A path I have travelled now for over 10 years. In saying that I feel strongly that my story is synonymous to most if not all afflicted with an autoimmune disorder. Although our illnesses may vary, the changes to our lifestyle and way of living prove eerily similar in context.
I hope to provide those recently diagnosed with strategies and basic knowledge of what they might expect in coming years. One of the major motivating factors for writing this book however was to inform the family and friends of sufferers. I know from personal experience just how difficult it is for those around us to fully grasp the complexities of what we live with day to day.
This is a confusing and frustrating time for both patients and their loved ones alike. The constant and ongoing struggle for individuals, our families and social connections to fully understand just what it is to live with an autoimmune condition.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 5, 2014
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About the author
Richard Connery
10 booksRichard Connery is the author of Arcadia Waters, What The Hell Is Wrong With Me? - My Autoimmune Adventure, The Best British TV Crime Series, Web Games: Hearts & Minds, and Successful Online Dating. He is also a professional copywriter, freelance journalist, ghostwriter, film maker, researcher and CEO of 'Richard Connery Productions,' a professional writing service providing content to a range of niche industries. Richard is a regular contributor to a number of recognised online and offline publications and blogs.
His books are typically presented with a positive, sometimes comical flare. Mostly first-hand accounts penned from personal experience on a range of topical subject matter. With a generous passion and honest approach, he provides sound advice and simple reason in everything he writes.
He has recently released his first mystery thriller, "Arcadia Waters", a crime drama set in tropical North Queensland, Australia. A novella-length follow-up to the successful 2014 release, "What The Hell Is Wrong With Me?" - My Autoimmune Adventure is now due for release in early 2017.
Richard now resides in the tropical Eden of mid-north Queensland, Australia, with his ever faithful pooch "Mali"... He spends his days writing to a backdrop of palm trees, pristine beaches, azure seas and endless sunshine with Mali close by his side.
His books are typically presented with a positive, sometimes comical flare. Mostly first-hand accounts penned from personal experience on a range of topical subject matter. With a generous passion and honest approach, he provides sound advice and simple reason in everything he writes.
He has recently released his first mystery thriller, "Arcadia Waters", a crime drama set in tropical North Queensland, Australia. A novella-length follow-up to the successful 2014 release, "What The Hell Is Wrong With Me?" - My Autoimmune Adventure is now due for release in early 2017.
Richard now resides in the tropical Eden of mid-north Queensland, Australia, with his ever faithful pooch "Mali"... He spends his days writing to a backdrop of palm trees, pristine beaches, azure seas and endless sunshine with Mali close by his side.
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September 4, 2017
I am reading this for the third time. Since being diagnosed with Sjogren's in 2011, symptoms started creeping up on me about two years ago. This book was not written by a doctor, it was written by a man like my husband. One that can explain in terms that I understand and HAS the disease and shares his aches and pains and feelings.
This book is the best of the seven books I have bought and read on Sjogren's Syndrome. The others were more medical terms and over my head. I keep this one by my bed for the flares.
This book is the best of the seven books I have bought and read on Sjogren's Syndrome. The others were more medical terms and over my head. I keep this one by my bed for the flares.
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