| View Larger Image | Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies | Paperbackby Connie Strasheim (Author), Maureen Mcshane M.D. (Foreword), Thirteen Lyme-Literate Doctors (Foreword)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | BioMed Publishing Group | | Page Count: | 444 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 05, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 25,741th |
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PRAISE FROM OTHER LYME AUTHORS: "A wealth of valuable information, and an excellent resource ... especially for patients looking for novel, non-toxic healing therapies to augment (or possibly replace) standard allopathic therapies ... this book should be in the library of all Lyme patients." -KENNETH SINGLETON, M.D., M.P.H. Author of "The Lyme Disease Solution" "One of the most important books on Lyme disease treatment published in the past decade-an essential resource for both clinicians and those suffering from Lyme." -STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER Author of "Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis And Its Coinfections" FROM THE PUBLISHER: If you traveled the country for appointments with thirteen Lyme-literate health care practitioners, you would discover many of the cutting-edge therapies used to combat chronic Lyme disease. You would also spend thousands of dollars on hotels, plane tickets, and medical appointment fees-not to mention the time that it would take to embark on such a journey. Even if you had the time and money to travel, would the physicians have enough time to answer all of your questions? Would you even know which questions to ask? In this long-awaited book, health care journalist Connie Strasheim has done all the work for you. She conducted intensive interviews with thirteen of the world's most competent Lyme disease healers, asking them thoughtful, important questions, and then spent months compiling their information into organized, user-friendly chapters that contain the core principles upon which they base their medical treatment of chronic Lyme disease. The specific practitioners interviewed represent a variety of medical disciplines, including allopathic, naturopathic, complementary, chiropractic, homeopathic, and energy medicine. Two European physicians were also interviewed. PHYSICIANS INTERVIEWED: * Steven J. Harris, M.D., Redwood City, CA * Steven Bock, M.D., Rhinebeck, NY * Susan Marra, M.S., N.D., Seattle, WA * Ginger Savely, DNP, San Francisco, CA * W. Lee Cowden, M.D., M.D. (H), Panama City, Panama * Ingo D. E. Woitzel, M.D., Pforzheim, Germany * Ronald Whitmont, M.D., Rhinebeck, NY * Deborah Metzger, Ph.D., M.D., Los Altos, CA * Peter J. Muran, M.D., M.B.A., San Luis Obispo, CA * Nicola McFadzean, N.D., San Diego, CA * Marlene Kunold, HCP, Hamburg, Germany * Elizabeth Hesse-Sheehan, DC, CCN, Kirkland, WA * Jeffrey Morrison, M.D., New York, NY All aspects of treatment are covered, from anti-microbial remedies and immune system support, to hormonal restoration, detoxification, dietary and lifestyle choices. Furthermore, the book ponders patient and practitioner challenges of treating chronic Lyme disease, and offers helpful insights to the friends and families of those coping with chronic illness. Patients can use this book to get new treatment ideas and to educate their local physicians. Practitioners can use it to learn about and stay current on the latest therapies. Lyme disease treatment is complex and controversial, and this book puts the treatment information you need in the palm of your hand. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 18 reviews)
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An exceptional guide any health collection simply must own by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)  5 Stars
November 17, 2009
Which treatments do doctors use to fight Lyme Disease are considered in a book by a health care journalist who has conducted interviews with thirteen of the world's most competent Lyme disease healers. Connie Strasheim spent months compiling their answers into an organized coverage of treatment options: this covers a range of medical disciplines from traditional approaches to homeopathic and energy medicine and makes for an exceptional guide any health collection simply must own.
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Thanks For Letting People Think by James Schaller (USA) 5 Stars
November 14, 2009
If you want to be told how to think, this is the wrong book. It is NOT for the thought police.
It is also NOT for those trying to control who are the approved healers and physicians of people who are still ill.
It is a buffet book. I like buffets, not because I like all foods the same, but I get to explore. When did intellectual exploration become a vice? If people are still ill after five years, with fatigue, disability, or personality troubles, perhaps it is time to rethink some things. Connie offers SOME ideas to ponder, with no expectation the reader will like any one position. She has no wish to control any reader. She is not afraid of diverse ideas. She is not a controller. I was not asked to change a single word in my submission.
Connie does NOT presume to limit herself to any one treatment ideology, and so offers exposure to many people in this book.
If you just want a set system, with double blind clinical control trials, you will not only miss some useful pearls, but you will be placing yourself outside of ALL HEALING. For example, most physicians use most medications in off label uses.
[By the way, is this "real me" or not? Hardly simple and anyone can take any identity in five minutes--including the authors, mine or your name].
Thank you Connie for your patience, and tolerance with my delays, and allowing me to offer some thoughts in your text.
I know this was no fun. I know it was not done to make money. Since that would be "bad," but also unrealistic book economics. Thanks for your efforts.
This is not a text for courts or medical boards. Because it was written for ill patients, she was able to offer highly diverse opinions. In the halls of deep academics, wide reflections, speculations, and opposing perspectives were always felt to add to debate and the search of truth and superior thought. When did that stop? It should never stop. And certainly do not feel obligated to eat every food at the buffet--that was not the goal here.
Good luck in your search for healing.
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enormously helpful by see jane read 5 Stars
November 11, 2009
Finally, we get to hear from the experts who are actually treating this disease. Other than a few big names (Burrascano, Stricker in SF, Klinghardt, etc.), many doctors aren't willing to put themselves out there with Lyme disease. They're afraid of the fallout, which has been huge in some areas, particularly the East Coast. Doctors have lost their practices due to their non-conformist treatment of Lyme. I'm grateful that the practitioners in this book have agreed to share their thoughts on Lyme, it's incredibly enlightening and has helped me choose which courses of treatment to follow. It's empowering to know that different doctors have different ways of treating this disease (although antibiotics are pretty much a given according to many of the veteran Lyme doctors profiled in this book). I'm also grateful to Connie Strasheim for pursuing this information. Until now, most of what has been written about Lyme for the common person has been researched and written by Lyme sufferers themselves. We rarely heard from the doctors first-hand. This book changes that, and it's about time. Although most people with Lyme should be under the care of an LLMD (Lyme literate MD), you can find a lot of info in this book for self-treatment. Specific supplements are discussed (even brand names), and lifestyle tips are discussed. Lastly, if nothing else, this book is a huge validation to people who are struggling with Lyme. Many people fail to receive adequate support from friends and family because they don't believe that Lyme is "real" and/or can't relate to the unusual symptoms. Well, here's some excellent reading for skeptical family members, straight from the doctors' mouths.
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Exciting and Excellent Reading!!! by Darlena (San Francisco Area) 5 Stars
November 01, 2009
Easy and fascinating reading for anyone, including us with "brain fog". I read a chapter a day and could not wait until the next day to learn more. It was like having appointments with 13 new doctors and getting their opinions on what treatments are best. Doing this without this book would be time consuming and expensive. I was able to do all of this from my arm chair for just the cost of the book.
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Lyme disease - where is the information on Babesia and Bartonella? by Jane Smith (Drexel Hill, PA)  4 Stars
October 14, 2009
Connie put much effort into writing this book, especially when she has made it clear she herself is not well, works full time and is trying to help others. While the "13" quote in the title are all well known, none of their treatmens are "revolutionary" as an active lyme NON CLINICIAN researcher. The best information was in the APPENDIX! Someone had the intelligence to post the following on CALDA - the one person who obviously has a clue KNOWS that the two BEST practioners are in the APPENDIX...
NONE of the "13" have written a darned thing on Babesia or Bartonella and Schaller is the only one with multiple books on the topic... yet he is not given the same credit... and well we all know Klinghardt stands alone as a pioneer... not sure why this faux pas happened, but at least they are in the book for anyone smart enough to look all the way through - and find the best material AT THE END~!
"Actually,15 doctors are represented, not just 13. An appendix includes information from Doctors James Schaller and Dietrich Klinghardt, both well-known alternative Lyme practitioners. " From Calda website
Just for kicks I think anyone bothering to read this should know I was diagnosed over 20 years ago with CHRONIC FATIGUE, MONO and a high epstein Barr reading... along with Candida. This same doctor - who actually had a clue, later became lyme literate and is now dead at age 63 - Joseph Bellesorte, D.O. He did not diagnose my lyme, but he knew SOMETHING was very wrong. It took another 10 years to get "lyme" from a different doctor in PA and 7 more years to hear "Babesia" from Dr. Schaller - FINALLY I got healthy. Ignoring the co-infections is a death sentence and that is CLEARLY NOT emphasized in this book - a shame because there was great opportunity... and perhaps a lesson to Connie. She is barking up the wrong tree on her own health and I mean that in the kindest way, as I would like to see her well and not suffering. She needs to pass the lst 13 and go to the end of her own book for answers!
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