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In the last 18 years since my first diagnosis of MYOSITIS in 1989, there have been many books that accompanied me, teaching me to accept, cope and grow. Books that I have leaned on as friends and companions:
UNDERSTANDING LUPUS by Henrietta Aladjem
NECESSARY LOSSES by Judith Viorst
MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE by Harold Kushner
WE ARE NOT ALONE,
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS by Nora Pitzele
SICK AND TIRED OF FEELING SICK AND TIRED by P. Donoghue and M. Siegel
IN THE SHADOWS, LIVING AND COPING WITH A
LOVED ONES ILLNESS by David Luterman
HEALING AND THE MIND by Bill Moyers
THE RELAXATION RESPONSE by Herbert Benson
ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS by Norman Cousins
LOVE, MEDICINE AND MIRACLES by Bernie Siegel
HOW TO LIVE BETWEEN OFFICE VISITS by Bernie Siegel
COPING WITH PREDNISONE by E. Zukerman and J. Ingelfinger, MD
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL MEDICINE by Michael Murray
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING by Phyillis Balch
HEALING WITH WHOLE FOODS by Paul Pitchford
COPING WITH A MYOSITIS DISEASE by James Kilpatrick
LIVING WITH MYOSITIS by Jenny Fenton
THE NEW SJOGREN'S SYNDROME HANDBOOK by Steven Carsons, MD and E.K. Harris
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom
IF YOU ARE HAVING A CRUMMY DAY, BRUSH OFF THE CRUMBS,
by Mims Cushings
I'D RATHER LAUGH, HOW TO BE HAPPY EVEN WHEN LIFE HAS
OTHER PLANS FOR YOU by Linda Richman
IMPERFECT CONTROL by Judith Viorst
STILL ME by Christopher Reeve
LEARNING TO FALL by Phillip Simmons
THE PILGRIMAGE by Paulo Coelho
BLINDSIDED by Richard Cohen
STRONG AT THE BROKEN PLACES by Richard Cohen
RETURN TO MYO-MUSINGS HOMEPAGE
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