Multiple sclerosis

Symptom management in multiple sclerosis 
Schapiro RT. Demos Vermande, 1998

A concise text for multiple sclerosis patients and their families on living with the disease. Topics include: fatigue, spasticity, weakness, tremor , sexuality, bladder and bowel symptoms, pain, and speech difficulties.

Me and my shadow: learning to live with multiple sclerosis
Mackie C, Brattle S, Wood R. Aurum Press, 1999

Multiple sclerosis is a disabling condition, but it is not always the obvious symptoms that hurt most. This book tells the truth about the disease and its insidious effects on living, loving and working. Though this is a moving, personal story of love and loss, it is also profoundly educative.

300 tips for making life with multiple sclerosis easier
Schwarz S. Demos Vermande, 1999

This book is filled with tips, techniques and shortcuts learned from personal experience. The author offers guidelines and labour-saving tips that sufferers need to know, including how to conserve energy, how to do more of the things you want, and how to work smarter and achieve independence. Empowering, honest and down-to-earth, this book helps people with MS live life to the fullest.

Multiple sclerosis: a personal exploration
Burnfield A. Souvenir Press, 1996

Thirty years ago, Dr Burnfield suddenly developed partial blindness, his first sign of multiple sclerosis (MS), whilst playing tennis. The book opens with a description of these initial symptoms and his accompanying feelings of shame and fear as his symptoms progressed. His own introduction to MS highlights the problems of communicating with doctors, coming to terms with a diagnosis (once given) and the effects of the disease on everyday life, which are common to many people with MS. Subsequent chapters consider both practicalities, such as managing symptoms and deciding about treatments, and emotional issues, such as the effects of MS on relationships and marriage.

Dr Burnfield's detailed account is made accessible for those with no medical background by the use of examples taken from his own experiences. His sensitive, yet often humorous, descriptions show how he and his family have learnt to adapt to the changes in lifestyle that MS has required.