{"product_id":"managing-ms-debbie-petrina-9781662917943","title":"Managing MS: A Roadmap to Navigate Multiple Sclerosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2022 Honorable Mention Nonfiction\/Reference book in the 30th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebbie Petrina understands MS: she has spent 41 years living with it and over 30 years educating, counseling, interacting and volunteering through numerous channels to help anyone deal with it. Since publishing Managing MS-Straight Talk from a Thirty-One Year Survivor in 2011, she was inspired to write this enhanced 2nd edition as her MS journey continued, explaining how to proceed in the complicated and ever-changing world of MS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly-diagnosed or older with MS? Trying to figure out the basics, what treatments to take, symptoms, interrelationships? Or, how to handle difficult subjects like bladder\/bowel problems, mental health, stigmas and employment? In a \"what to know, what to do\" user-friendly format, readers are guided easily through current MS information and resources available today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaging MS offers patients and their loved ones hands-on knowledge and support to make life easier and less fearful. Others assisting MS patients will understand MS from a survivor's viewpoint, and how they can help them move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Debbie Petrina's remarkable book will be helpful to people with MS and their loved ones as they embark on their own journeys.\" -Barry A. Hendin M.D., Center for Neurology and Spine, Phoenix, AZ; MSAA Chief Medical Officer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Petrina's book is rich not only in experience and information, it includes validation from licensed professionals. Her take on conventional wisdom, peer communication, and advice feels just right to this reviewer.\" -Kim Dolce, MSer, Moderator, MultipleSclerosis.net\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an excellent and practical how-to guide for people newly diagnosed with MS. I wish my neurologist had recommended it, it changed everything for me. If you're living with MS one way or another, I can't recommend this book enough.\" -Amazon, Verified Purchase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debbie Petrina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662917945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662917943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2021","brand":"Debbie Petrina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051932217599,"sku":"9781662917943","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_133d4f23-0e4d-4220-87fb-e6f9f0785335.jpg?v=1685016033","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managing-ms-debbie-petrina-9781662917943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}