Product Description
An Eight Step Protocol - Developed by the author which enabled her to fully recover from CFS - When I was three months pregnant with my second child, I caught a flu virus that changed my life. For the next four years I lived in the clutches of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. When I realized that most of the medical profession considered my illness to be "in my head", I felt so isolated, struggling to understand what was wrong with me knowing that it was a real physical illness. CFS shut down my life as I knew it and forced me to become a recluse spending most of my time in bed between short lived efforts to have a "normal" life. But slowly, through much trial and error, I began to understand the patterns and the cruelty of CFS. In the end, I defeated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and now live a full and healthy life - totally free of CFS. This book shares in detail the eight step protocol that I developed and followed as I slowly and steadily regained my health. It s written in a clear, concise format, understanding the struggle that CFS sufferers have with memory and concentration. By consistently following these steps, I hope that you too can defeat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. You don t have to live with it! My motivation for writing this book is to bring a new voice to the Chronic Fatigue dialogue - contrary to the message of a permanently compromised lifestyle which is prevalent in the medical and patient communities, there are many former CFS patients who are fully recovered. I'm one of them! My message to patients, medical practitioners and care givers is that despite the unknowns of CFS, you CAN manage those aspects of CFS that you ARE in control of. My protocol is a proactive, self-management approach implemented 24-7. Decide to defeat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome!

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 16 reviews)

Depends what you mean by 'CFS' by Jodi-Hummingbird

2 Stars
September 20, 2009
What patients told they have 'CFS' need is a real diagnosis, not advice from 'CFS' experts. CFS is always a misdiagnosis. Illnesses most often misdiagnosed as 'CFS' include Lyme disease, vitamin deficiencies, cancer, MS, Bechet's disease, thyroid and adrenal illnesses, FM and so on. Many of the illnesses misdiagnosed as 'CFS' are testable and treatable...but only once patients and their doctors ditch the useless 'CFS' misdiagnosis. Many illneses can also be very serious or fatal if not correctly diagnosed and treated, and this includes Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. (M.E. is NOT the same thing as 'CFS'! M.E. is also not invisible or untestable as 'CFS' is.) The last thing patients need are books telling them 'CFS' can be easily cured or treated and treating them as if they each had the same disease. People with vitamin deficiencies need that vitamin. People with Lyme disease need certain antibiotics. M.E. patinets must be advised to REST. A correct diagnosis is everything and 'CFS' books like this do not help, no matter how kind they seem on the surface of things. Patients need real information relevant to their actual disease. It is offensive to imply many of the diseases often misdiagnosed as 'CFS' are diseases you can CHOOSE to recover from. many fatigue diseases you can, but serious diseases like cancer and MS and M.E. you can't. It really harms patients when poeple say you can choose to recover from 'CFS'...because it really depends what you mean by 'CFS.' This can lead to serious abuse by family members and friends sadly who seem to think 'she did it, so why can't you.' Hardly fair when we are talking about often very differnet diseases. Not nice stuff. Please, if you have a 'CFS' (mis)diagnosis, do everything you can to find your correct diagnosis, do not accept 'CFS' ever as an end point to the process of diagnosis. Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E.

Helpful for a day to day solution. by Kelly (Clinton, MI)

5 Stars
February 05, 2009
This is a great book for learning how to live day to day so that your body can heal, and hopefully recover, from CFS/FM. Very practial and to the point, it only took an hour or so to read. I would recommending adding this book to your must-read list if you or someone you know has CFS/FM. As a compliment, I would recommend From Fatigued to Fantastic for detailed information on various herbal and perscription medication to assist in recovering. I'm really happy I read this book!

Helpful resource by P.A. (United States)

5 Stars
November 22, 2008
I've read a ton of books looking for answers for CFS. This book helped me because it was written by someone who had actaully experienced CFS and overcame it. If for no other reason than the encouragement factor, it was worth buying. I've been struggling for 10 years and felt close to giving up the fight. But after reading the book, I felt encouraged and ready to fight on, but with new tools and a new perspective.

CFS in College by Alena (London, UK)

4 Stars
November 13, 2008
I am a sophomore in college in a time in my life that is so crucial to where I am going and who I am becoming. I've had Chronic Fatigue for a few years now, but it is only in the past year that it has taken a serious toll on me. I got caught in the catch 22 between being a college student and caring for my body. I often can't do work, go to class, go out,I worry constantly about my future and being able to start a career, and I barely have time to sleep. After being an incredibly social and outgoing person in high school and then coming to college and not having a social life at all made me very depressed and lonely. Being in college and feeling as if you've lost your personality and you cannot perform up to your academic strength because your mind is so foggy and your memory so bad really started to ruin my life. This is the first book I've ever read on chronic fatigue syndrome and it makes me cry because I have so much hope now. It has really been a motivation to try to heal myself and really try to succeed in the ways I know I can in college. The way that the author writes this book is so simple and easy to follow. I think all her ideas are great and really make sense and I'm starting to follow her eight steps. The getting enough sleep one is a little hard for me, as is treating myself as a patient because of all my work, but I'm really optimistic about this and I'm finally feeling as if I can escape this terrible illness. Like I said, I haven't been following for long, but even this sense of hope I'm feeling is the best I've felt in so long. I really recommend this to anyone who is suffering from CFS.

A clear 8-step protocol. by K. W. Bennink (Netherlands)

4 Stars
September 14, 2008
After 8 years of 'doctor-shopping' and trying way too many things that didn't work, I was a little hesitant to buy yet another book. But I'm not sorry I added it to my next Amazon order! I recognized an awful lot in the author's story. Which in general is to be expected, but to me the specifics really stood out (could have been my medical record, minus the pregnancy.) The book is the author's story, mixed in with an 8 step protocol (and a good explanation of why to follow it) with which she made a full recovery. Something to really look forward to! This are the steps, obviously explained in detail in the book: 1. Understand your version of CFS. -- Keep a daily short log of activities/rest periods, sleep, symptoms, meds 2. Find a doctor who will work with you. 3. Break the cycle of fatigue -- Strict rule: Sleep at least 10 hours a night! And apparently after a few months of keeping a log you will notice a pattern, and know what is `too much' - that way you can avoid the `major crash after'. 4. Build a support network 5. Be sick! Be a patient! -- aka: ignore what others think of you and don't feel guilty for taking care of yourself. 6. Fuel your wellness -- General health info, with the addition of vitamin/supplement recommendations 7. Maintain an optimal blood pressure. -- Mine, like the authors, turned out to be constantly low (105/65) -> fixable! 8. Manage your stages of recovery. I wish there was one extra part explaining a little more about 'finding the pattern' for step 3. (Just an example of hers would be good). I guess I'll figure it out in a few months, or let someone more awake look at it. I've been following the steps for only a week now, but I hope to report results in a few months (will be in the comments). Four stars for now, for a clear and easy-to-read book. Might change to five - I certainly hope so.

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