A Beginner's Guide to ME/CFS

A Beginner's Guide to ME/CFS (ME/CFS Beginner's Guides Book 1) by Nancy Blake, BA, CQSW. Published September 15, 2012. ASIN: B009BT45G6

Review by Good Reads: "This little book is a direct challenge to the way people who have ME/CFS are portrayed in the media and treated by most of the medical profession. The most damaging 'false illness belief' about ME/CFS is that it is a psychiatric condition; as a fully qualified psychotherapist who has also been diagnosed with ME, Nancy believes that all sufferers actually have a multi-system, complex disorder (with a range of measurable biomarkers) which requires above all that they minimize physical exertion. This book includes information about the latest scientific developments and how to address the blood flow problems which, according to the researches of Dr. L. O. Simpson, can explain the nature of ME patients' symptoms.

The author believes that the worsening prognosis for people who have ME/CFS reported in recent years is not in the nature of this illness, but is being caused by inappropriate treatment. She urges a return to the practices of the earliest researchers, who noted that the best outcome occurred in those patients who had a period of enforced restfrom the earliest stages.

Carers take note - it is your help which can keep open the possibility for a significant degree of recovery!'