Bless the Meds (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781998287338)

Learning to adapt to life after being diagnosed with chronic pain and illness is extremely difficult.

Life as you knew it, along with your hopes and dreams for your life, literally gets turned upside down in an instant. This comes with a lot of deep complicated emotions from grief, sadness, anger, frustration to living in a constant state of uncertainty and stress.

Most people assume that if you get sick, a medical professional like Dr. House will work endlessly until they have answers and a cure so you can go back to living the life you used to know. Unfortunately, most people living with chronic pain don't get answers to what the root of the problem is, let alone get a clear line of treatment. And getting a cure is as likely as winning the lottery!

This is not your typical pain management book; like you, Cristie is a chronic pain warrior and had to learn the hard way how to navigate broken health care systems in order to find ways to manage her pain. She was born with a rare genetic connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, however did not get an actual diagnosis until her mid-30's. In addition, she lives with a number of autoimmune conditions including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, in which she underwent life-saving ileostomy surgery to remove her entire colon.

Book takeaways:

• Expand our understanding and definition of what medicine means
• Advice from someone with lived experiences rather than a doctor that doesn't actually understand what it is like to live in chronic pain
• Move beyond the generic pain scale: understanding of how pain functions within the human body, basic anatomy as well as the different types of pain and how to describe them to health care professionals
• Understanding emotional thresholds and how emotions impact your physical body and why learning to increase your emotional intelligence is vital to your overall happiness and ability to cope with challenges

And so much more!!

If you are ready to take your power back from your chronic pain and finally tap into your warrior mindset, scroll up and click "Add to Cart" now!