When the diagnosis is multiple sclerosis
Subtitle: help, hope, and insights from an affected physician
By: Kym Orsetti Furney
Edition: Johns Hopkins paperback ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780801893926
Subjects: Women physicians; Patients; Health; Physicians with disabilities; Multiple sclerosis; Biography
Description: A physician working, teaching and raising a daughter despite her own multiple sclerosis gives us personal and professional insights into the physical, medical and psychological challenges in the aftermath of an MS diagnosis, including how to keep hope, strength, health, career and options for parenthood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.
Table of contents: title: Being diagnosed; title: Grieving; title: The psychological challenges of MS; title: Facing the needle: the MS medications; title: Whom do I tell and when?; title: Impact on our jobs; title: Having children; title: Staying healthy and fit; title: Managing the fatigue of multiple sclerosis; title: Could I be depressed?; title: You and your doctor; title: Dealing with disability; title: Getting involved with the MS community; title: Finding balance.