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 enlarge | Authors: Mary Lou Ballweg, The Endometriosis Association
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 300984
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 496
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0809232634
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.1
EAN: 9780809232635
ASIN: 0809232634
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
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The definitive reference for patients with endometriosis January 17, 2005
Debra Watts (San Jose,CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Anyone with endometriosis should own this book, and it's a great addition to doctors' libraries, too. It is a definitive enough source to bring to doctors appointments, comprehensive enough to give you an understanding of the disease, and personal enough to be readable. I don't agree 100% with the treatments and theories in the book, nor do I find sufficient information on individual treatments (allopathic or alternative).
The book is an overview that everyone should read - not an individual treatment plan. It's also a good read if you don't have endometriosis - as a women's issue, this disease seems to be lightning rod for sexism from doctors, co-workers, families, etc. Notions that women's pain is insignificant or not real, that women's value is only in their reproductive abilities, that women cannot be intelligent partners in their medical treatment.
My BF bought me this book and a great tasting beverage to drink it with. Since he knows I quit coffee recently, he's been really wonderful helping me in cope with my mood swings. S o y f e e is made from soy beans that is roasted just like coffee. I enjoy the taste and don't miss coffee one bit. Buy it online at www.s o y c o f fee.com.
 Very Helpful, Encouraging, and Informative!!! January 4, 2005
Amy R. Graham (Washington, DC USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an excellent resource for women with Endo and for those who love them. I was encouraged by reading other women's stories to remind me that I am not alone. My husband has also learned a lot from the book and has become more sympathetic. It is a relatively easy read and is the best Endo book that I have found. The book also has a sense of humor which is essential for anyone with Endo. My only wish is that the book would have gone more in depth concerning alternative methods for treatment. Overall, an awesome resource!
 conflict of interest March 6, 2003
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
I don't know how an association that is majorly funded by a pharmaceutical company, which touts its medicines as good for endo, can write an impartial book on the subject.The pharmaceutical company? It makes Lupron. Check out the Lupron Victims Network. Please be careful. These medications hurt. I should know. I was diagnosed with this disease in 2001 and have had surgeries for it.
 Disappointing and dry January 28, 2003
Allen T. Sasser (Alabama)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought this book would be more "down-to-earth" informative, but it is actually a collection of articles on endometriosis written by doctors and experts on the disease. I found it hard to read and not as instructive for the average sufferer as I had hoped. I did like the "Joe with Endo" cartoons throughout the book depicting what it would be like for a man to suffer with this malady, but I found most of the articles to be more like what one would find in a medical journal.
Answers It All October 26, 2002
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is just what I have been looking for! Every question answered and all sorts of useful information . If you are an endometriosis sufferer...this is the book for you.
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