Tales From the Dry Side: The Personal Stories Behind the Autoimmune Illness Sjögren's Syndrome
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1478722096 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, Chuck, and their basset hound mix, Molly. She is the author of the inspirational blog Thoughts and Ramblings on Life, Love, and Health (christinemolloy). Christine Molloy is a writer, registered nurse, and Sjögren's patient. . She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and she has worked in a variety of clinical settings including pediatrics
"Highly recommended, especially as inspiration or fortification for anyone personally affected by a chronic illness." - Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book Review
I am humbled by those patients that are willing to tell their story. People with Sjögren's often go undiagnosed for years, their symptoms dismissed by doctors or classified as psychosomatic. All the while, the patient is increasingly unable to participate in daily life.Written by Sjögren's sufferers from various regions of the United States and Canada and including a foreword by Steven Taylor, CEO of the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation, Tales From the Dry Side offers up the stories of thirteen courageous men and women who share their journey with diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of Sjögren's, as well as candid portraits of how this illness has affected their families, their personal lives, and their careers. It manifests itself in multi-system dryness, potentially affecting every system in the body including, but not limited to, the eyes, mouth, joints, lungs, nervous system, liver, kidneys, and bladder. Women and men who are willing to stand up, share their struggles and thei
Jessica Serrano-Gregg said A book about me. Words alone are not enough to express my gratitude for this book. I am sjogrens syndrome and I am NOT alone. I have primary sjogrens syndrome with organ involvement. There is no cure nor solid treatment plan as of yet. It's my hope within my lifetime, with continued education such as what the author is doing by making it personal that one day my boys will say my mother fought this and won. Thank you Christine Malloy for bringing sjogrens into the liv. Very informative Sandra Larsen As a Sjogren's sufferer myself I found it very informative and helped me understand that I am not alone! I would recommend to anyone with an auto-immune disease.. Jeanette Wadsworth said From One Sjoie To Another.THANK YOU. I was diagnosed in July "From One Sjoie To Another.THANK YOU" according to Jeanette Wadsworth. I was diagnosed in July 2010 with Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). My Rhuemtologist NEVER told me anything more than "you have an autoimmune disorder known as Sjögren's". I looked it up online and read "dry eyes and mouth" so thought nothing more about it. Boy was that a mistake!!! THANK YOU ALL for taking the painstaking hours it took each of you to write your story and share them with the World so unconditionally. Hugs to each of You. 010 with Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). My Rhuemtologist NEVER told me anything more than "you have an autoimmune disorder known as Sjögren's". I looked it up online and read "dry eyes and mouth" so thought nothing more about it. Boy was that a mistake!!! THANK YOU ALL for taking the painstaking hours it took each of you to write your story and share them with the World so unconditionally. Hugs to each of You