Postpolio Syndrome

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Summary: "Knowledge Empowers You"
Review: Postpolio Syndrome
By: Julie K. Silver, MD and Anne C. Gawne, MD
Julie K. Silver, MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Medical Director, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, Framingham, MA

Anne C. Gawne, MD, Former Director of: Post-Polio Clinic, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Warm Springs,GA. Dr. Gawne passed away suddenly in the middle of publishing this book. Dr. Gawne cared deeply about the health and well being of polio survivors. We will miss her.

This newly published book Postpolio Syndrome is being reviewed by:
Dianne De Paul: Careline (post-polio newsletter) Editor and Post Polio Survivor (Polio 1948.)

This is an up to date "Textbook" on the subject of Polio and Postpolio Syndrome. The top polio doctors and therapists in the world have contributed to this project. All the latest information in this ONE book! You will find the answers to the questions you have had about Polio and its side effects over the years. This volume is full of data, facts, and figures about diagnosis, treatment, and coping techniques. It also features current evidence-based guidelines for exercise therapy, aquatic therapy, and energy conservation measures. This book tells how it was in the beginning and how it is now.

Years have been spent tracking down little bits of information from all over the world about polio and then post-polio syndrome. Many hours have gone into researching any clue about new information on this subject. Only to end up having to search further somewhere else. Now in this book, you can find all the information you could hope for on this subject.

As a POST POLIO SURVIVOR, you might think this book is over your head due to the medical terminology that you will find throughout the book. Don't be put off by that thought. The book is extremely useful with information for all polio survivors and anyone who has encountered Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome in their lives. This is a MUST READ for all survivors and especially for doctors and therapists.

An example of how this book can help you is the following first person account.

For five or six months, I had been having many new ailments. Some so painful my daily life was almost at a standstill. During this time, the HMO was giving me the "HMO Shuffle" and providing no insight into what was wrong with me. The results of this treatment was depression and discouragement. My self-esteem was nil and the fight in me was disappearing. After leaving the doctor's office, I had begun to believe I was doomed and not "worthy" of their help.


After reading and studying Chapter 2, EVALUATING and TREATING SYMPTOMATIC POSTPOLIO PATIENTS everything changed for me. I read and re-read this chapter much as I had read other textbooks when in nursing school so many years ago. I now somehow felt empowered. Each word or sentence I underlined that applied to me gave me new hope. For my next doctor's appointment, I took my new favorite book with me. When the doctor came into the room, I opened the book with all the highlighted words and began to address these problems with newfound determination on my own behalf.
We sat together for over an hour discussing my health status. When the appointment was completed, I had all the referrals that were needed to help find out what really is wrong with me and to get the answers to these new problems. Not only did I get the referrals I needed but I left feeling I am worth it.

Buy this wonderful new book, find out the facts, and use them to empower yourself. Then put this treasure on your Christmas shopping list and give it to the doctors who care for you. This just might be the greatest gift you ever give yourself.

My new motto has become "Knowledge Empowers You."