"Thriving With Heart Disease"
Boy, I'm just all about posting tonight, aren't I? I'm not sure if this book has been mentioned before on the list (please forgive me if I'm being redundant) but, I've just picked up a copy of "Thriving With Heart Disease," by Wayne Sotile, Ph.D. It looks like a good one. Here are a few quotes from the publisher: "In this landmark volume, Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D., breaks the story that every heart patient needs to know: In many cases, it's how you deal with the illness, and not the condition of your heart, that will determine how completely you recover, or if you recover at all." "Many books have dealt with the physical aspects of cardiovascular illness, but Thriving with Heart Disease is the first to offer patients and their loves ones a program for coping with the emotional and psychological side effects that can ravage relationships and throw families into disarray." The reviews I've read have been glowing. (Dr.'s Christiane Northrup, Dean Ornish, and others have comments included on the back cover.) I plan on starting to read it tomorrow, and I'll let you know if it seems like a must-have. Jen