New Book, "The Lyme
Disease Survival Guide" Provides
Strategies for Healing
A new book, 'The Lyme Disease Survival
Guide', provides a single, comprehensive
resource that describes conventional and
alternative treatments, plus real-world,
practical solutions for dealing with the
lifestyle and emotional difficulties of this
now-epidemic disease.
Denver, CO (PRWEB)
May 15, 2008 -- A new book, 'The Lyme Disease
Survival Guide', provides a single,
comprehensive resource that describes
conventional and alternative treatments, plus
real-world, practical solutions for dealing
with the lifestyle and emotional difficulties
of this now-epidemic disease.
According to the CDC, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Lyme Disease is the
fastest-growing infectious disease in the
U.S., with more than 20,000 new cases reported
each year. The CDC estimates, however, that
only one in ten cases is reported, which means
that there are at least 200,000 new cases each
year. Lyme Disease can be treated successfully
with antibiotics when - and if - it is caught
early. If it goes undiagnosed, then it becomes
a multi-symptom, multi-system illness that
wreaks havoc upon nearly all of a sufferer's
tissues and organs.
Once this happens, Lyme Disease becomes
chronic and difficult to diagnose. It may
masquerade as a variety of other illnesses,
and most physicians do not know how to
effectively treat it. It devastates nearly
every aspect of a sufferer's existence, and
ILADS, the International Lyme and Associated
Diseases Society, estimates that most chronic
Lyme disease sufferers experience a level of
disability equal to that of a person who has
suffered from a recent heart attack. Existing
books on Lyme disease offer few solutions for
coping with the difficult life circumstances
faced by chronic Lyme disease sufferers.
For those who have been recently diagnosed,
'The Lyme Disease Survival Guide' gives them a
good "first resource" to understand
what they are up against and start looking for
answers. For those who have been struggling
with the effects of the disease for some time,
the book can provide new treatment solutions
as well as insights into how to cope with the
disease.
About the Author
'The Lyme Disease Survival Guide' was written
by Connie Strasheim, a former flight attendant
who suffers from chronic Lyme Disease and who
had to quit her high-flying job when the
disease started to affect her ability to work.
Ms. Strasheim, determined to "get her
life back" after she became severely ill,
began writing a blog called "Lyme
Bytes." (http://www.lymebytes.blogspot.com/),
where she revealed the results of her
extensive research into various coping and
healing strategies.
Ms. Strasheim's writing style and the
knowledge she conveyed in the blog attracted
the attention of a publisher, Bryan Rosner,
the founder of BioMed Publishing Group. Mr.
Rosner asked her to organize her findings and
articles into a book. Ms. Strasheim completed
the book while living near the rain forest in
Costa Rica (she speaks fluent Spanish), a
place she had moved to, in part, to find
healing. The book's forward is written by Dr.
James Schaller, M.D., a Lyme-literate
physician and author of over twenty-five
books, including several on Lyme disease
co-infections.
'The Lyme Disease Survival Guide' covers:
- Physical strategies for healing Lyme
Disease, including ten primary protocols
for healing, detoxification, supplements,
adjunct or supportive therapies, testing
methods, and ways to discern whether a
protocol is working.
- Lifestyle strategies for healing Lyme
Disease, including: how to optimize life
circumstances while dealing with the
effects of Lyme Disease, information on
diet and exercise, how to live mindfully,
manage relationships, finances, work and
travel.
- Emotional strategies for healing Lyme
Disease, including how to eliminate the
devastating mental symptoms of Lyme
Disease. Some of the most common and
troubling symptoms, for instance, are the
loss of the sufferer's short-term memory,
and "brain fog," both of which
make everyday tasks a challenge - if not
impossible. Cognitive and physiological
strategies address both the conscious and
subconscious mind, and harness the power
of belief, thought and words for healing
through visualization, prayer and other
techniques for achieving wellness.
An appendix suggests the role of God in
healing, and is based on Ms. Strasheim's
personal struggles with - but ultimate belief
in - a God who heals.
The complete title of the book, "The
Lyme Disease Survival Guide: Physical,
Lifestyle, and Emotional Strategies for
Healing, with a Dash of Humor to Light the
Way", reflects the scope and depth of
coping and healing strategies covered in this
new book, and the book's endearing and helpful
writing style. Ms. Strasheim has managed to
maintain her sense of humor as she has
struggled with Lyme; her wit and spirit are
evident throughout the book. The style is
conversational, even as she describes the more
complex scientific and medical findings and
approaches.
For an interview with Connie Strasheim, for
more information about the book, or to request
a review copy, contact Connie9824 @ msn.com
at: 303-800-6782 or 303-949-3347.
The Lyme Disease Survival Guide is
published by BioMed Publishing Group. It is
available via a PayPal link on Ms. Strasheim's
blog at: http://www.lymebytes.blogspot.com.
As well, you can contact Ms. Strasheim at the
above-mentioned e-mail address and/or phone
numbers. The new book will retail for $25.95.
ISBN # 978-0-9763797-4-4-52595
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