YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unveiling the inspiring story of her life, author Mary Patrick sheds light to those who feel lost in the dark through a new striking book. Released through Xlibris, Pain: Live Well With It chronicles how she has spent years suffering from physical and emotional pain, and how she ultimately found the solace to deal with it.
For the author, the burden that she is carrying for a very long time now is the chronic pain that comes along with fibromyalgia and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD). The journey with pain and fatigue began when she was a college student, and has progressed through marriage, motherhood, full-time college instructor, and a retiree. Living with this chronic pain for over forty years has taught her many valuable lessons. Taking a personal approach, she now imparts these lessons to millions of others who share the same unkind challenge. Pain: Live Well With It is equipped with important guidelines that should be remembered when dealing with chronic pain. It exudes the importance of educating oneself about the pain, of monitoring the changes of the weight of the illness, and especially, of having a personal "guardian angel" in the person of a loved one.
From simple and essential tools like pillows to housekeeping and workspace, Patrick provides readers with practical guide and insights to make them see that coping, although hard, is indeed achievable. This edifying book is a handy guide that aids patients and their loved ones. There is no simple cure for chronic pain, but Pain: Live Well With It will make one see the blessings and hope that exist behind the mysterious and heartbreaking adversity. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Mary Buckley Patrick believes that patients with chronic pain can take control and live well with the pain. Though chronic pain is there day after day, it does not have to destroy one's life. She offers page after page of techniques she finds help her to make it through painful days. She knows it is a day-by-day challenge. She hopes her book will assist patients to find ways to live well with chronic pain.
Pain * by Mary Patrick
Live Well With It
Publication Date: November 30, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 117 pages; 978-1-4415-9015-2
Trade Hardback; $29.99; 117 pages; 978-1-4415-9762-5
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