From our children and cancer selection Humor and Healing by Bernie Siegel Bernie Siegel speaks directly to patients in a voice that is both hopeful and direct and his readers have responded by making his books immensely popular. Here Dr. Siegel explores the power of humor, to speed the body's journey to health by boosting the immune system, and as an everyday philosophy especially for those with a chronic illness. Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, Medical Officer with the National Institute of Health provides you with the first authoritative, comprehensive book to review, in everyday language, the scientific evidence pro and con for alternative therapies. It was the best purchase I could have possibly made. Kaye Olson has carefully and thoroughly written a guide covering what should be done to get ready for the surgery, come through the procedure successfully, and make a complete recovery.
Every page is filled with pratical advice, tips, exercises, and suggestions.
My confidence in a positive outcome was dramatically increased before the operation, and I was less afraid. I continue to use the exercises and suggestions as I go through the recovery period. The book is easy to read, well-written, thoroughly researched, and very comprehensive. One day she was riding an adrenaline rush on the fast track, and the next she left it all behind to stop and smell the red sauce. Tuesday's With Morrie meets Chicken Soup for the Soul as Debbie brings humor and sorrow into the horrors of hospitals, the lost dreams of her parents, and the shock of her sister's suicide.