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A life worth living : A practical guide to living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

A life worth living : A practical guide to living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
By Dr Michael Midgley

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The adventures of a doctor who lived with ME for over 35 years. Dr Midgley has lived with this chronic intractable and debilitating illness for nearly 40 years and is in a unique position to help others with the same condition, being both a long-term sufferer and a doctor. Over the years he developed his own highly individualised strategy for dealing with his problem and he shares his experiences with the reader. This book offers encouragement and inspiration to all ME patients and suggests ways in which they can work out a successful body-management programme of their own. It will surely help many people with ME to improve the quality of their lives and will enable their family and friends to reach a deeper level of understanding, both of the disease itself and of the patient.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1725626 in Books
  • Published on: 1995-08-10
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 94 pages

Editorial Reviews

Ellen Attwood, Wizop, CompuServe Chronic Illness Forum, 26.9.96
I feel absolutely charged after reading this delightful book! Dr Midgley has obviously been in the trenches. I certainly recognised at a visceral level that he and his family had suffered the physical, psychological and spiritual effects of living with ME, and yet the warmth, humor, gentleness and sheer humanity of this personal journey make for a delightful read about a painful subject . . . I do feel quite comfortable in recommending it as a good source of information about ME.

Lynne McTaggart, What Doctors Don't Tell You, Vol.6 No. 10, January 1996
A truly inspiring book for ME sufferers and healthy people alike.

Glasgow Evening Times, Feb 8 1966
Offers no miracles and pulls no punches . . . makes normality for sufferers seem possible for the first time since diagnosis..

Customer Reviews

The first positive book I have read on ME4
I felt I had to write to say how much I enjoyed your book. It is the first positive book I have read on ME and I agree with a lot of your views on the ilness. I particularly liked the chapter that your wife wrote and completely empathise with the problems this illness causes, not just for the 'sufferer', but to the whole family.